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Apr 7, 2021 Local News
Kumamoto Spring Matsutake Mushrooms Fetches a Million Yen per Kilo
The first spring-matsutake auction in Japan was held in Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture, and three mushrooms were sold for ¥1 million per kilogram. On Apr. 5, the earliest harves...
Apr 6, 2021 Local News
Homes in Saga Join Subscription Relocation Service
A nationwide-residence subscription service, ADDress, announced its first collaboration with a relocation promotion project with a local government. ‘ADDress Takeo no Ie’ (House i...
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
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
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...
Apr 1, 2021 Local News
New Convention Center in Fukuoka Today
The Hakata International Exhibition Hall & Conference Center opens today, April 2021. Operated by Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. (Nishitetsu), the new MICE center offers...
Apr 1, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka City Hall Cafeteria Closes Permanently
The cafeteria on the 15th floor of Fukuoka City Hall will close permanently as of March 31. The restaurant has served city hall staff and visitors alike for more than thirty years....
Apr 1, 2021 Local News
Pop-up Restaurants Appear on JR Hakata Station Platforms
Pop-up restaurants will open for three months in turn between Mar. 2021 ~ Mar. 2022 on the platforms of JR Hakata Station. An empty kiosk house on Platform No. 5 and No. 6 for the ...
Apr 1, 2021 Local News
250 year-old Italian Cafe Opens inside Hakata Hankyu
A 250-year-old Italian cafe, Bicerin, opened on the 5th floor of Hakata Hankyu. The cafe is said to be a favorite of Nietzsche, Puccini, and Hemingway. The first shop in Kyushu ser...
Apr 1, 2021 Local News
Copycats Return To Fukuoka Expressway
In an apparent copycat incident, three cats of different breeds and colors were spotted atop a dividing fence on the Nishi Kyushu Expressway near the Maebaru Interchange at 4:20 pm...