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Jun 19, 2013 Local News
Applications Accepted for New Tenants for Ohori Boat House
Fukuoka Prefecture has released guidelines for potential tenants of the boathouse facility inside Ohori Park which will be demolished and then rebuilt. Some of the conditions for a...
Jun 17, 2013 Local News
Softbank Hawks Bank Record Profits
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks professional baseball team and its operating company, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Marketing Corp., posted operating profits of ¥5.8 billion for the period end...
Jun 17, 2013 Local News
Hakata Hanamidori’s Yamakasa Menu
Mizutaki (chicken broth hot pot) is one of Hakata’s best-known local delicacies which has been popular since way back in the Keio era (1865–8).The Hakata Hanamidori chain are amon...
Jun 14, 2013 Local News
Hawks Clinch Interleague Title
On June 13, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks clinched their second interleague title in two years and their fourth since interleague play began in 2005. The Hawks had a magic number of t...
Jun 14, 2013 Local News
City Hall to Up Yatai Fees
Fukuoka City Hall announced plans to gradually increase the roadway usage fees it charges yatai owners from the current ¥5,600 per month to ¥20,000 per month by 2026. Yatai owners ...
Jun 14, 2013 Local News
Futaba to Use Daimyo E.S. Temporarily
The Fukuoka Board of Education announced that it will rent the Daimyo Elementary School, which is slated for closure next March, to the Futaba Academy for two years starting next S...
Jun 14, 2013 Local News
Hotel in Marinoa to Reopen
The former Evergreen Marinoa Hotel, which closed in May 2011, will reopen as Hotel Marinoa Resort Fukuoka in December. Kanagawa Prefecture-based Tokyo BMC Support, a hotel and brid...
Jun 13, 2013 Local News
Mickey, Minnie and the Tokyo Disney Gang Visit Kyushu!
Tokyo Disneyland’s specially designed 30th anniversary parade car - the Dream Cruiser ll - comes to Kyushu with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and various other popular characters alon...
Jun 12, 2013 Local News
Itoshima to Use Smart Cards for Safety of Evacuees
Itoshima City and Kyushu University’s System LSI Lab plan to develop a smart card system that will let officials accurately confirm the safety of citizens at evacuation shelters in...
Jun 12, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka Youth Unaware of Bombing
According to a survey by the Nishinippon Shimbun Metro Desk, 48 out of 50 local youth said they did not know that Fukuoka was bombed in World War II. The Bombing of Fukuoka took p...