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Jun 22, 2012 Local News
Immigration Relaxed For Cruise Passengers
The passengers on the largest cruise ship in Asia, Voyage of the Seas, arrived at Hakata port early June 21. In a first for Japan, the immigration department relaxed the processing...
Jun 22, 2012 Local News
Hakata Port Welcomes Its Largest Visiting Cruise Ship
On June 21, Voyage of the Seas, visited Hakata Port. At 137,276 ton, 311m long and 63m high, it is the largest ever cruise ship to dock at the port. The ship’s owner, Royal Caribbe...
Jun 21, 2012 Local News
Air Busan to Cut Fukuoka-Busan Fares
Air Busan of South Korea announced the inauguration of a fare system for its Fukuoka-Busan flights that incorporates a rebate on the differential in exchange rates caused by the hi...
Jun 13, 2012 Local News
Starflyer offers 1 day trips between Kitakyushu to Busan
Kitakyushu’s local airline, Starflyer, has announced return day trips to Busan, Korea starting from July. The flights will be 6600 yen return in July. In August and September they ...
Jun 7, 2012 Local News
Air Asia to Have Cheapest Flights to Haneda
Haneda-based low-cost carrier Air Asia, partly owned by ANA, released its planned fares for three routes in Japan. The one-way fares on the two daily round-trips to Fukuoka City wi...
Jun 7, 2012 Local News
Iizuka Sightseeing Map
Iizuka City has just released a sightseeing map for foreigners! The B5 sized map includes Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean languages, and the contents covers many interesting ...
May 31, 2012 Local News
JR Kyushu Offers Discounts on Osaka/Kobe Round Trips
JR Kyushu will offer starting June 7 special discount tickets for the Nozomi Shinkansen and the Kamome Special Express for use on round-trips to Osaka or Kobe. The offer will be li...
May 25, 2012 Local News
New Kyushu Train – Nanatsuboshi
JR Kyushu recently released the name of the new luxury sleeping carriage train that will begin operation next year. The “Nanatsuboshi” will start running in October 2013. The new t...
May 24, 2012 Local News
Ridership Poor on ANA’s Fukuoka-Miyazaki Flight
ANA launched three daily round-trip flights between Fukuoka City and Miyazaki City on March 25. Ridership on the flights has been poor, however, averaging 30.3% for the month. The ...
May 21, 2012 Local News
Italian Cruise Ship Arrives in Hakata
The “Costa Victoria”, an Italian cruise ship, docked at Hakata Port yesterday (May 20) for the first time! The ship belongs to Italian cruise company Costa Cruises and is around 25...
