Tenjin Lunch Passport – ¥500 Lunch
Fukuoka information publisher City Joho Fukuoka released a new coupon book “Lunch Passport Tenjin” which entitles “passport” holders to ¥500 lunch at 76 restaurants in Tenjin. The ...
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Tenjin Lunch Passport – ¥500 Lunch
Fukuoka information publisher City Joho Fukuoka released a new coupon book “Lunch Passport Tenjin” which entitles “passport” holders to ¥500 lunch at 76 restaurants in Tenjin. The ...
Kagoshima Prefecture Passes Shochu Ordinance
The Kagoshima Prefectural Assembly unanimously passed the Shochu Hospitality Ordinance in an effort to invigorate the local shochu industry and raise the profile of the distilled l...
Kurume Researchers Devise Award-Winning Space Shower
A research team from the Kurume Institute of Technology (KIT) took home first prize from the 2013 Mechanism and Robot Design Competition (sponsored by the Japan Society of Mechanic...
Saga Outfits Limousine Buses with Wi-Fi
On Dec. 20, the Saga City limousine bus service connecting Saga Airport with the Saga Station Bus Terminal will begin offering free wireless LAN service to coincide with a new flig...
Nishitetsu Applies for Train Fare Hike
Nishi-Nippon Railroad plans to increase train fares for the first time since July 1997 on its Tenjin-Omuta and Kaizuka lines next April. Base fares will be set at ¥150, and subsequ...
Yayoiken Heads to Taiwan
Fukuoka-based Plenus announced it will open a chain of Yayoi-ken restaurants in Taiwan starting in January. The company plans to open 15 of the teishoku (set meal) shops in Taiwan ...
Marathon Details Explained
The details of Fukuoka Marathon 2014, a new full marathon for citizens, have been released. The race, which will be held on November 9, will start at the Tenjin intersection in cen...
Plans for Kyushu’s Tallest Condo
The Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Nippo Corporation and Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. will begin construction on Kyushu’s highest condominium in Island City, Higashi-ku in Februar...
Fukuoka Organization Takes Elder Care to China
Souseikai, a Fukuoka-based social welfare corporation that operates elder care facilities throughout Japan, will open a fee-based elder care home next year in Hangzhou City, Zhejia...
Fukuoka’s Furusato Tax Incomes Up
Five years have passed since the furusato (hometown) tax, a system that lets taxpayers donate some of their residential taxes to their former hometowns or other towns they want to ...