NHK Taiga Drama 2014 to be Filmed in Fukuoka and Oita
It was announced the 2014 installment of taiga drama is to be filmed in Fukuoka and Oita! Taiga drama is the name NHK gives to its annual, year-long historical fiction television s...
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IKEA Shingu – 2 Million Shoppers
IKEA Shingu welcomed their 2,000,000th customer through the door at noon yesterday, Oct. 4. The store is Kyushu’s first IKEA, and since opening on Apr. 11, 2012, it has attracted s...
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Food Stall District Revived in Kokura
Thirteen eating and drinking establishments opened stalls in a district of Kokura, Kitakyushu, in a move to restore a former stall district that existed in the early to mid-20th ce...
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Kyushu Interpreter/Guide System to be Established
The Kyushu Tourism Promotion Council and Fukuoka City have applied to establish a special district called the Kyushu Asia Tourism Island District under a national government scheme...
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Sewer Line Aging Becomes Serious
The Nishinippon Shimbun reports that the accidents caused by aging sewer lines installed during the period of rapid growth in the 60s are increasing. During 2011, the newspaper rep...
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Taxi Driver Tour Guide
The Fukuoka Taxi Association has published a guidebook to increase taxi drivers’ knowledge of Fukuoka’s tourist spots. The book, which is A5 size, with color photos, is great quali...
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Stay in Oita for Free!
In an attempt to reverse further decline in population, Oita City is now offering free trial stays in its countryside areas of Notsuhara and Saganosekimachi. The project hopes to s...
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Yatai Village in Kitakyushu
A new “yatai village” opened in Kokura’s Kyomachi district in Kitakyushu. Local companies in Kitakyushu have been planning the idea for a long time, and are happy to finally see it...
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Tokyu Hands in Kumamoto
Tokyu Hands announced on Oct. 1 that a new store will be opened in Kumamoto next year. The store will be Kyushu’s second Tokyu Hands (the first located in JR Hakata City) and will ...
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Push for Deregulation of Foreign Interpreters and Guides
Fukuoka City and the Kyushu Tourism Promotion Organization, under chairman Susumu Ishihara, have co-applied for the deregulation of foreign tour guides and interpreters in the Kyus...
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