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Ogata Residence in Okawa Registered as Cultural Property
The former Ogata Residence in Okawa City has been registered as one of Fukuoka Prefecture's tangible cultural properties on Mar. 7. The house is considered to have been built in th...
LINE and Fukuoka City Collaborate on House Moving Information
As the spring house-moving season approaches, Fukuoka City and LINE Corporation launched a test project to support people moving into and out from the city using an AI chatbot. Use...
Convenience Store Bar Opens in Fukuoka
A Poplar convenience store with a standing bar inside opened in Hakata Ekimae on Mar. 6. The retro-styled bar, Osake No Bijutsukan (Museum of Liqueurs) serves approximately 250 kin...
Fukuoka City’s Plans For a Ropeway Left Hanging
A plan by Fukuoka City to build an urban ropeway between Hakata Station and the Port of Hakata might be on hold. The project, which was listed in Mayor Soichiro Takashima’s manifes...
Cat Matching Service Expands Operations
A Fukuoka-based company that aims to help cat-owners find trustworthy pet-sitters expanded its operations earlier this year. Nyans was first established in November 2017 with the a...
Kitakyushu Places Second Among Japan’s Sustainable Cities
In its nationwide survey of 815 municipalities, Nikkei Shimbun ranked Kitakyushu second in terms of sustainability and promoting the OECD’s sustainable development goals (SDGs). It...
Northern Kyushu Warmest Winter on Record
Fukuoka Regional Headquarters of Japan Meteorological Agency announced on Mar. 1 that the average temperature of the northern Kyushu area during the winter 2018-2019 was the highes...
Yahuoku! Dome Renewal Completed
A pre-opening event for the recently renovated Yahuoku! Dome was held on Feb. 28, and approximately eight hundred fans and guests gathered to celebrate the completion of the renova...
Wolfgang’s Steakhouse Fukuoka’s Third Anniversary
Wolfgang’s Steakhouse Fukuoka celebrates its 3rd anniversary with a special fair. The New York-style steakhouse arrived in Fukuoka in March 2016 and has since been a popular destin...
Record Number of International Visitors to Fukuoka
On Feb. 25 Fukuoka City announced that the area welcomed 3.09 million international visitors last year. This is an increase of 110,000 on the total for 2017 and represents the firs...