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Mar 31, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka’s Hakata Dontaku Port Festival Parade Cancelled
Organizers within the Fukuoka City government and the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry have announced the cancellation of the Hakata Dontaku Port Festival parade due to the...
Mar 28, 2020 Local News
Apple Fukuoka Closes Temporarily
While most shops, restaurants, and businesses remain open, some stores in Tenjin have closed, including Apple Store (Apple Fukuoka) on Nishi-dori. Here’s the notice we found on the...
Mar 27, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka’s Preferred Residential Areas Revealed
Rankings of the most preferred residential areas in Fukuoka Prefecture and Fukuoka City were released on Mar. 26 by Recruit Sumai Company Ltd. The area of Hakata topped both rankin...
Mar 27, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City’s Budget Passed
Fukuoka City's annual budget for the fiscal year of 2020 was approved at the city's assembly on March 25. The record-largest budget of ¥887 billion includes items such as tourism p...
Mar 25, 2020 Local News
Photographer Offers a Deal to Students Who Missed Graduation Ceremonies
Iinefoto Planning Office, a photo studio in Hakata Ward, is offering heavily discounted portrait photography for those who missed graduation ceremonies due to the new coronavirus. ...
Mar 24, 2020 Local News
It’s Official! Sakura are Blooming in Fukuoka!
The Fukuoka Regional Headquarters of the Japan Meteorological Agency announced that on March 21 the flowers of the Somei Yoshino tree, one of the most popular varieties of sakura,...
Mar 24, 2020 Local News
Kurume Kasuri Shop Opens in Tenjin
On March 19, Okamoto Shoten opened Giemon Live Factory a new shop inside the VIORO shopping building in Tenjin. Visitors can learn more about Kurume kasuri, see traditional weaving...
Mar 24, 2020 Local News
Free Hakata-ori Textile Masks
Sanui Orimino Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of the local-traditional Hakata-ori textiles in Fukuoka, is distributing free masks to local people. The company is showing its...
Mar 19, 2020 Local News
Commercial Land Prices up in Kyushu
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism, prices for commercial land in the prefectures of Kyushu and Okinawa rose significantly during 2019. Fukuo...
Mar 19, 2020 Local News
New Restaurant Delivery Service for Fukuoka
A new meal delivery service will launch in Chuo Ward and Hakata Ward of Fukuoka City on March 16. The publisher of Nasse magazine, Sunmark Inc., has partnered with a Tokyo-based c...
