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Aug 1, 2014 Local News
Sendai City Tanabata Kazari on Display
This week the entire length of Hakata Kawabata Shotengai was decorated with large, colorful paper decorations hung from the ceiling of the shopping arcade. The decorations are the ...
Aug 1, 2014 Local News
Fukuoka and Itoshima to Join Forces on Music Month Event
The cities of Fukuoka and Itoshima will consolidate five of their annual music events into one mega-event, Fukuoka Music Month 2014, starting this September. The events in question...
Jul 31, 2014 Local News
Night Golf Begins in Miyazaki
The Tom Watson Golf Course in Phoenix Seagaia Resort (Miyazaki City) opened “Starry Night Golf” late night golfing hours on July 20. It’s the first time for Miyazaki Prefecture to ...
Jul 31, 2014 Local News
Fukuoka Zoo Welcomes New Female Giraffe
On July 18, Fukuoka City Mayor, Soichiro Takashima and the general public welcomed a new female giraffe to Fukuoka Zoo. The two year old, 3m tall giraffe (yet to be named) was brou...
Jul 31, 2014 Local News
Thai Pop Band Promotes Nagasaki
Nagasaki is becoming a popular destination for Thai tourists thanks to music videos filmed there by the Thai pop trio La-Ong-Fong. Bass player Pongchuk Pissathanporn visited Nagasa...
Jul 30, 2014 Local News
Kyushu Guide Dog Facility Tours Offered
In the 30 years since its founding, the Kyushu Guide Dog Association has trained more than 200 seeing eye dogs at its Itoshima-based training center. Volunteers called “Happy Walke...
Jul 30, 2014 Local News
Fukuoka City Tax Revenues Up
Fukuoka City announced that tax revenues for fiscal 2013 increased 2.4% year-on-year to a record ¥276.18 billion. The tax collection rate rose 0.6 points to 97.1%, marking the firs...
Jul 30, 2014 Local News
Government Asks Saga to Accept Osprey and Troops
On 7/22, Vice Minister of Defense Ryota Takeda met with Governor Yasushi Furukawa at the Saga Prefectural Office to ask him to accept the deployment of 17 Osprey tilt-rotor cargo a...
Jul 30, 2014 Local News
Ikkousha Ramen Popular in China
Fukuoka-based Hakata Ikkousha ramen is proving popular in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. The shop sources most of its ingredients locally while maintaining the same flavor a...
Jul 30, 2014 Local News
City Bulletin August 2014
Selected news topics by Fukuoka Now from Fukuoka’s Shisei Dayori.