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Mar 22, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka Open Top Bus 1st Anniversary & Route Change
Celebrate the first anniversary of the Fukuoka Open Top Bus this Sunday, March 24th. For one hour, the Open Top Bus will be stationed outside City Hall - open to the public to boar...
Mar 18, 2013 Local News
PARCO Doubles Down on Fukuoka
Tokyo-based PARCO has announced it will purchase the building housing its Tenjin store along with an adjacent building from the Tsuzuki Educational Institution Group for ¥26.5 bill...
Mar 15, 2013 Local News
Hakata Gets More Historical Signs
Since February , a local citizen’s group, Hakata Revival Plan, has installed 15 new historical markers primarily in Hakata Ward as part of its community development efforts. Approx...
Mar 15, 2013 Local News
Jetstar to Increase Fukuoka and Oita Flights
Jetstar Japan announced Mar. 14 it will increase domestic flights, including more flights to Fukuoka and Oita. The new flights will start Jun. 11. The flights between Narita and Fu...
Mar 6, 2013 Local News
Orange Railway to Add Dining Car
Hisatsu Orange Railway, the third-sector company that operates trains between Yatsushiro, Kumamoto and Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, unveiled its new dining car, the Orange Café, to th...
Feb 28, 2013 Local News
Win a Free JR Kyushu Bullet Train Ride for You and 350 Friends!
JR Kyushu has announced a campaign called Dream Kyushu Shinkansen which will award one lucky couple the right to reserve an entire shinkansen train free of charge for a wedding, co...
Feb 19, 2013 Local News
City Proposes Vision for Port
Fukuoka City released a draft summary of its Hakata Port Cruise Vision, a proposal to make Hakata Port a hub for Asian cruise ships by adding a new cruise ship terminal and improvi...
Feb 18, 2013 Local News
Gvt. Designates Kyushu as Asian Tourism Island
On Feb. 15 the government designated the whole of Kyushu as the Kyushu Asian Tourism Island Comprehensive Special Zone and Nagasaki Prefecture as the Nagasaki Marine and Environmen...
Feb 18, 2013 Local News
International Passenger Numbers at Hakata Port Rebound
According to early estimates released by Fukuoka City, approximately 846,000 international passengers passed through Hakata Port last year, the second highest number after 2010’s 8...
Feb 15, 2013 Local News
¥500 Kyushu Shinkansen Ticket Sale
To celebrate the second anniversary of the Kyushu Shinkansen, ¥500 tickets are available for travel on Sat. Mar. 16th. The JR Kyushu’s special one coin tickets can be used for trav...