According to the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), the number of foreign visitors to Japan in July 2018 (estimated value) increased by 5.6%, or more than 150,000 people, compared to the same month last year, recording 2.832 million visitors. ■Reference Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) Compilation and release of statistics on foreign visitors to Japan https://www.jnto.go.jp/jpn/statistics/visitor_trends/ Here, we focus on China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and what percentage of the population of each country/region...

Seoul's subway system is quite complicated, though not as complicated as Tokyo's. As of August 2018, there are nine lines running, and they are intricately intertwined underground within Seoul. In the central area of the city, you can change trains every two stations. Because of this situation, the Seoul subway runs very deep in some places. Platforms are located 6 stories underground, and it can take more than 5 minutes to get to the platform from the ground level... Also, stations are very spacious. This is a good thing...

Hello everyone reading the Kodensha blog! I am not very good at science! This is the blog of the Takadensha Development Office, where our sales assistant Satake, who is not familiar with technical terms, interviews our technical developers and presents them in the form of an interview! This is a blog where I try to provide you with information about our service development, releases, and various other information in as easy-to-understand a manner as possible, while learning about technology myself! We hope you enjoy this blog! Here is the theme of the second issue...

Last week, there were PL Fireworks and Yodogawa Fireworks, both big fireworks displays in Osaka where Takaden's head office is located, and I saw many girls wearing cute yukata. (Fireworks competitions: fireworks companies compete in technical skills by launching fireworks according to the same rules)....