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Oct 24, 2025 Local News
JR Kyushu Seeks Saga Cost Relief for Shinkansen
JR Kyushu President Yoji Furuimi met Vice Minister Tomonori Mizushima at the Transport Ministry on October 23 to request...
Sep 26, 2023 Local News
Ureshino Tests Autonomous EV Buses
Ureshino City in Saga Prefecture has initiated a pilot program to test autonomous electric buses. The buses will operate on...
Nov 19, 2021 Local News
Ureshino Onsen Opens 10,000 Volume Bookstore
An Ureshino Onsen hotel opened a stylish bookstore with 10,000 books on display. Wataya Besso, which opened seventy-one years ago, named the shop Books & Tea Sanpuku. Books on...
Oct 22, 2021 Local News
Marriott Group Hotel to Open Near Ureshino Onsen Station
Marriott International’s Fairfield Hotel will be developed near JR Ureshino-onsen Station in Saga Prefecture. The hotel will open in the same building as the new roadside station (...
Aug 30, 2021 Local News
JR Kyushu To Open Hot Spring Resort In Ureshino
JR Kyushu announced the opening of a new hot spring facility in Ureshino City, Saga Prefecture. They purchased a 9,600-m2 plot which includes two onsen sources. The company’s third...
Apr 21, 2021 Local News
Four Tokyo-based IT Companies Partner With Ureshino City
Four Tokyo-based IT companies partnered with Ureshino City in Saga Prefecture to establish offices inside Ureshino Onsen ryokan. Representatives of the four companies gathered at W...
Dec 16, 2020 Local News
JR Kyushu Announces New Station Names
JR Kyushu officially named its future shinkansen station in Ureshino City (Saga) as ‘Ureshino-onsen.’ Since the station will be developed next to the Takeo-onsen Station of the new...
Nov 2, 2020 Local News
Ureshino Onsen Offers Generous Taxi Fee Subsidies
Ureshino City in Saga Prefecture has begun a generous taxi-fee subsidy program for domestic tourists, as of November 1. Over-night guests at participating Ureshino Onsen hot spring...
