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Mar 10, 2017 Local News
Narita ~ Nagasaki ~ Laos flights to start
Laos Airlines announced a new route between Vientiane to Narita with a stopover in Nagasaki on the return portion only. Passengers will be allowed to get on and off in Nagasaki. Cu...
Mar 9, 2017 Local News
Emergency Evacuation Manual for Kyushu Hotels
The Kyushu District Transport Bureau has created manuals for hotels to help handle foreign tourists during an emergency. Included in the manuals will be instructions on how to prep...
Mar 9, 2017 Local News
Oita Pref. to host International Hot Springs Summit
Oita Prefectural Governor, Hirose Katsusada, announced on February 23 that they will host an International Hot Springs Conference. The conference will be held from May 25 ~ 27 in 2...
Mar 9, 2017 Local News
Jr Kyushu Express “Kawasemi Yamasemi”
On March 4, JR Kyushu launched a new limited express train called Kawasemi Yamasemi, named after two varieties of birds (Kingfishers) found in the Hitoyoshi Kuma area of Kumamoto. ...
Mar 3, 2017 Local News
Over 5 Million Foreign Visitors in Kyushu & Okinawa
The Immigration Bureau of Japan’s Fukuoka branch has announced that over 5,529,089 foreigners visited Kyushu and Okinawa in 2016, a 33% increase over the previous year. A quarter o...
Mar 3, 2017 Local News
Feedback on Proposed Logo for Kyushu Requested
With the 2019 Rugby World Cup, and 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games on the horizon, the Fukuoka Prefecture office is soliciting feedback on the design of a new logo to be us...
Mar 2, 2017 Local News
Richmond Hotel To Occupy Former Tenjin Toho Cinema
In the spring of 2019, Royal Holdings will open Fukuoka’s third Richmond Hotel, in the space currently occupied by the Tenjin Toho Cinema (set to close Mar. 2017). It will be a 12 ...
Mar 2, 2017 Local News
Onsen free pass under the Baspo Initiaive
At the Fukuoka-based IT company Veldom, the CEO and other employees love onsen so much that they have started a new onsen initiative called “baspo”. Since 2016, 20 onsen and super ...
Mar 1, 2017 Local News
Seven Prefectures of Kyushu Join Forces with Tokyo to Attract Foreign Visitors
The seven prefectures of Kyushu and Tokyo Prefecture have established the Council to Attract Foreign Visitors to Tokyo and Kyushu, a body aimed at promoting new tourism routes that...
Mar 1, 2017 Local News
Nagasaki Dejima Bridge to be rebuilt
A man-made island of about 15,000 square meters, Dejima was ordered built by the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1636 to house the Portuguese residents of Nagasaki as a way to help stem the ...