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Aug 27, 2020 Local News
JR Kyushu Group Hotels Offer Work Station Special Plans
JR Kyushu will offer ‘workstation’ plans at six of its group hotels, beginning on September 7. The company announced its participation in Remote Work Premium, an online service ope...
Aug 27, 2020 Local News
Rendering of New Hakata Ward Office Released
Fukuoka City revealed a rendering of the new Hakata Ward Office, scheduled to open in May 2022. Construction will begin on Aug. 29 on the neighboring plot of the current ward offic...
Aug 26, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Pref and Bio-venture Ahead of Schedule for Clinical Testing of Corona Remedy
Fukuoka Prefecture will conduct clinical trials for the drug development to fight COVID-19 as early as October 2021. The prefectural governor, Hiroshi Ogawa, told a press conferenc...
Aug 26, 2020 Local News
Kitakyushu To Offer Free PCR Tests by Family Doctors
Kitakyushu City is preparing to provide free PCR tests at smaller medical facilities. At the same time, the virus tests are currently available at 20 facilities, including a specia...
Aug 25, 2020 Local News
JR Kyushu hotels offers monthly stay plans
JR Kyushu Hotels is offering monthly stays at four of its group hotels in Fukuoka and Tokyo. The Blossom Hakata Premier (Deluxe Twin rooms: ¥158,000/month), JR Kyushu Hotel Blossom...
Aug 25, 2020 Local News
JAL City Hotel Fukuoka Tenjin To Open 2021
Hotel JAL City Fukuoka Tenjin will open in the spring of 2021. Located within a minute walk from the subway Akasaka Station, the 12-story hotel offers comfortable and convenient st...
Aug 25, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Airport Selling Some Tax-free ShopItems in Domestic Terminal
Items from duty-free shops inside Fukuoka Airport International Terminal are now available for purchase by domestic passengers for a limited period. The Fukuoka Airport Pop-up Stor...
Aug 25, 2020 Local News
Premium-shokupan Bakery Opens in Dazaifu City
A premium-shokupan (while bread) specialty shop opened near the Kimihata intersection of Dazaifu City on August 20. The concept of “luxury shokupan” has significantly improved peop...
Aug 22, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Offers ¥50,000 To Compliant Local Eateries
Fukuoka Prefecture will subsidize ¥50,000 to local eateries that cooperate to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. Shops with COVID-19 safety stickers (issued by Fukuoka Pref...
Aug 21, 2020 Local News
Italian, Mexican, Chinese Collaborative Outdoor Beer Garden Opens
Three popular restaurants in Fukuoka City, Comatsu (Italian) El Borracho (Mexican) and Mandarin Market (Chinese) are collaboratively operating a beer garden inside Bayside Place Ha...