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Mar 17, 2022 Local News
All Aeon Kyushu Stores Now Participating in Food Drive Donations
Aeon Kyushu expanded its food drive actions to 38 stores in Kyushu. The charity program now includes 25 Aeon and Aeon Style shops in Fukuoka Prefecture. Unused food products are do...
Mar 14, 2022 Local News
The Arita Ceramic Festival To Resume
During the Golden Week holidays, the annual porcelain event, which attracts upwards of 1.2 million visitors each year, was canceled the last two years due to the ongoing pandemic. ...
Mar 11, 2022 Local News
Itoshima Oyster Hut Shuttle Bus Service This Weekend
The Itoshima Tourist Association operates a shuttle bus for oyster-hut visitors between Mar. 11 ~14. The bus leaves JR Chikuzenmaebaru Station every 15 ~ 30 min. and takes guests t...
Mar 11, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Restaurant Wins Recipe Contest Using Candies
A Nagoya-based confectionery maker held a unique cooking contest. As implied in its name, ‘okashi-na menu contest,’ the event called for meal recipes using okashi products such as ...
Mar 10, 2022 Local News
Long Running Tenjin Heiwaro Chinese To Close
Tenjin-based Chinese restaurant, Heiwaro, will close permanently on March 27. The 1947-established restaurant closed its main shop in Shintencho Arcade and all of its other five re...
Mar 9, 2022 Local News
Saga University Study Links Stink Bugs Bits To Low Crop Yield
A Saga-University study about transgenerational changes in bean-bug-infested soy plants was published in an American Science magazine. The Plos One magazine introduced the discover...
Mar 9, 2022 Local News
Automated Bus Trial To Be Run at Fukuoka Airport
Nishitetsu will run a trial for self-driving buses at Fukuoka Airport. For one month from Mar. 8, a bus built by Isuzu and carrying 79 passengers will run along a 1.4-kilometer rou...
Mar 9, 2022 Local News
500 Chicken Hot Pot Gift Sets Mistakenly Sold for One Yen
Yoshitomi Town offered one of its furusato taxation gifts for only ¥1 by mistake. On Mar. 7, the smallest town in Fukuoka Prefecture listed a mizutaki chicken hot-pot set online as...
Mar 9, 2022 Local News
One of Japan’s Largest Sauna’s To Open in Saga City
One of Japan’s largest sauna facilities will open in Saga City in late April. Saga no Yudokoro Komorebi offers bathing in 100% natural hot spring water inside a 2,100-square-meter ...
Mar 8, 2022 Local News
Miyazaki Factory Offering Low Cost Suits To High School Graduates
Miyazaki Factory, which took over the D’urban luxury suit brand, offers tailor-made suits for local high school students. The project targets those graduating this month and encour...