Bookings for the Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari recovery travel discount opened online for Kumamoto and Nagasaki on Sep. 15. Eligible travel and stays from Oct. 1 receive subsidies of up to 60% in Kumamoto and Kagoshima and up to 50% in the other five Kyushu prefectures. Saga expects bookings to begin Sep. 24, Miyazaki Sep. 25, and Oita in late September, with Fukuoka and Kagoshima following as preparations are completed. At Umi to Yuyake in Minamata’s Yunoko Onsen, the hotel’s own website allocation sold out in eight minutes. The hotel had lost 1,800 summer guests to cancellations after the earthquake disrupted access. Source: TVQ News / MRT News
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