JR Tokai has opened registration for its “Ise Full-Enjoyment Monitor Tour” featuring Hello! Project idol Ise Suzuran as guide, and the ¥33,000 price tag sparked debate on 5ch’s Hello! Project thread.
Opinions split over whether the fee is justified: the tour is meet-up-on-site, which all but requires arriving the night before, and it includes no two-shot photo session, no live show, and no handshake event. Some call it overpriced; others say that’s just normal for a meet-on-site tour.
2026.08.24 Event
Notice: Registration Now Open for "JR Tokai's 'Come On Over to Ise' Campaign Presents: Ise Suzuran Guides You! Sacred Site Pilgrimage — Ise Full-Enjoyment Monitor Tour" (the campaign name plays on Ise-dialect phrasing that reads like "don't come" in standard Japanese but actually means "come here" — a pun the thread riffs on throughout)
Notice: Registration Now Open for "JR Tokai's 'Come On Over to Ise' Campaign Presents: Ise Suzuran Guides You! Sacred Site Pilgrimage — Ise Full-Enjoyment Monitor Tour" (the campaign name plays on Ise-dialect phrasing that reads like "don't come" in standard Japanese but actually means "come here" — a pun the thread riffs on throughout)
Tour Price
Tour fee (per person): ¥33,000 (tax included)
*No child discount — same price applies to children.
Tour fee (per person): ¥33,000 (tax included)
*No child discount — same price applies to children.
Well now (Ise-dialect filler) — I'm not even an Ise-oshi, but maybe I'll apply anyway
Don't come to Ise!
Though if I weren't already going to be in Ise myself, I'd have wanted to join
Though if I weren't already going to be in Ise myself, I'd have wanted to join
>>11
Come on over, Ise (the dialect pun again — reads like "don't come" but means the opposite)
Come on over, Ise (the dialect pun again — reads like "don't come" but means the opposite)
Guess even this doesn't get a live performance segment
Even the first train out of Tokyo won't get you there in time if you leave same-day, so I guess this assumes you already caught the Ise concert the night before
It's called a "monitor" tour and it's still not free?? 🤣
So "*Ise Suzuran will appear at select points!" means she's not with you the whole time?
Thinking about it rationally, ¥30,000 with no two-shot and no event is steep
Since it's meet-on-site, ¥5,000 would be the fair price for this
I'll skip signing up and just blend in with the regular public to stake her out instead
Th-that's pricey… I've never been on a bus tour so I don't know the going rate, but ¥30,000 for a same-day, meet-on-site trip?
And on top of that, every single stop has free admission anyway
And on top of that, every single stop has free admission anyway
Feels like you'd just casually run into her wandering around Okage Yokocho anyway
>>30
Sounds good, come to Ise (same dialect pun)
Sounds good, come to Ise (same dialect pun)
Futamiura, the Chokokan Museum, Ise Grand Shrine — I can get to all of those on my own
The meeting point's difficulty level is pretty rough lol
Guess arriving the day before is basically mandatory then
Guess arriving the day before is basically mandatory then
>>33
Everyone's already at the live show [the night before], obviously
Everyone's already at the live show [the night before], obviously
¥20,000-ish would be the fair price, right?
Not that I'll win the lottery for it anyway
Not that I'll win the lottery for it anyway
People are still complaining about Juice=Juice's bus tour and here they come with an even more elitist one lol
Getting shown around free attractions for ¥30,000? That's basically a shakedown
If it's this concept at this price, the least they could've done was a Nagoya Station meetup with a JR Tokai chartered train ride down to Ise
Wait, is there actually someone who didn't know there's a live show in Ise the night before?
Guess that's from the Wolf board (a Hello! Project fan forum)
Guess that's from the Wolf board (a Hello! Project fan forum)
I'm not even an Ange-oshi or an Ise-oshi, but I should still be allowed to apply, right?
>>49
Of course not
Of course not
If I go, I won't get recruited into something weird, right? Is it safe?
Keep applying, everyone
It just means more Ise-oshi who lose the lottery
It just means more Ise-oshi who lose the lottery
It's gotta be two buses, right?
At this price they'd better bring another member along
so one of them's always on board
At this price they'd better bring another member along
so one of them's always on board
Rerapi's obviously wearing the bus guide uniform, right?
Everyone's gonna want in on this
Let's all apply
Let's all apply
You can visit Futamiura and Ise Grand Shrine for free anyway
There's also a chance another member who said she wants to sightsee too might stick around and join in
Price-wise it's about half of a typical bus tour, so for a day trip it doesn't feel totally out of line
But factoring in there's no two-shot, no live show, and no handshake event, it does feel pricey
But factoring in there's no two-shot, no live show, and no handshake event, it does feel pricey
They should be handing this kind of gig to their flagship group Juice=Juice instead
Is Hana-chan coming?
>>67
Nope, not coming — Goto (playing off the tour's Ise-dialect catchphrase)
Nope, not coming — Goto (playing off the tour's Ise-dialect catchphrase)
*This article is an excerpt and summary compiled from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Notice: Registration Open for “JR Tokai’s ‘Come On Over to Ise’ Campaign Presents: Ise Suzuran Guides You! Sacred Site Pilgrimage — Ise Full-Enjoyment Monitor Tour”.”
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