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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...
Mar 2, 2022 Local News
Local Map Maker Purchases Hotel Room Naming Rights
Kitakyushu-based map company, Zenrin Co., Ltd., acquired naming rights of some hotel rooms in Kokura, Kitakyushu. JR Kyushu Station Hotel Kokura and Zenrin collaboratively offer ‘C...
Mar 1, 2022 Local News
Kagoshima Prefecture Recognizes Official Shochu Sales Promotion Shops in China
Kagoshima Prefecture recognized 68 Chinese-based shops as its official ‘Shochu Sales Support Shops.’ To expand exports of Kagoshima-produced shochu, the program organizers selected...
Feb 22, 2022 Local News
Kyushu’s First Tesla Store Opens in Momochi
Tesla's first dealership in Kyushu will open inside the Mark Is shopping center in Momochihama, Fukuoka City. The sixth Japanese dealership of the world’s largest EV manufacturer w...
Feb 22, 2022 Local News
Miyazaki-beef Company To Supply Halal Beef for Export
Miyachiku, a JA group company selling Miyazaki beef, announced the opening of a halal meat factory in Saito City of Miyazaki Prefecture. While the overall export of domestic beef c...
Feb 21, 2022 Local News
Contest for Kurume Kasuri Designs
Hirokawa Town is calling for new designs for traditional Kasuri textiles. The third edition of the Kurume Kasuri Design Contest seeks ideas from professionals and non-professionals...
Feb 16, 2022 Local News
Japanet Fukuoka Office Includes Napping Booths
Offices in Tenjin Business Center feature unique functions to provide better workability. The three-floor office of Japanet Takata has napping booths that resemble a capsule hotel....
Feb 16, 2022 Local News
Home Renovator Charged With Theft of 190 Bottles of Whisky
A self-employed residential renovator in Fukuoka City was arrested for stealing 190 bottles of high-quality whisky from a client’s house. The 48-year-old man is suspected of having...