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Jun 10, 2020 Local News
Itoshima Announces Additional Budget for Corona Impact Measures
Itoshima City has appropriated an additional ¥561 million budget for anti-coronavirus measures. Education-wise, the city developed a package of ¥264 million to distribute tablet de...
May 22, 2020 Local News
Itoshima Volunteer Group Supplying Meals to Adversely Affected Families
Itoshima Shima Shima Project, a local group delivering Itoshima-produced vegetables to disaster-hit regions, started a meal give-away project to support local families with childre...
Apr 29, 2020 Local News
Itoshima City Tourist Facilities and Parking Lots Closing or Reducing Services During Golden Week
Itoshima City has announced that some local facilities and services will be either closed or operating in a reduced capacity during Golden Week to prevent the spread of the COVID-1...
Apr 25, 2020 Local News
Itoshima Closes Beachside Parking Lots and Asks Public Not to Visit Over Golden Week
To prevent further spread of the COVID-19 virus, Itoshima City is discouraging visitors from outside Itoshima to visit its sightseeing spots. The city firmly asks people to coopera...
Apr 24, 2020 Local News
Flower Sale to Support Farmers in Itoshima
Buying freshly cut flowers can make a stay-at-home weekend more pleasant and support local growers at the same time. JA Itoshima will hold special flower sales on this coming Frida...
Apr 17, 2020 Local News
Online Map for Takeout and Delivery Meals in Itoshima
The Itoshima City Tourism Association created the “Itoshima Takeout Map” on Google Map to support local food businesses. The association listed up sixty-six local shops that offer ...
Mar 18, 2020 Local News
Itoshima Released ‘Disaster Preventional Portal’ Smartphone Website
Itoshima City opened a disaster-preventional website for smartphone users. To secure swift access to accurate information during disasters, the city gathered items such as...
Dec 6, 2019 Local News
Itoshima Campus Gets New Art
Artwork by Yoichiro Kawaguchi, a Kyushu-native computer graphics artist and graduate of what is now Kyushu University’s School of Design, is now on display in front of the Kyushu U...
Sep 26, 2019 Local News
Amaito – A New Sweet and Seedless Grape From Itoshima
maito, a new brand of grape grown in Itoshima recently debuted at JA Itoshima Farmers Market, Ito Sai-Sai. The seedless grape is a hybrid of two types of muscat and kyoho grapes an...
Jul 23, 2019 Local News
Itoshima Agriculture Courses Offered
Itoshima City and Fukuoka Prefecture will open Ito-no Courses (Itoshima agriculture courses) beginning in August. The city and the prefecture have set up an agriculture promotional...