Atsumare: Animal Crossing" JTB island is now Halloween-specific, and you can get a timetable My Design shirt as a present! Information on new spots!

JTB will change the "JTB Island" in the Nintendo Switch software game "Atsumare Animal Crossing" to an autumn (Halloween) version starting October 20, 2021.

JTB Island was established by young JTB employees to convey the joy of travel amidst the restrictions on activities due to the prolonged Corona disaster. JTB employees themselves have created and recreated attractive sightseeing spots such as Asakusa, Yokohama Chinatown, and Atami, which they would like to visit at least once.

⇒ " Atsumare Animal Crossing", JTB island created by JTB staff is now open to the public! Enjoy summer attractions!

Since "JTB Island" was opened to the public in July, many visitors came to the site, and the site was well received, saying that it conveyed the fun of traveling. We changed the season from summer to autumn to allow visitors to enjoy a new experience.

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An area where visitors can feel the seasonal dress has been created! The area is designed to look like a "pumpkin patch," which refers to a field used to harvest pumpkins, and visitors can enjoy a Halloween party atmosphere by dressing up in Halloween costumes, eating candy, and taking commemorative photos.
The entire island is at its best when the leaves turn red. The entire island will be at its best when the leaves turn red and the Hitachi-Kaihin Park will be transformed into a kochia-inspired flower garden, where visitors can see the hills dyed bright red.
The JTB store area will be expanded in response to the popularity of the first event.

JTB Island" Yume-nan code: DA-5817-0201-9307
Nintendo Switch Online (paid subscription required) is required to connect to the Yumebanchi.

A My Design shirt featuring a timetable motif will be given away!

In appreciation of the more than 10,000 visitors to the island, and in the hope that it will encourage people to consider real travel during the fall holiday season..., a My Design shirt featuring a timetable of travel companions will also be available. The shirts will be given to visitors to the island as in-game dress-up gifts.

The shirts are based on the cover design of the JTB timetable from the 1930s to the 2021s and the 500th anniversary issue of the JTB timetable. Come to the island and get the shirt of your choice.

Design shirt motif JTB timetable
October issue] 1964: The image design of the 0 series Shinkansen bullet train.
November issue] 2013: Dr. Yellow's image design
December issue] 1971: Image design of the limited express Asama
January issue] 2003: Tokaido Shinkansen image design
February issue] 1999: Image design for Uchibo Line
March issue] 1985: Image design for Tohoku Shinkansen
April issue] 2021: Image design for Sanriku Railway
May] 1954: Image Design of Locomotive
June] 1946: Image Design of Locomotives
July issue] 1930: Image design of the cover design
The first 500 issues] October 1967: Image design of the Gekko Sleeping Car Express.

Hawaii will also be reproduced!

As for future JTB islands, we received a survey from visitors asking us to "Create a new area as well! and when we solicited candidates via Twitter, "Hawaii" came in first place with 45% of the visitors' instructions.
We are planning to change a section of the current JTB Island to recreate Hawaii by March 2022, so please look forward to it!