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Aug 31, 2021 Local News
IMS Building in Tenjin Closes Permanently Today
Sadly the IMS (Inter Media Station) building in Tenjin will close permanently today. Opened in 1989 as an "information and culture transmission base" and considered a trendsetter f...
Aug 23, 2021 Local News
New E Sport Complex in Tenjin
Challengers ' Park opened one of the largest e-sport complexes in Western Japan, in Tenjin on Aug. 20. Located on the 8th floor of Tenjin Loft Building, the 610-m2 facility offers ...
Aug 5, 2021 Local News
Redevelopment Plans Include Saving Over One Hundred Trees
Fukuoka City announced that it would preserve 101 trees on the redevelopment site of Susaki Park. Changing from the original plan that would remove 383 of 400 trees grown on the si...
Jul 28, 2021 Local News
NEC To Move Over a thousand Employees to Tenjin Business Center
NEC Corporation announced the opening of a new large-scale office inside the soon-to-be-completed Tenjin Business Center. It will relocate all seven of its offices elsewhere in Fuk...
Jul 7, 2021 Local News
Guinness World Record Attempt Crashes Down in Tenjin
A toy-block stacking event was held in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record. The event was held inside IMS Building in Tenjin on Jul. 3 and 4. The two-day project’s goal was...
Jul 7, 2021 Local News
Roadside Land Values Continue to Rise in Kyushu
Roadside land prices in Kyushu increased for the fifth consecutive year. On Jul. 1, the National Tax Agency released its latest report for land valuations, which shows an average 0...
Jun 4, 2021 Local News
Ascott Group Hotel To Open in Imaizumi
Resola Imaizumi Terrace will open on Jun 16. Located within a five-minute walk from the Tenjin Minami Station subway station and Nishitetsu Yakuin Station, the NTT-owned building w...
Jun 3, 2021 Local News
Deloitte Opens Its First Software Development Base Outside Tokyo in Fukuoka
On June 1, Deloitte Tohmatsu Group (Deloitte Japan) announced the establishment a software development company in Tenjin, Fukuoka. Deloitte highly values the region for an infrastr...
May 21, 2021 Local News
Banksy – Genius or Vandal?
Over seventy works of Banksy, the famous and anonymous street artist based in the UK, will be exhibited at Unitedlab in Daimyo, Fukuoka City. The rare exhibition introduces the wor...
May 14, 2021 Local News
Muraokaya Gallery To Close Permanently
Shintencho Muraokaya Gallery will close at the end of May. The art gallery was opened by Saga Prefecture-based confectionery, Muraokaya, in 1972. It was one of the first galleries ...