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Apr 6, 2021 Local News
Hakata Matsubayashi Festival Committee Announces COVID Guidelines
The promotional committee for Hakata Matsubayashi decided on anti-coronavirus infection guidelines for the 2021 procession. To have the traditional festival without spreading the v...
Apr 6, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka-based Real Estate Company and Rakuten offer LGBT Couples Loans
As of April 2, Miyoshi Real Estate Co., Ltd. in Fukuoka and Rakuten Bank, Ltd. began offering home mortgage loans to LGBT couples without partnership certificates. Despite conventi...
Apr 5, 2021 Local News
Saga Prefecture Opens Official Cycling Website
Saga Cycling Club, an official cycle-tourism website for Saga Prefecture, opened recently. A variety of routes help cyclists enjoy local history, natural scapes, onsen hot springs...
Apr 5, 2021 Local News
Daihatsu Launches On-demand Shared Taxi service in Goto, Nagasaki
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. announced a new on-demand bus service in Goto City, Nagasaki. The car manufacturer, which is strong in kei-jidosha (subcompact car) production sector, aims...
Apr 5, 2021 Local News
Airline Offers Domestic Package Tour for Dogs and Owners
ANA is looking for participants for its ‘wan-wan’ (bow-wow) tour to Nagasaki. It is the first tour in five years in which the airline welcomes pet dogs onboard a domestic route. Pa...
Apr 5, 2021 Local News
Hirado Castle Opens For Overnight Stays For a Princely Sum
Hirado Castle in Nagasaki City officially opened its gates for overnight stays on April 1. Only one group (up to 5 persons) per night can enjoy private use of the two-story yagura ...
Apr 5, 2021 Local News
Kitakyushu and Fukuoka City to Begin Vaccinating Elderly On Trial Basis
New coronavirus vaccinations for elderly residents will begin in Fukuoka and Kitakyushu cities in April. The mayor of Fukuoka City, Soichiro Takashima, announced on Mar. 30 that ap...
Apr 5, 2021 Local News
Zero Waiting Time Medical Clinic Opened in Fukuoka
A medical clinic boasting “no waiting time” opened in Fukuoka City recently. Zeromachi Clinic Tenjin inside Solaria Stage has a waiting space of only 33 square meters. Patients, wh...
Apr 5, 2021 Local News
Laundry Locker System Launched in Fukuoka City
The first laundry-locker service in Japan opened in Fukuoka City on April 2. A special locker was installed at Meinohama Station in Nishi Ward for dropping off and returning clothe...
Apr 5, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka’s First Craft Whiskey Distillery to Open in Asakura
A shochu distillery in Asakura City, Shinozaki Co., Ltd., launched a craft whisky-distilling project. Construction of the first whiskey distillery in Fukuoka Prefecture will be com...
