Fukuoka Tower Sakura Illumination Starts Tonight!
Fukuoka Tower will display a special sakura illumination from tonight, Mar. 18 (Fri.) to Apr. 10 (Sun.). The illumination will run from 19:00 to 23:00 every night, and will feature...
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Premium Dining Cinema to Open in Canal City
In 2010, the Canal City United Cinemas got IMAX. In 2015, they opened a 4DX theater. Now, they’re opening a restaurant-style cinema theater, called “Premium Dining Cinema”, in scre...
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Fukuoka Shiritsu Shonen Kagaku Bunka Kaikan Closing This Month
Fukuoka Shonen Bunka Kaikan, which opened on Mar. 3, 1971, will close at the end of this month. The building’s age was cited as a major reason for the closure. There will be specia...
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Hawks Players Exchanged Cash Based on Team Wins
On Mar. 16, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks announced that its players have been in involved in exchanging money based on team victories. It’s the fourth club to make such an announceme...
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Prefecture, Kyushu U. Commence Hydrogen Energy Storage Test
Fukuoka Prefecture has started looking for new ways to make use of hydrogen. Joining forces with Kyushu University and Toyota Motor Co., the Prefecture aims to boost the profitabil...
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Shinkansen Turns 5, Breaks Ridership Record Again
The Kyushu Shinkansen turned five on Mar. 12, and events were held at the JR stations along the route. At Hakata Station, an event was held in...
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Fukuoka Marathon to Increase Runner Capacity and Add Foreigner Slot
The third Fukuoka Marathon will take place on Nov. 13 (Sun.) in Fukuoka City and Itoshima City. This year, the number of runners allowed to compete has been increased from 10,000 t...
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Rethink Cafe with Ploom Tech Opens in Tenjin
Nishitetsu Plaza is collaborating with Japan Tobacco (JT) to open the Rethink Cafe with Ploom Tech, a smoke-free cafe that both smokers and non-smokers can enjoy. The cafe opens in...
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New Shinkansen Could Connect Hakata and Nagasaki in Less Than 90 Minutes
On Mar. 8, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism revealed that the relay-style West Kyushu Route of the Kyushu Shinkansen (aka the Nagasaki Shinkansen) slated...
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Nissan Loans Electric Van to Fukuoka Prefecture
On Mar. 8, Nissan Motor Company announced it would loan an e-NV200 electric vehicle to Fukuoka Prefecture for three years free of charge. The company has been loaning its electric ...