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Nov 11, 2020 Local News
Itoshima Ranked Third in Monocle Magazine’s Small City Index 2021
Lifestyle and global affairs UK-based Monocle magazine has released its 2020 Small Cities Index, a list of 25 small cities around the world that promise the best quality of life an...
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Oct 30, 2020 Local News
Welcome Itoshima Coupon Debuts on November 1
A set of ¥5,000 coupons (¥3,000 x 1 accommodation ticket + ¥500 x 4 shop coupons) will be distributed to guests who stay at registered accommodation facilities inside the city. Eve...
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Oct 16, 2020 Local News
New Glamping Site Opens in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka
Karadomari Village, a new glamping site in Nishi Ward of Fukuoka City, will officially open in January 2021. The site reuses abandoned farmland near a beach on the Itoshima Peninsu...
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Oct 8, 2020 Local News
Itoshima Launches MAAS Promotion Group
Fifty-five companies and other organizations are collaborating in the ‘Yokamachi Mirai Project,’ a consortium to activate the local economy of Itoshima. Development of MAAS will be...
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Aug 28, 2020 Local News
Balloon Release Event Planned for Futamigaura Beach Itoshima
A thousand balloons will be set loose into the sky of Itoshima, carrying people’s hope to get over the new coronavirus pandemic and recent rain disaster. The largest-scale balloon ...
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Aug 17, 2020 Local News
Itoshima Discount Shopping Coupons
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Itoshima City (Itoshima City Shokokai) is issuing a 'premium voucher’ to stimulate the local economy from the impact of the new coronavirus...
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Aug 8, 2020 Local News
Printing Company Produces Clear Barriers With Scenic Scenes of Itoshima
The impact of the spread of the new coronavirus has seen many local businesses in Itoshima introduce plastic infection-prevention sheets. However, these make for an awkward aesthet...
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Jul 28, 2020 Local News
Crowdfund Project For Online Sunset Live
Sunset Live 2020 has launched a crowdfunding project to create and stream 'Sunset "Roots" Live 2020.' Since the 28th edition of the popular outdoor music festival was canceled due ...
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Jul 13, 2020 Local News
Outline for Itoshima’s New City Hall Announced
Itoshima City announced an outline for the development of its new city hall. The new building will be built on the site of the current Maruta Park (south-east to the current City H...
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Jul 9, 2020 Local News
Itoshima Launches Property-tax Exemption Project for Academia Research City Development
By exempting property taxes for newly constructed facilities, Itoshima City launched a project to develop an academia-research collaborative town near the Kyushu University Ito Cam...