The new double-decker, with operator Kochi Ekimae Kanko, is a service that is called a “mobile capsule hotel” that comes with curated seats that fully recline to transform into flat bunk beds.

For long-distance travel in Japan, most people’s first transportation choice is the shinkansen, followed by a plane if their ...

Japan has launched a sleeper bus with fully flat seats that could help concertgoers and tourists avoid having to pay for a ...

Kochi Ekimae Kanko recently unveiled its new bus equipped with special seats that unfold into flat bunk beds. The bus seats 24 passengers and will begin weekly service on a trial basis between Tokyo ...

Weathernews released on January 29 its second forecasts of when Somei Yoshino cherry trees will bloom in Japan in ...

Escape the crowds and visit 3 of Japan’s lesser-known treasures: Taketomi Island’s beaches, Yamaguchi’s history and Nasu’s ...

collaborated with Associate Professor Yutaro Takaya (The University of Tokyo, Waseda University, JAMSTEC), Adjunct Assistant Professor Ken Nakayama (Kochi University), and Professor Yasuhiro Kato (The ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Jan. 18 ...

TOKYO (AP) — A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern ... The large sunfish arrived at the aquarium in February 2024 from the southern coast of Kochi in the Pacific Ocean. The sunfish, a ...

Tokyo, Jan. 22 (Jiji Press)--The average retail ... six of which saw the prices hit 190 yen or more. Kochi Prefecture had the highest price, at 193.60 yen, followed by Nagano Prefecture, with ...

The large sunfish arrived at the aquarium in February 2024 from the southern coast of Kochi in the Pacific Ocean. The sunfish, a member of the blowfish family known for its unique shape and big ...