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Nov 29, 2018 Local News
New Shopping Center on Former Tobu Market
A new shopping center named Branch Fukuoka Shimobaru will open in Higashi-ku on November 30. Located in Fukuoka City's former Tobu Market site, this spot will provide community spa...
Nov 29, 2018 Local News
Subway to Operate Friday Late Night Trains in December
Fukuoka City Subway, Nishitetsu and JR Kyushu will operate special late-night trains on Friday nights during December. Since the trains were packed with passengers at weekend night...
Nov 28, 2018 Local News
New Sweet Tomappe Tomato From Saga
A joint venture between Nishitetsu and JA Zen-Noh was announced at a press conference. Their new brand of tomato, Tomappe, will go on sale from the end of this month. The two compa...
Nov 26, 2018 Local News
Projection Mapping Installation in Basement of Fukuoka Parco
An egg-shaped, projection-mapping object was installed above the Kappa no Izumi (Kappa Fountain) display at the basement floor of Fukuoka Parco. Six projectors produce images of th...
Nov 22, 2018 Local News
Uber Eats Available in Fukuoka
Food and drink from over 190 eateries inside Fukuoka City will be available for delivery via the Uber Eats app beginning November 28. Customers will have to pay an additional deliv...
Nov 21, 2018 Local News
Tar Elf Toivo: A New Finnish Cultural Experience for Fukuoka’s Children
What do you get when you add wood, peat, moss and heat? If you guessed pine tar, you guessed correct! But what you may not have guessed is that this is also the subject of a new cu...
Nov 7, 2018 Local News
Kyushu University Offers Ito Campus Tours
Kyushu University is offering tours of its campus in Itoshima City. The tours begin from Big Orange, where participants will watch an introductory video of the university, and cont...
Oct 26, 2018 Local News
New Sports Facility to Open in Fukuoka
A new large-scale gymnasium is set to open in Island City this December. The Fukuoka City Sogo Taiiku-kan has a floor span of approximately 25,000 square meters, making it one of t...
Oct 23, 2018 Local News
New Saga Strawberry to be Released This Year
A new Saga strawberry called Ichigosan will hit stores this Winter. A presentation was held on October 16 to announce that the prefecture has developed the new breed of strawberry,...
Oct 22, 2018 Local News
Students No Longer Need to Specify Gender for Entrance Exams
From March next year, the prefectural high school entrance examinations in Fukuoka will not ask students to specify their gender on application forms or admission slips. The Fukuok...