Tokyo Disneyland News
- On-base activities Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:51PMITT Tours July 15, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Tokyo Summerland; July 16, 4 a.m.-10 p.m., Mount Fuji one-day climb; 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Fuji Safari Park; July 17, 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Tokyo sightseeing; 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Akihabara free time; July 23, 4 a.m.-10 p.m., Mount Fuji one-day climb; 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Kamakura sightseeing and Enoshima train tour; July 24, 4 a.m.-10 p.m., Mount Fuji one-day climb; 7:30 a.m.-5 ...
- Round and Round a Garden… — Gopal Sreenevasan Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 10:37PMJULY 10 — Spiders are clever and agile little things. A spin here, a pirouette there and before you know it, the fly is in the trap. Problem is, on some occasions, the spider gets entangled itself. The government’s tragic-comic handling of the “movement with no name or colour” has led it to be wrapped in a sticky web of its own making. But that ...
- ONEPLACE.COM Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 4:48PMBaptist Press Stories for Jun. 30 2011 --------------------------------------- Church van tragedy stirs upcoming revival http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=35670 IMB & NAMB partnership to transcend national, geographic borders http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=35667 In Japan, 'ground presence' makes impact http://www.bpnews ...
- On-base activities, June 29 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 12:12PMATSUGI For more visit Atsugi MWR at www.cnic.navy.mil/Atsugi/index.htm or at facebook.com/pages/NAF-Atsugi-MWR/77219988476. ITT Tours July 2, 7 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Gold Mine & Monkey Paradise; 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Asakusabashi/Kappabashi shopping tour; July 3, 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Hakone sightseeing; 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Tokyo Summerland; July 4, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Fuji-Q Highland; 7 a ...
- Is Microsoft too Focused on Kinect? Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 10:22PMJoin two of IGN Australia's editors, Cam "Swishy Pants" Shea and Stephen "Rockmonster" Lambrechts as they discuss Microsoft's obsession with Kinect and what that means for the Xbox 360 faithful...
- Off-base festivities Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 12:18PMHOZUKI ICHI (Tokyo): June 23-24; Chinese lantern plant fair as well as chinowa kuguri (a ceremony to purify oneself in the Shinto way while walking through a big ring of reeds) at the Atago Shrine; 1-5-3 Atago, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Kamiyacho Station, Hibiya Line; 03-3431-0327.
- Comment on Equality Before the Law: The Case of Khir Toyo and Others less fortunate by semper fi Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 12:37PMFuture law students will have a field day in quoting precedence and the name of Gunny Patel and Musang Hassan will become common ground for appeal or defense. Guess that's what they want, their name to be famous in the Law Journals of Malaysia, but famous for the wrong reasons..
- On-base activities Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 5:07PMITT Tours June 18, 7 a.m.-7 p.m, cherry picking & Shosenkyo hiking; 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Yunessun Hakone Hot Spa; June 19, 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Disneyland; 7 a.m.-8 p.m., Western Shizuoka sightseeing; June 24, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Ueno Zoo; June 25, 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Komogawa Sea World; 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Mother Farm Land; June 26, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., New Sanno brunch & Jindai Flower Park; 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m ...
- On-base activities, June 15 Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 4:52PMATSUGI For more visit Atsugi MWR at www.cnic.navy.mil/Atsugi/index.htm or at facebook.com/pages/NAF-Atsugi-MWR/77219988476. ITT Tours June 18, 7 a.m.-7 p.m, cherry picking & Shosenkyo hiking; 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Yunessun Hakone Hot Spa; June 19, 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Disneyland; 7 a.m.-8 p.m., Western Shizuoka sightseeing; June 24, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Ueno Zoo; June 25, 7 a.m.-6 ...
- On-base activities Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 12:19PMITT Tours June 11, 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Hakone sightseeing; 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Nambo Paradise & sunfish watching; June 12, 6 a.m.-6 p.m., Iris Festival, boat ride & Shinshoji Temple sightseeing; 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Fuji sightseeing; June 18, 7 a.m.-7 p.m, cherry picking & Shosenkyo hiking; 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Yunessun Hakone Hot Spa; June 19, 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Disneyland; 7 a.m.-8 p.m., Western Shizuoka ...
- On-base activities Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 12:19PMITT Tours June 11, 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Hakone sightseeing; 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Nambo Paradise & sunfish watching; June 12, 6 a.m.-6 p.m., Iris Festival, boat ride & Shinshoji Temple sightseeing; 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Fuji sightseeing; June 18, 7 a.m.-7 p.m, cherry picking & Shosenkyo hiking; 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Yunessun Hakone Hot Spa; June 19, 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Disneyland; 7 a.m.-8 p.m., Western Shizuoka ...
- Disneyland Resort Update Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 2:08AMSoundsational Summer begins | Star Tours reopens | Jodi Benson at opening for The Little Mermaid | What's Next at the Disneyland Resort | Remembering two Disney Legends | Crowd Forecast
- Disney Legend Wally Boag Dies At Age 90 Saturday, June 4, 2011 @ 12:05PMThe man hired by Walt Disney to perform as Pecos Bill in Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue, and who went on to headline nearly 40,000 stage shows, died Friday. Wally Boag was 90, it was reported today.
- On-base activities Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 11:29AMATSUGI For more visit Atsugi MWR at www.cnic.navy.mil/Atsugi/index.htm or at facebook.com/pages/NAF-Atsugi-MWR/77219988476.
- Business › Tokyo Disneyland, DisneySea to halve entrance fee for kids this summer Friday, May 27, 2011 @ 4:58PMTokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea will halve the entrance fee for children this summer for the first time as part of efforts to help lift…
- Hello Kitty park to debut in China in 2014 Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 9:09AMA $215-million Hello Kitty theme park celebrating the cute cartoon cat with a cult-like following will open in China in 2014.
- On-base activities Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 2:02PMITT Tours May 22, 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Yunessun Hakone Hot Spa; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Zoorasia Yokohama; May 28, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Greenpia Tea Plantation, Kakegawa Castle & Miho Pine Grove; 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Tokyo Bay Kannon & Mount Nokogiriyama hiking; May 29, 7 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Washi, Sake, Kawagoe sightseeing; 8 a.m-5 p.m., Fuji Safari Park; May 30, 8 a.m.-10:30 p.m., Disney; June 4, 7 a.m.-4 p.m ...
- Off-base festivities, May 26 Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 1:41PMORCHID EXHIBITION (Tokyo): May 26-29,10 a.m.-6 p.m.; includes orchid-raising seminars; Sunshine City World Import Mart 4F A-Hall; eight-minute walk from JR Ikebukuro Station East Exit, three-minute walk from Higashi Ikebukuro Station on Yurakucho-Line; 03-3089-3331.
- On-base activities, May 26 Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 1:41PMATSUGI For more visit Atsugi MWR at www.cnic.navy.mil/Atsugi/index.htm or at facebook.com/pages/NAF-Atsugi-MWR/77219988476.
- Hello Kitty park to debut in China in 2014 Saturday, May 21, 2011 @ 11:00PMA $215-million Hello Kitty theme park celebrating the cute cartoon cat with a cult-like following will open in China in 2014.
- China to get 150 acres of cute - kitschy Hello Kitty theme park Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 8:07PMA $215 million Hello Kitty theme park celebrating the cute cartoon cat with a cultlike following will open in China in 2014.
- DISNEYWIRE: 'Captain EO' permanent in Tokyo Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 3:12PMDISNEYWIRE features Disney news from other media sources.
- IMAGES: Recession grips Japan's economy Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 4:30AMJapan's economy has derailed again.
- On-base activities Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 3:45PMITT Tours May 21, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Yokohama Sankeien Garden, China town lunch & boat cruise; 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Gotemba Outlet shopping & dinner; May 22, 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Yunessun Hakone Hot Spa; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Zoorasia Yokohama; May 28, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Greenpia Tea Plantation, Kakegawa Castle & Miho Pine Grove; 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Tokyo Bay Kannon & Mount Nokogiriyama hiking; May 29, 7 a.m.-7 ...
- Off-base festivities Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 3:45PMTOKYO REPTILE WORLD 2011 EXOTIC ANIMAL: May 21-22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; unique reptile-amphibian, marsupial mammal and small mammal animals are on display and on sale; Tokyo Ryutsu Center No. 2 Exhibition E Hall; 1,000 yen adults, 500 yen children; Tokyo Ryutsu Center Station on Tokyo Monorail; 052-243-5830.
- On-base activities Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 5:15PMITT Tours May 14, 7 a.m.-6:30 p.m., sightseeing & Kawazu Nanadaru hiking; May 15, 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Tokyo sightseeing; 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., New Sanno Sunday brunch & Showa Memorial Park; May 21, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Yokohama Sankeien Garden, China town lunch & boat cruise; 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Gotemba Outlet shopping & all you can eat dinner; May 22, 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., .Yunessun Hakone Hot Spa ...
- Off-base festivities Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 1:30PMTOKYO WALK RALLY 2011 - ASAKUSA & RYOGOKU: May 14; event featrures A Course: Asakusa, Ueno and Fukagawa, B Course: Asakusa walk starts and ends at Sarue-onshi Koen; two-minute walk from Sumiyoshi Station on Hanzomon-Line or a 15-minute walk from JR Kinshicho Station on Sobu-Line; 1,000 yen adults, 500 yen students & those older than 75; 03-5256-7855; www.walking.or.jp[[[SHIFTIN ...
- Off-base festivities, May 12 Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 12:00PMKYU-FURUKAWA TEIEN GARDEN (Tokyo): May 13-June 5, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Spring Roses Festival; seven-minute walk from JR Kaminakazato Station; 150 yen; 03-3910-0394; www.tokyo-park.or.jp/english/.
- Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner Hiroshi Mizohata Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 11:07AMHiroshi Mizohata, 50, is the Commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency. A native of Kyoto and a graduate of the University of Tokyo, Mizohata entered the ranks of the prestigious kanryō, the career bureaucrats who control Japan's top-tier government offices. He worked in various ministries in Tokyo and later in Kyushu before creating the Oita Trinita soccer team in Oita Prefecture from scratch in ...
- Entertainment › Depp sends message to Japan at 'Pirates' world premiere Sunday, May 8, 2011 @ 11:07PMThe latest installment in the popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" series premiered at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, on Saturday night with a message of support…
- Top in Category › Foreign investors making inroads into hot spring resort industry Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 3:56PMA Chinese businessman has opened a Japanese-style ryokan inn in the Isawa hot spring resort area in Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, aiming to attract Chinese tourists…
- On-base activities Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 10:15AMITT Tours May 7, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Fuji Safari Park; 9 a.m.-5 p.m., The Railway Museum & Ueno free time; May 8, 6 a.m.-8:30 p.m., Kinugawa River cruise & Oyaji Temple; 6:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Fuji sightseeing & Fuji Shiba Sakura Festival; May 14, 7 a.m.-6:30 p.m., sightseeing & Kawazu Nanadaru hiking; May 15, 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Tokyo sightseeing; June 4, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Hakone hiking; 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m ...
- Off-base festivities Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 10:00AMWORLD LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP SALONPAS CUP GOLF 2011 (Ibaraki prefecture): May 5-8; top 50 Japan’s LPGA players of 2010 along with top five U.S. LPGA players golf for $1.42 million of total awards; Ibaraki Golf Club 3,000-4,000 yen; shuttle from Miraidaira Station on Tsukuba Express; 03-3222-2888; www.ntv.co.jp/w-ladies/ (Japanese only).
- On-base activities, May 6 Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 10:00AMITT Tours May 7, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Fuji Safari Park; 9 a.m.-5 p.m., The Railway Museum & Ueno free time; May 8, 6 a.m.-8:30 p.m., Kinugawa River cruise & Oyaji Temple; 6:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Fuji sightseeing & Fuji Shiba Sakura Festival; May 14, 7 a.m.-6:30 p.m., sightseeing & Kawazu Nanadaru hiking; May 15, 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Tokyo sightseeing; June 4, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Hakone hiking; 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m ...
- Top AroundDisney.com stories in March Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 12:38PMHere are the most viewed Around Disney stories in March:1. Disney parks temporarily close 8...
- Better to be branded a 'flyjin' than a man of the 'sheeple' Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 10:37AMThe past two months have been uncomfortable for Japan, and for the country's foreign residents. Non-Japanese (NJ) have been bashed in the media, unreservedly and undeservedly, as deserters in the face of disaster. Consider the birth of the epithet "fly-jin." A corruption of the racist word gaijin for foreigners, it appeared in English-language media as a label for NJ who apparently flew the coop ...
- Japanese students seek host families for summer visit Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 8:01AMA girls school from Tokyo is sending junior and senior English students to San Juan Capistrano for classes July 22 through Aug. 10, and south Orange County families are sought to host them while they're here. Several San Clemente residents offered...
- Off-base festivities Thursday, April 28, 2011 @ 9:25AMTAKARA TOMY PLARAIL FESTA IN TOKYO: April 28-May 5, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; see the plastic electric train set system known as Takara World; Sunshine City World Import Mart 4F A-Hall, eight-minute walk from JR Ikebukuro Station East Exit, three-minute walk from Higashi Ikebukuro Station on Yurakucho-Line; 800 yen for adults, 600 yen for children; 03-5435-0604.
- Nazarko Starts Rebuilding Tykocin Medieval Castle In Bobolice, Poland To Restore Middle Ages Glory (Photo) Monday, April 25, 2011 @ 5:34PMJacek Nazarko in Tykocin Bobolice, Poland Image Credit: wspolczesna.pl Several Polish real estate developers led by Jacek Nazarko, has started rebuilding medieval castles in the town of Tykocin in Bobolice, Poland. According to reports by several international news sites, Nazarko is among the Polish developers who are trying to recapture the glory of the medieval-style [...]
- National › Tokyo Disneyland resumes night operations, but parade canceled by rain Saturday, April 23, 2011 @ 5:02PMTokyo Disneyland resumed night operations on Saturday after operating only during the daytime for about a week after reopening following the powerful March 11 earthquake,…
- Office ladies, our fresh-faced saviors Saturday, April 23, 2011 @ 1:51PMSlowly the nation wakes from its nightmare. Tokyo Disneyland reopens. A semblance of normality returns, at least to areas outside the stricken zone. It's April. Catastrophe does not stop the cherry trees from blooming; nor can it dampen a certain charged atmosphere that permeates corporate life every year around this time. It's spring. People start new jobs. There are fresh faces in the office ...
- Business › Tokyo DisneySea to reopen next week Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 2:58PMTokyo DisneySea amusement park will reopen next week after its operations were suspended following the powerful March 11 earthquake, its operator Oriental Land Co. said…
- One man's Japan: Day by day Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 9:17AMElation and a sense of accomplishment swept over Allan Cook as he completed the Tokyo Marathon. The first-time marathoner felt tied to the other 30,000-plus participants forever.
- Reflection On Japan: Growing Stigma Against Victims of Fukushima Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 3:32AMEditor's note: A month after the Tohuku disaster, a quasi-nationalistic “love it or leave it” attitude has gained currency, putting pressure on people to stay and face potential dangers for the sake of group solidarity.A wrenching dilemma has emerged in...
- The Theme Parks That Teach Kids to Love Coca-Cola and Chevrolet Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 11:06AMOver at The Morning News, assistant editor Mike Deri Smith has a fascinating piece on KidZania, a…
- Japan’s rites of spring resume Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 4:18AMFrom baseball to sake and cherry blossoms Japanese rituals endure, writes Asia Sentinel’s Todd Crowell Amid questions about whether such frivolity was appropriate during a time of national disaster, baseball is on again in the Japanese spring. With high schools deciding to maintain their passionate national championship game, the professionals followed suit. Even cherry blossom
- Tokyo Disneyland Reopens After Japanese Earthquake Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 3:52PMThis is a discussion on Tokyo Disneyland Reopens After Japanese Earthquake within the Current Cruise Travel News forums, part of the category; Aol Travel. Has Just Posted the Following: AFP/Getty Images Disney's Japanese park reopened Friday after the devastating March 11 earthquake ...
- Mickey and Minnie try to raise Japanese spirits Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 10:01AMOne place in Japan has taken a tentative step back towards normal life after the earthquake and tsunami: Tokyo Disneyland. It reopened its doors five weeks after shutting down because of the double natural disaster and the ongoing nuclear alert 240 kilometres away.
- Quake switches baseball team's plans Wednesday, April 13, 2011 @ 10:01PMTokyo's Kitasuna Little League faced off Wednesday against The Beach City Prospects at El Segundo's George Brett Field. | PHOTOS
- Amid the Rubble: Tokyo Disneyland to Reopen Friday Wednesday, April 13, 2011 @ 12:57AMTokyo's Disneyland park announced plans to reopen this Friday, only a month after a deadly tsunami destroyed the country.