Travel news An example of clothes that can be rented if you come to Japan with Japan Airlines. Then you avoid the polluting transport of your own clothes in your luggage. Read more Close
12 July 2023 21:04 – Updated 12 July 2023 21:16
All in the name of the climate: If you travel to Japan, you don’t need to bring clothes. You can rent it through the airline and hand it over to the hotel when you have landed. – Less luggage is good for the environment, says Japan Airlines (JAL).
It is moving towards better baggage times for travelers flying with Japan Airlines to Tokyo. They now encourage their passengers to ditch their suitcases of clothes, and instead rent clothes that you get on arrival.
The clothes are either reused or come from the clothing manufacturers’ surplus warehouses. You can easily choose which clothes you want to wear during your stay in Japan. Everything happens through JAL’s website in the campaign “Any wear, Anywhere”and will be delivered to the hotel you will be staying at.
The selection you can choose from is suitable for various activities you intend to participate in. The clothing sets cost from NOK 300 to 500 to rent.
When you have finished your stay in Japan, whether it is a holiday or a business trip, you simply hand in your clothes to the hotel upon departure.
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Instead of bringing your own luggage, you can pre-rent clothes that are delivered in Japan if you travel with Japan Airlines. The Any Wear, Anywhere campaign is built on reused clothes and from surplus warehouses. Read more Close
Surplus and reuse
Developed by trading and investment company Sumitomo Corporation, the service has just been launched for a trial period that runs until August 31 next year. During the period, the company, in collaboration with Japan Airlines, will assess how the concept works in practice.
– Our aim is to create an opportunity for travelers to make use of local alternatives in relation to their clothing, food and accommodation, and through this we can make both holidays and business trips more sustainable than today, explains Sumitomo Corporation according to StandBy.dk
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It costs energy (fuel) to transport tons of luggage around the world by plane. Japan Airlines is trying to do something about it – by renting out clothes to tourists coming to Japan. Read more Close
Measures reduced CO2 emissions
While Sumitomo Corporation is responsible for the practical aspects of the scheme, Japan Airlines will map the effect this has on the weight and CO2 emissions of the flights.
Japan Airlines has already calculated that by carrying 10 kilograms less luggage on a flight from New York to Tokyo, you save 7.5 kilograms of CO2 because the planes have to use more fuel to transport the luggage.
7.5 kilograms of CO2, on the other hand, is equivalent to what you would save the climate by banning the use of hair dryers for ten minutes a day – for a whole 78 days, JAL believes.
The airline also points out that each of us has 7.5 items of clothing that have not been used over the course of an entire year, and that 66 percent of the world’s clothing production ends up in landfills or incinerators.
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