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Apr 1, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka City Hall Cafeteria Closes Permanently
The cafeteria on the 15th floor of Fukuoka City Hall will close permanently as of March 31. The restaurant has served city hall staff and visitors alike for more than thirty years....
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Mar 15, 2021 Local News
Hotel JAL City Opened on Meiji-dori
The new Hotel JAL City Fukuoka Tenjin opened on Mar. 15. The twelve-story hotel was built on Meiji-dori, one-minute on foot from the Akasaka subway station, as a part of the Tenjin...
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Mar 2, 2021 Local News
Bookstore With an Entrance Fee To Open in Fukuoka
Bunkitsu, a bookstore designed to introduce books, will open on the 7th floor of Iwataya on Mar. 31. The Roppongi-born bookstore charges an entrance fee to customers and offers...
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Jan 27, 2021 Local News
Gyoza Bar Las Vegas Provides Free Gyoza In Support of Community
Las Vegas, a gyoza specialty restaurant in the Daimyo area of Chuo Ward, is distributing free gyoza to local people. The popular restaurant decided to temporarily close under...
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Dec 21, 2020 Local News
PCR Test Van Stationed Outside Fukuoka City Hall
The cumulative total of COVID-19 in the prefecture reached 7,366 as on Sunday, Dec. 20. Meanwhile, a PCR satellite center opened outside of Fukuoka City Hall. The medical van provi...
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Dec 5, 2020 Local News
Update: Monkey Apprehended Inside Fukuoka City Hall
A monkey was on the loose in Tenjin for the third day as of the morning of Dec. 5, despite attempts by local police officers and firefighters to continue to capture the monkey held...
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Dec 4, 2020 Local News
Monkey Leads Police On Chase Inside Fukuoka City Hall
On Dec. 3, a monkey was found running around Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City. The first report to the police was made by a resident who witnessed it running through Suzaki Park. The monkey...
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Dec 2, 2020 Local News
IMS Hall Available For Free
The IMS building in Tenjin, which will close in August 2021, offers free use of its event hall to non-commercial art activities for the next nine months. The 1989-opened commercial...
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Nov 25, 2020 Local News
New Live Music Venue Opened in Daimyo
Tokyo-based music label LD&K Inc. opened its first live house & bar in Fukuoka on Nov. 18. The open format of the cafe & bar ‘Tengoku’ (heaven) welcomes guests into its dining spac...
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Nov 20, 2020 Local News
H. Gen Kozuru Family Exhibition 2020 – The Wind from Topsfield
A Boston-base ceramic artist, Hajime Gen Kozuru, was born into a Agano-yaki artist family in Fukuoka. Well over one-hundred pieces created by him and his three children will be on ...