Headline news for May 15, 2025



To commemorate the release of

the movie 'Demon Slayer: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba' Mugen Castle Arc , a collaborative campaign between 'Demon Slayer: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba' and JR Hokkaido, 'Run around Hokkaido with all your concentration!' will be held.

Anime 'Demon Slayer: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba' x 'JR Hokkaido' Stamp Rally: Find the Demon Slayer Corps! | JR Hokkaido - Hokkaido Railway Company
https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/kimetsu/index.html

The campaign will include a stamp rally to collect original stamps placed at 10 stations across Hokkaido, the operation of wrapped trains, special announcements on board, and the sale of limited special tickets.

The stamp rally will be held from June 18th (Wed) to October 13th (Mon), and stamps will be available at 10 stations: Otaru Station, Teine Station, Sapporo Station, New Chitose Airport Station, Iwamizawa Station, Asahikawa Station, Hakodate Station, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, Obihiro Station, and Kushiro Station. There are 10 types of stamps, each with a different character, and life-size photo panels will also be installed. In addition, 300 people in total will be entered into a lottery to win original collaboration goods from those who collect stamps from 4 stations, 6 stations, or all stations.

The wrapped train will run as a special train 'Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba' between Sapporo and Muroran on Saturday, July 12th, and will then run as the limited express 'Kamui' between Sapporo and Asahikawa from Monday, July 14th. In addition, limited announcements by characters will be made on the 'Tokachi' and 'Oozora' trains.

In order to complete the stamp rally, the 'Demon Slayer Free Pass' will be sold exclusively on Ekinet. The sale will run from 5:00 AM on Monday, July 14th to Tuesday, October 7th, and will end when the planned number of tickets is reached. The pass is valid for 7 days and allows unlimited use of ordinary car unreserved seats on JR Hokkaido's conventional express and local trains. In addition, you can use any available reserved seats in ordinary cars on the 'Hokuto', 'Suzuran', 'Ozora', and 'Tokachi' trains. The price is 35,000 yen, and if you send the pass to the campaign office after using it, you will receive an acrylic stand set with an original illustration drawn in collaboration between the anime 'Demon Slayer: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba' and JR Hokkaido (four figures of Kamado Tanjiro, Kamado Nezuko, Agatsuma Zenitsu, and Hashibira Inosuke + a wrapped train).

Anime 'Demon Slayer' x JR Hokkaido tie-up announcement video 30 seconds - YouTube


When the movie version of 'Demon Slayer: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba' Mugen Train was released, a collaboration campaign with JR Kyushu was held. At that time, it was possible to complete the journey in 2 nights and 3 days, but what about Hokkaido? It may be a much more lenient setting since Wakkanai is not included, even though it is the terminal station of the express train.

A travel guide to see the scenic Kyushu scenery and have peace of mind instead of speed running the 'Demon Slayer' stamp rally - GIGAZINE



I collected 'Demon Slayer' stamps while enjoying the scenery of Aso on the Toyohashi Main Line, which was restored from the damage caused by the Kumamoto earthquake - GIGAZINE



I collected 'Demon Slayer' stamps while crossing the Kyudai Main Line where buses are being substituted due to heavy rain damage - GIGAZINE



I took a photo of Rengoku while collecting 'Demon Slayer' stamps and crossed the Ariake Sea by ferry - GIGAZINE



Tanjiro Kamado took an AR photo that matched the retro station building and completed the 'Demon Slayer' stamp rally - GIGAZINE



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