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Apr 25, 2025 Local News
Yame Introduces Off-Grid Toilet Trailer
Yame City has introduced a new mobile toilet trailer designed for use in disaster zones where water and...
Apr 16, 2025 Local News
Traditional Tea-Rolling Contest Held In Yame
Ahead of the new tea season, Yame City in Fukuoka Prefecture hosted the 41st annual...
Apr 24, 2024 Local News
Daniel Inouye Museum Debuts in Yame, Honoring Japanese-American Senator
A new museum dedicated to Daniel Inouye, a notable Japanese-American who served as a U.S. Senator and contributed significantly to Japan-U.S. relations, has been inaugurated in...
Apr 18, 2024 Local News
Yame City Hosts First Tea Auction of the Year with Record Prices
In Yame City, one of Japan's premier tea-producing regions, the first new tea auction of the year was held at the Tea Trading Center on April 17. As tea picking reached its peak se...
Jun 22, 2023 Local News
Knicker Nicker Nabbed in Yame City!
A 50-year-old knicker nicker from Yame City, Japan has been nabbed by the coppers after allegedly snatching women's panties from a coin-op laundry spot...
Jul 6, 2022 Local News
First Freestyle Competition at Yame Bike Facility
Yakata BMX Park, the BMX training facility that opened in 2021 in Yame City, had its first freestyle park competition on Jul. 3. Some fifty riders gathered to compete at...
Apr 7, 2022 Local News
Garbage Trucks Used As Moving Security Cameras
A ceremony was held today to mark the installation of a drive recorder capable of taking 360-degree photos from garbage trucks in Hirokawa Town. The area grows strawberries and gra...
Feb 21, 2022 Local News
Contest for Kurume Kasuri Designs
Hirokawa Town is calling for new designs for traditional Kasuri textiles. The third edition of the Kurume Kasuri Design Contest seeks ideas from professionals and non-professionals...
Jan 22, 2021 Local News
In Place of Pick-Your-Own Strawberry Growers Ship Direct
It’s that time of year in Fukuoka when we enjoy ripe, red strawberries! While berries are now ready for picking, many are rightfully hesitant to visit picking farms during the pand...
Jan 13, 2021 Local News
Sake Brewer Develops Sparkling Sake and Gin Products
Yame City-based sake brewer, Kitaya Co., Ltd., debuted two new-generation products; Kitaya Sparkling Crystal and Kitaya Craft Gin. The brewery with two-hundred years of history cre...
