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May 25, 2023 Local News
Smoke Alarm: Firefighter Caught with Cannabis Cache in Fukuoka
An alarm was raised not for a blaze but for blazing up, as a 22-year-old firefighter Jun Gohara from the Yanagawa City Fire Department in Fukuoka Prefecture got into hot water. He ...

May 24, 2023 Local News
Kyushu Defense Bureau Reassures Safety Amid Osprey Concerns
Officials from the Kyushu Defense Bureau visited Yanagawa city to discuss the deployment of the Self-Defense Forces' Osprey transport...

Apr 14, 2022 Local News
Yanagawa City To Provide High School Education and Housing For Ukraine Evacuees
Yanagawa High School announced it would accept about ten students from Ukraine. Taking advantage of its international course for exchange students, the school will provide special ...

Mar 7, 2022 Local News
Yanagawa Five Facility Sightseeing Passport Available Now
Enjoy sightseeing in Yanagawa City under the warm spring sun! The city’s March tourism passport combines a canal cruise and visits to five cultural facilities, including Yanagawa A...

Dec 8, 2021 Local News
Yanagawa Winter Tourism Passport Launched
Enjoy winter in Yanagawa with the newly developed sightseeing passport. Operation of kotatsu bune (winterized gondolas) offering a cozy boat ride along the city's canals began on D...

Jul 28, 2021 Local News
Japanese speaking non-Japanese women wanted to test a full-day sightseeing tour of Yanagawa
We are looking for eight people to participate in a one-day tour "Making Lunch Box with Yanagawa's Specialties and Sightseeing."The purpose of the food experience...

Jan 25, 2021 Local News
Yanagawa City Prepares Budget for C19 Vaccine
Yanagawa City has begun preparations for providing citizens with new coronavirus vaccinations. To smoothly process vaccinations once the doses are delivered, a budget of approximat...

Aug 7, 2020 Local News
Night Time Cruising in Yanagawa’s Canals Resumes
The Yanagawa Akari Bune will resume operation for 2020 on August 7. The atmospheric summer-night cruise welcomes guests onto a lantern-lit gondolas that quietly glide through the c...

Dec 17, 2019 Local News
Lights to be Installed for Nightime Punting in Yanagawa
Yanagawa City announced a project proposal to introduce lights along its river punting canals. To enhance...

Sep 13, 2019 Local News
Canal Punting Courses in Yanagawa to be Expanded
On September 5, Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture and Nishitetsu announced plans to extend one of the waterways in Yanagawa City to increase the...