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Feb 19, 2021 Local News
Vinegar Gateau Chocolate Debust From Kagoshima
Fukuyama Kurozu, the amber rice vinegar producer in the Kirishima City of Kagoshima, has developed a chocolate cake made with vinegar. The fruity aroma of vinegar-marinated blueber...
Feb 19, 2021 Local News
Eateries Purchase 600 Bottles of Sake to Support Jojima Breweries
Fourteen izakaya restaurants in Fukuoka City are gifting free Jojima sake bottles to their customers. The shops purchased approximately 600 bottles of freshly brewed sake and more ...
Feb 17, 2021 Local News
Itoshima Fresh Food Shops Umaito Opens In Fukuoka City
A specialty shop featuring fresh and “non-standard” Itoshima fresh foods opened on Feb. 16. Located inside Sankaku Ichiba in Fukuoka City, Umaito offers Itoshima’s seasonal harvest...
Feb 17, 2021 Local News
Asakura-based Drugstore Mori Donates Six Million Yen To Guide Dog Association
Drugstore Mori Co., Ltd. donated a record-setting ¥5.9 million to the Japan Guide Dog Association. In Asakura City, the drugstore chain supports guide dog schools by regularly dona...
Feb 10, 2021 Local News
Itoshima Drive-in Theatre Extended
Additional nights for the ‘Forest Night Drive’ drive-in cinema in Itoshima were announced. The outdoor cinema screens international feature films and displays project mappings agai...
Feb 10, 2021 Local News
Saga-based Student Protests Discriminatory Text
A Muslim student wrote to NHK after taking a mock test that included discriminating text related to Islam. The high school student in Saga Prefecture explained that reading the tex...
Feb 10, 2021 Local News
Local Sri Lankan Restaurant Packaged Curry Marketed Nationwide
Pouched curry by Tsunapapa, the popular Sri Lankan curry restaurant in Fukuoka City, debuted from House Foods Corp. The restaurant joined House’s ‘the chosen popular restaurants (選...
Feb 9, 2021 Local News
Kitakyushu City Opens Online Agriculture and Fishery Festival
Kitakyushu City’s ‘Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Festival’ will be held online until Feb. 28. The annual festival to sell and promote local specialties and fresh produce was sc...
Feb 9, 2021 Local News
Kagoshima Tsumugi Dance Campaign Launched
The Honba Oshima Tsumugi silk association launched a fun campaign named “Tsumugi de Dance.” To promote this traditional fabric’s characteristics that can be worn in daily life and ...
Feb 5, 2021 Local News
First Building of Hakata Connected Project Completed
On Feb. 3, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. announced the completion of its first office building in Fukuoka City. A 4-minute walk through a roofed promenade from...