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Jun 2, 2022 Local News
Fireflies Viewing On JR Hakata Station Rooftop
Fireflies usually reproduce in rural areas with very clean water and cool environments; however, some 800 baby fireflies were transferred to the rooftop’s biotope in mid-March. The...
May 26, 2022 Local News
Sapporo Draft Beer Black Label “Hakata Gion Yamakasa” Released
Sapporo Breweries, Ltd., a group company of Sapporo Holdings, Ltd. released a limited quantity of Sapporo Draft Beer Black Label "Hakata Gion Yamakasa Can" on May 24 in eight prefe...
May 26, 2022 Local News
PayPay Dome To Go Cashless for Baseball Games
At the PayPay Dome, SoftBank's home stadium in Fukuoka City, customers will be able to pay for purchases such as goods and food with cash or cashless. The initiative is partially a...
May 25, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka City Announces Dental Checkup Program
The "Oral Care 28 Project," an initiative by Fukuoka City and others to protect dental and oral health, is now in full swing. This project is a collaboration between Fukuoka City, ...
May 23, 2022 Local News
Construction Begins on International Terminal Expansion
Fukuoka International Airport began construction on an expansion and renovation of the international passenger terminal building on May 20. In anticipation of a recovery in demand ...
May 23, 2022 Local News
Tsutaya to Open Bookstore on Kyushu University Ito Campus
Culture Convenience Club Co., the operator of the TSUTAYA bookstore chain, announced that it will open "Kyushu University Ito Tsutaya Bookstore" in the spring of 2023. The Kyushu U...
May 19, 2022 Local News
Flying Plum Tree of Dazaifu Bears Five-Year Record Bounty of Fruit
On the 18th, a ritual of harvesting the fruit of the sacred Tobiume (flying plum tree) at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine was held. As the tree branches were shaken by a 3.5-meter-long gre...
May 18, 2022 Local News
If Green… A Pop-up Store Specializing in Houseplants
If green… is a houseplant specialty store that offers a wide variety of houseplants for indoor cultivation, carefully selected by plant section buyers at GooDay Home Center and...
May 18, 2022 Local News
Train Driver Caught Playing Smartphone Game While Driving
A driver in his 20s was found to have been playing games on his smartphone several times while driving a local train on the JR Chikuho Main Line yesterday. According to JR Kyushu.....
May 17, 2022 Local News
Bus Driver Arrested for Public Indecency on Train
A Nishitetsu bus driver was arrested for exposing his lower body on a JR train. The man denies the charge. The suspect, a 53-year-old bus driver, was arrested on suspicion of publi...