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Subway to Operate Friday Late Night Trains in December
Fukuoka City Subway, Nishitetsu and JR Kyushu will operate special late-night trains on Friday nights during December. Since the trains were packed with passengers at weekend night...
Softbank Hawks Welcome 30th Year in Fukuoka
Softbank Hawks has announced various projects to celebrate its 30th year in Fukuoka in 2019. Starting with a large-scale renovation of Yahuoku! Dome, where seating capacity will be...
Kyushu Basho Closes With 22-Year-Old Champion
The final day of Kyushu Basho ended on November 25 with Komusubi Takakeisho winning his first championship. At just 22 years of age, the Kansai-born wrestler has become the 6th you...
Construction to Begin on New Hotel in Yanagibashi Market in 2020
Real estate agency Joyful Corporation and developer Daikyo plan to build a hotel on a site inside the Yanagibashi Market. They expect to begin work on the 12-story, 240-room facili...
Koga and Fukutsu Selected to Host Olympic Training Camp for Romanian Judo Team
In a successful joint bid to host foreign Olympians ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, the cities of Koga and Fukutsu were selected to host the training camp for the Romanian judo team. ...
Projection Mapping Installation in Basement of Fukuoka Parco
An egg-shaped, projection-mapping object was installed above the Kappa no Izumi (Kappa Fountain) display at the basement floor of Fukuoka Parco. Six projectors produce images of th...
Uber Eats Available in Fukuoka
Food and drink from over 190 eateries inside Fukuoka City will be available for delivery via the Uber Eats app beginning November 28. Customers will have to pay an additional deliv...
New LCC Route Between Fukuoka and Kuala Lumpur
Low-cost carrier AirAsia Group promoted the launch of a new route between Fukuoka and Kuala Lumpur at the Fukuoka Street Party event. It will be the first long-distance internation...
Tar Elf Toivo: A New Finnish Cultural Experience for Fukuoka’s Children
What do you get when you add wood, peat, moss and heat? If you guessed pine tar, you guessed correct! But what you may not have guessed is that this is also the subject of a new cu...
Restoration Work at Mojiko Station
A section of the Mojiko Station that has been undergoing restoration work re-opened to the public on November 10. Damaged roof eaves were renovated along with the ticket office and...