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Dubbed the Japan’s Kitchen: Gourment tastes of Tsukiji, a Tsukiji-themed product fair gathering selected stalls from Tsukiji will be held at the event space on the 11th floor and at the fresh foods section on the 2nd basement floor in the main building of the Odakyu Department Store in Shinjuku. Event starts from Thursday May27 through Tuesday, June 1. This event is held annually and has attracted many food lovers in the country.

The Tsukiji Market is known for its many varieties of fresh produces coming from all over Japan and the world. This year’s fair will include not only establishments around Tsukiji that specialize in fresh meats, fish, and vegetables, but it will also include other varieties of shops specializing in yakitori, dango, ramen, and much more. During the fair there will be 8 eat-in stores full of the Tsukiji atmosphere, including a tuna-specializing store offering magurodon (tuna rice bowl), a long-established sushi restaurant offering their nigiri (hand-formed) sushi, as well as a shop specializing in chicken dishes with over 100 years of history offering their oyakodon (chicken and egg rice bowl). In addition, there will be a demonstration on the cutting of fresh bluefin tuna in a Tsukiji-style lively atmosphere at the fresh foods section on the 2nd basement floor.

There is no need to travel all the way to Tsukiji to sample the mouth-watering taste of fresh seafood and you can experience the atmospehere of Tsukiji, see the special skills and taste the gourmets of famous and popular Tsukiji establishments at Odakyu Department Store at the heart of Shinjuku directly above Shinjuku Station.

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Japan finally will see the arrival of a true low-cost carrier happening. Malaysian’s budget carrier AirAsia Group has said that it plans to launch its first flights serving Japan by the end of the year. The flight will be operated by AirAsia X, the long-distance arm of AirAsia, to serve between Kuala Lumpur’s new Low-Cost Terminal in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital and Tokyo Haneda Airport, at a frequency of 3 flights weekly. It hopes to increase the frequency making it a daily service. The Japanese government has already allotted landing and takeoff slots to AirAsia X at Haneda airport, soon to open its International terminal building end of the year.

The aircraft type will be an Airbus A330 aircraft, a mid-size fleet with good fuel efficiency, and commonly used among low-cost carriers. Airfare can go as low as 14,000yen one-way with introductory airfare planning at 2500yen to catch the eyes of the discerning Japanese travellers. In addition, AirAsia will not implement the fuel surcharge to appeal to its customers. Japanese are usually weary of low priced goods and are doubtful if the service offered will be up to the basic. However, for many who has travelled with AirAsia before would know that even as an LCC it is comparable to some full-fledge carriers, and could even fair better in service standards. It has won numerous service awards and received accolades from key travel industries worldwide. AirAsia saw its passenger traffic jump year on year, even overtook asia’s powerhouse, Singapore Airlines, to become the biggest carrier in Southeast Asia.

Just like any other low-cost carriers, complimentary meal service will not be served and meals and beverages will be sold instead. Fees will be charged for bringing any extra luggage exceeding the 7kg allowance for carry-on. And stripping its costs to the bare minimum, reservations can only be made online and thus credit card is required to make a purchase. As such there won’t be phone booking available as it will inflate the running costs.

AirAsia is also planning to introduce flights to New Chitose Airport(CTS) in Sapporo, Kansai International Airport(KIX) in Osaka and Fukuoka International Airport(FUK). Unfortunately, it has left out the newly opened Ibaraki Airport, only opened last month and is trying hard to win airlines to using its airport.

Meanwhile, AirAsia X is also tipped to receive the rights to fly to Seoul and other cities soon. It will officially start flying to Mumbai in May and New Delhi in August.