Fukuoka Prefecture
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Jan 28, 2020 Event
Doll Festival at Hakata Machiya
Celebrate this year's Doll's Festival at Hakata Machiya! The seven-tiered doll displays are sure to generate a lot of interest among visitors! Be sure to check out the dolls and we...
Jan 28, 2020 Event
Valentine’s Day Concert at ACROS
Brother Tom will be performing with pianist Daichi Kanno at ACROS Fukuoka this Valentine’s Day. The duo will be playing a number of famous tunes during their lunchtime set, includi...
Jan 28, 2020 Local News
JR Kyushu’s New High Trimaran to Begin Service in July
JR Kyushu has announced that reservations for the Queen Beetle will begin on January 30. As the world's first 80m class trimaran it will connect Fukuoka to Busan in 3 hours and 40 ...
Jan 28, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Continues Investment in Backup Electrical Preparation
Fukuoka City is planning to strengthen its electricity backup resources for times of emergencies. To be able to provide electricity at evacuation shelters, the city has proposed a ...
Jan 28, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Drops out of First Place with Cruise Ships
The number of cruise ships calling on Hakata Port in 2019 dropped to 229, pushing Fukuoka out of first place in the number of cruise ship calls in Japan. According to an announceme...
Jan 28, 2020 Local News
Nishitetsu to Road Test Self-Driving Buses
Two self-drive buses belonging to Nishitetsu Bus will soon be road tested in Kitakyushu City. According to the company's announcement on January 23, a microbus with a capacity of 3...
Jan 28, 2020 Event
Salon du Chocolat 2020
Salon du Chocolat is one of Kyushu’s largest chocolate festivals with over 80 chocolate brands from 16 countries! With this year’s theme “Everything is an ‘encounter’”, encounter c...
Jan 24, 2020 Local News
The Rail Kitchen Chikugo
The Rail Kitchen Chikugo, a kitchen-equipped train operated by Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd., connects the Nishitetsu stations of Tenjin and Omuta. For nearly a year since its de...
Jan 24, 2020 Event
27th Jojima Sake Festival & Brewery Hopping – Canceled
The abundant waters of Chikugo River as well as the large grain rice and fragrant Hita cedar trees in the Jojima area make it an excellent place for brewing sake. Even today, many ...
Jan 24, 2020 Event
The Cacao Wonderland
This year’s Valentine’s fair at Hakata Hankyu features, what else, cacao! the essential ingredient of chocolate. The Cacao Wonderland is dedicated to chocolate lovers and chocoholi...