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Feb 21, 2020 Local News
Kitakyushu City Boasts Economic Benefit From Rugby World Cup
Kitakyushu City announced that the economic effect of the Rugby World Cup 2019 exceeded ¥2.3 billion. The city hosted a training camp for the Welsh national team for six days in Se...
Feb 19, 2020 Local News
Kitakyushu City Supporting Low Carbon Initiatives Overseas
Kitakyushu City is working on reducing plastic wastes in Southeast-Asian countries through a partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP.) The city's private...
Jan 31, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Signs Mou With Volga-dnepr Airlines
Fukuoka Prefecture and Kitakyushu City exchanged a memorandum of understanding with...
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 10, 2020 Event
Mekari Shinji Harvest Festival
The origin of the The Mekari Shinji ritual is linked to the time when Empress Jingu (approx. 200 A.C.) sent Azumiisora-no-kami (god of the sea) to the waters before the battle agai...
Dec 13, 2019 Event
Christmas at Sarakuyama
Enjoy live music, delicious food, and stunning scenery from the top of Mount Sarakura this December. Musicians from Fukuoka will perform festive songs and the observatory restauran...
Dec 10, 2019 Event
Tea Ceremony Conducted by Men in Kokura Castle
This year-end, a tea ceremony conducted by men in Kitakyushu’s beautiful Kokura Castle will be held on Dec 22. Learn about the art of the tea ceremony as tea is gracefully made in ...
Dec 9, 2019 Event
Dancing Santa at Riverwalk Kitakyushu
Santa has put on his dancing shoes for this year's Riverwalk Kitakyushu Christmas decorations! Check-out the shiny disco ball that sits on top of the shopping facility's huge Chris...
Dec 3, 2019 Event
Yasushi Horibe Exhibition
An exhibition of Yasushi Horibe, whose architecture is highly regarded as a timeless form of architecture, is on at the Toto Museum. With the concept...
Dec 2, 2019 Event
Drum Tao: The Drummers Final
Japanese drum group Drum Tao is back in Fukuoka! Performing in over 500 cities worldwide to more than 8 million spectators, ranking top three on iTunes in five countries when they ...