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Mar 12, 2024 Event
27th Ai Ai Deai Festival
This premier festival showcases Kurume Kasuri, a distinguished traditional craft, uniting 25 expert weavers and distributors in a grand celebration of this artisanal textile. This ...
Feb 16, 2024 Local News
Kurume-Based Venture Files for Bankruptcy Amid COVID-19 Drug Research
A venture company in Kurume City, which was engaged in joint research and development of a COVID-19 treatment with Fukuoka Prefecture, has filed for bankruptcy. The company, Bonac....
Feb 15, 2024 Event
Kurume Ueki Festival
Kurume, renowned for its nursery stock industry that dates back over 300 years to the Edo period, stands as one of Japan's premier plant cultivation regions. It hosts an annual...
Feb 5, 2024 Event
30th Jojima Sake Festival & Brewery Hopping
Chikugo-Jojima, known for its sake breweries blessed with the abundant waters of the Chikugo River and Chikugo rice, hosts Kyushu's largest sake brewery opening event every Februar...
Jan 24, 2024 Event
Daihonzan Naritasan Kurume Temple – Setsubun Festival
The renowned Naritasan Kurume Temple, famed for its majestic Bodhisattva statue, is endearingly known to locals as 'Narita-san'. On Setsubun, the temple becomes a hub...
Nov 21, 2023 Local News
Disciplinary Actions at JGSDF Kurume Garrison Following Fatal Accident and Theft
In 2021, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) member was fatally hit by a large vehicle in an Oita Prefecture training area. The driver, a 31-year-old Sergeant...
Nov 17, 2023 Event
Yanagisaka Wax Tree Festival
Framed against the serene Minou Mountains, a stunning allee stretches about 1.2 kilometers, lined with wax trees that transition into a resplendent red...
Nov 17, 2023 Event
Jojima Sake Brewery Walk
Nestled in the heart of Jōjima, a locale synonymous with fine sake due to its superior water and rice and the strategic waterways of the Chikugo River, is the...
Nov 17, 2023 Local News
‘Charichari’ Bike-Sharing Service Expands to Kurume, Fukuoka
Neuet, a Fukuoka-based company, will start its bike-sharing service 'Charichari' in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, in April 2024. The service will utilize the city's existing bik...
Oct 25, 2023 Local News
Kurume’s Roadside Bananas Secure New Home on Farm
Earlier in October, a curious sight emerged in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture: bananas planted, without permission, on a city road...
