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Oct 30, 2020 Local News
Line-based E-ticket Tests Begins at Fukuoka City Cultural Facilities in Fukuoka City
A new digital ticketing system will be introduced at five cultural facilities in Fukuoka City on a trial basis. Using a new Line account introduced by the city, Fukuoka Guide (@fuk...
Oct 30, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Mayor Calls for Caution Over Halloween Gatherings
The mayor of Fukuoka City, Soichiro Takashima, asked residents to wear masks at local Halloween events and try to avoid joining large crowds. According to the city, some ten thousa...
Oct 29, 2020 Local News
Final Five Days For Tiempo Iberoamericano’s Crowdfund Project
NPO Tiempo Iberoamericano is a Latin cultural center based in Fukuoka that has for 23 years introduced Latin culture from dance, music, arts, language to food to the city of Fukuok...
Oct 27, 2020 Local News
Softbank Hawks Win Pacific League Championship 2020
While our hometown heroes, the Softbank Hawks, won the Nippon Series the last three years in a row (2017, 2018, and 2019), tonight, they were crowned the Pacific Champions for the ...
Oct 27, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Splits Coming of Age Ceremonies
Fukuoka City announced double schedules for the Coming of Age Ceremony in 2021. The event traditionally welcomes some 9,000 residents aged twenty to the venue Marine Messe. However...
Oct 26, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Opens Unused Dwelling (akiya) Consultation Desk
On October 20, Fukuoka Prefecture opened an ‘akiya’ (unused house) consultation center on the third floor of ACROS Fukuoka. The number of empty dwellings in Fukuoka Prefecture had ...
Oct 26, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka’s Chuo Ward Ranked Deemed Most Livable In Kyushu-Okinawa
Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. released a ranking of "most comfortable towns to live" in the Kyushu and Okinawa regions. Chuo Ward in Fukuoka City topped the ranking, gaining h...
Oct 26, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Seeking Operators For Empty Food Stall Plots
Fukuoka City is opening its third round of selections for new yatai operators to set up stalls in empty plots in Tenjin-Higashi, Tenjin-Nishi, and Nagahama. The city seeks a total ...
Oct 20, 2020 Local News
E-Scooter Road Trials To Begin in Fukuoka
The first on-street trials of electric scooters in Japan will begin in seven cities including Fukuoka in late-October. As of Oct. 16, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ap...
Oct 19, 2020 Local News
Hakata Wagyu Beef Served at Fukuoka City Elementary Schools
Hakata wagyu beef was served at twenty-eight municipal elementary schools in Fukuoka City, supporting local farmers who suffer the impact of the new coronavirus spread. Using a nat...
