JR East Hotels Hotel Metropolitan Edmont “Golden Week Family Festa 2025” Event Report

[JR East Hotels] [Hotel Metropolitan Edmont] “Golden Week Family Festa 2025” Event Report ​
JR East Hotels Press release: May 16, 2025 [Hotel Metropolitan Edmont] “Golden Week Family Festa 2025” Event Report A popular event that sold out in 4 days after going on sale. A total of 116 groups, 386 people, visited the venue over the two days of 4/27 and 4/29 Hotel Metropolitan Edmont (Location: Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, General Manager: Matsuda Hideaki) held the “Golden Week Family Festa 2025” in its banquet hall for two days on April 27th and 29th, where guests could experience various railway-related events. A huge diorama display of 7.2m long x 3.6m wide Plarail (released by Takara Tomy Co., Ltd.), a “Let’s play with Plarail” corner where you can play freely with Plarail you brought with you, an elaborate 1/20 scale model of the Shinkansen, a “Station work experience” where you can enjoy with a real stationmaster, a railway sticker rally with prizes, and other fulfilling railway events. This time too, we will be holding the “Kids’ Pastry Chef Experience” where you can finish desserts under the guidance of the hotel’s pastry chef, which is always popular. As a new event, the salon staff also did nails for kids. Food was served in buffet style, including the hotel’s special roast beef, curry, fried chicken, french fries, and other street food, making for an event filled with lots of smiles.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30117/1825/30117-1825-8382a844f04408c80d4bb0c17e10cb5f-1200×800.jpg ■ Date: April 27th (Sunday), April 29th (Tuesday/holiday) 11:00-15:00 ■ Meeting place: Hotel Metropolitan Edmont Banquet Hall ■ Number of guests: 220 adults, 122 children (3-12 years old), 44 infants (1-2 years old) Event details ◇ Giant Plarail diorama exhibit and “Let’s play with Plarail” corner A Plarail diorama (length 7.2m x width 3.6m) will be exhibited in the venue. We also have a “Play with Plarail” corner where you can freely play with Plarail trains that you brought with you.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30117/1825/30117-1825-18aabc366caa5ff73a1ad2d6f87d6286-3900×2600.jpg “Plarail” diorama
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30117/1825/30117-1825-4b0b11e6c4ce06698e2428616a162927-3900×2194.jpg “Let’s play with Plarail” corner ◆About Plarail “Plarail” (released by Takara Tomy Co., Ltd.) is a long-selling railway toy that will celebrate its 65th anniversary in 2024, and is a brand loved by three generations. The iconic blue rails were designed to be played on the “chabudai” (low table), where families spent time together at the time, and this standard has not changed even after more than 60 years. In Japan, a total of 2,083 types and more than 191.4 million units have been sold to date (as of the end of December 2024). Official website: ◇ Together with a real stationmaster! “Take commemorative photos in stationmaster uniforms & experience working at a station” corner Children tried on
stationmaster uniforms and took commemorative photos in front of a photo panel with real stationmasters and station staff, made their own original badges, tried putting letters on LED departure signs, tried out the departure bell switch, magic hand and mock ticket stamper. ◇Train model running exhibition corner 1/20 scale models of the leading cars of the E5, E6, and E7 Shinkansen series were on display. ◇Photo Spot A large photo panel with your face in the shape of the front car of the Yamanote Line is available. Enjoy taking
commemorative photos with your family. ◇Railway Sticker Rally All children who visit all corners of the venue and collect stickers will receive a certificate and a prize. ◇ Promoting the charms of the Ofunato City area! Reconstruction and Support Corner Photos of the damage caused by the large-scale forest fire in Ofunato City in 2025 were displayed on panels, and visitors were given free samples of “Suisen (Suisen Sake Brewery)”, a sake with ties to Ofunato, and “Kamome no Tamago (Saitou Seika)”, a famous Ofunato confectionery.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30117/1825/30117-1825-4df43d8ce33ec9b998137fb74d22d8fd-3900×2600.jpg Serving of “Suisen (Suisen Sake Brewery)” sake
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30117/1825/30117-1825-e93b72c11bed7ffc1c0acafff55e8ed1-3900×2194.jpg “Oppokun” is a character that symbolizes the reconstruction of the BRT and the Kesennuma and Ofunato lines. ◇Magic show and balloon art parade In addition to the 20-minute show, a magician paraded around the venue and guests could enjoy balloon art and other things.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30117/1825/30117-1825-e1270517c224ba960c006d50d8749aa9-3900×2600.jpg ◇Hotel work experience! Kids’ Pastry Chef Experience We made “pudding a la mode” together with a pastry chef.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30117/1825/30117-1825-f189e55f125a1946a036771f2bc8317d-3900×2194.jpg
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30117/1825/30117-1825-130fb2b307621043720964f0b1a0a272-3900×2194.jpg ◇Buffet corner Food served included roast beef, fried chicken, potatoes, sushi shaped like a Shinkansen bullet train, and dessert.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30117/1825/30117-1825-f703d544b5679e7d0bbafab3f044f25a-3900×2600.jpg
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30117/1825/30117-1825-91fbef59d4643b093a3ba39708c74cf5-3900×2600.jpg ◇Kids nail corner Children enjoyed the nail experience using children’s nail polish and nail stickers.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30117/1825/30117-1825-f194d6b0f014bb0f0383f5d76b246a2c-3900×2194.jpg ◇Customer testimonials – All the hotel staff and JR staff were kind and gentle to children, and I was surprised that such a good event existed. I only have good memories. My younger child went home very satisfied, with a balloon in one hand and lots of badges on his clothes. My older child really liked the Gran Class seats and the VR. As adults, it was great that we got so many souvenirs. I want to tell my friends about it. And I think I’ll try using a hotel next time. – The size of the venue, the limit on the number of participants, the content of the event, and the food provided made this the most satisfying railway event I’ve ever attended with children. – The number of participants was perfect for the size of the venue, which I thought was great. There were a lot of staff members in comparison, and they seemed to take good care of everyone. I was impressed with how well-balanced the event was, with almost all participants being able to fully experience almost all of the events. Cooperation: JR East (C)TOMY “Plarail” is a registered trademark of Takara Tomy Co., Ltd. Licensed for commercialization by JR East *This email has been sent automatically, so please do not reply.