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Jul 21, 2022 Local News
Increasing Number of With-pet Evacuation Facilities in Kyushu
Pet-friendly emergency shelters are becoming available in some municipalities in Kyushu. Kurume Cycle Family Park accepts with-pet evacuees while alert level 3 or above is in effec...
May 27, 2022 Local News
Construction of Shiseido’s Newest Factory Completed in Kurume
Shiseido, a major cosmetics manufacturer, has completed the construction of a new factory in Kurume City. Shiseido's mainstay products, such as Aqua Label and Elixir, will be manuf...
May 18, 2022 Local News
Kurume City Company Develops AI Robot for Strawberry Picking
A company in Kurume City has developed a robot that uses AI (artificial intelligence) to harvest strawberries automatically. The box-shaped robot is on wheels, and it automatically...
Apr 28, 2022 Event
Ishibashi Bunka Center Spring Rose Fair 2022
The Ishibashi Bunka Center has the largest rose garden in Fukuoka and its peak season lasts for about a month, starting in early May with 2,600 roses of over 400 varieties...
Apr 15, 2022 Local News
Demand For Rubber Gloves For Robots Increasing
Demand for the world’s first rubber gloves for robots produced by a Kurume-based manufacturer, Towa Corporation, is increasing. ‘ROBO Glove’ was developed three years ago to improv...
Mar 17, 2022 Local News
Kurume-ori Rebranded As Chikugo-ori
A new branding project for Kurume-ori textile was launched. A group of craftsmen and designers in the Chikugo region announced the rebranding of the traditional textile as Chikugo-...
Mar 14, 2022 Event
KITANO Picnic
Kitano Town, Kurume City, is famous as a major producer of leafy vegetables. Many foreign technical intern trainees live in this town, and globalization is progressing...
Mar 4, 2022 Event
Discover Kurume Kasuri Market!
The "Kurume Kasuri Ai, Ai, Deai (Indigo, Love, Encounter) Festival," as the Kasuri event is affectionately known, has been revamped for its 25th anniversary with the theme of "disc...
Feb 4, 2022 Event
Ishibashi Cultural Center Spring Flower Festival
The Ishibashi Cultural Center boasts at least 140 red and white blooming plum trees, including the "spring plum tree" donated by Hefei City, China, a friendship city of Kurume City...
Dec 17, 2021 Local News
Kurume Elementary Students Receive 9,000 Apples From Aomori
Twenty elementary schools in Kurume City received 9,000 apples from Aomori Prefecture. The delicious gifts convey appreciation from JA Tsugaru Mirai after the region got a lot of s...
