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Nov 8, 2021 Local News
Kurume-based Ice Cream Company To Release Fanta Flavor
Kurume City-based ice cream manufacturer Marunaga Confectionery Co., Ltd. reached an agreement with the Coca-Cola Company in the U.S. to sell the first-ever Fanta-flavor ice popsic...
Oct 13, 2021 Local News
Kurume University Collaborates With Bridgestone To Solve Sleep Debt
Kurume University and Kurume City partnered with Bridgestone Corporation and three other organizations to solve ‘sleep debt’ matters. The government-industry-academia collaboration...
Jun 10, 2021 Local News
First Extreme High Temperature Issued in Northern Kyushu
Outside temperature exceeded 35°C in Kurume City at around 13:30 on June 9, making for the first Extreme High Temperature (‘mousho -bi’) report for 2021 in Japan. Daytime high rose...
May 18, 2021 Local News
Kazakhstan Canceled Pre-Olympic Training in Kurume
The national Olympic committee of Kazakhstan canceled its pre-Olympic training in Kurume City. Reflecting on the current spread of the new coronavirus, Kazakhstan athletes would he...
Apr 26, 2021 Local News
Request for Business Regulations Expanded to Kurume City
Fukuoka Prefecture expands the request for business regulations to Kurume City following a task force meeting on Apr. 22 to discuss...
Mar 21, 2021 Now Reports
Kurume Kasuri Guide 2021
Kurume Kasuri is a traditional textile from the Chikugo region that has been handed down over the generations. It is currently produced in Kurume City, Hirokawa Town (in Yame Distr...
Mar 19, 2021 Now Reports
Kurume Kasuri: Experience Fukuoka’s Traditional Textile First Hand
Although we think nothing of buying clothes nowadays, there was a time in the past when people in each household made their own clothing from...
Feb 16, 2021 Event
24th Kurume Kasuri Ai, Ai, Deai (Indigo, Love, Encounter) Festival
Kurume Kasuri Ai, Ai, Deai (Indigo, Love, Encounter) Festival is returning for its 24th edition. This is one of Japan’s largest festivals to focus on the traditional textile of Kur...
Dec 8, 2020 Local News
Kurume Kasuri Lucky-charm Masks Debut
Chikugo City-based Ikeda Kasuri Kobo debuted a ‘Ren-ai joju’ (lucky charm for love) mask in collaboration with the local Koinoki Shrine. The shinto shrine is known as the only plac...
Nov 30, 2020 Event
2020 Kurume Illumination Festival “Hotomeki Fantasy”
The 16th edition of this seasonal event lights up the entire-downtown area of Kurume and with the motto of “illuminate the lights of cooperation to all, and bring cheer to the town...
