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Sep 7, 2015

Fukuoka Police Develop Bicycle Detection System

The Fukuoka Prefectural Police have joined forces with four companies to develop Oshicharikun, Japan’s first automatic system for warning bike riders in busy areas where they shoul...

Sep 7, 2015

Stone Foxes Return to Kego Shrine

Four stone foxes have made their return to Kego Shrine in Tenjin. The foxes were smashed this April. Sasaguri Town-based stone sculptor Harumine Kunihiro repaired one of the...

Sep 3, 2015

City Moves to Protect Historic Scenery

On Aug. 31, Fukuoka City held a meeting of its Urban Landscape Review Board which decided to strengthen efforts to protect historic scenery in the city. Under the current Urban Lan...

Sep 3, 2015

Foreign Tourist Numbers Hit Record High at Fukuoka Airport

The number of foreign tourists visiting Fukuoka airport in 2014 reached 884,143 (+28.6% year-on-year), topping the number of Japanese leaving the airport (837,914) for the first t...

Sep 1, 2015

Tenjin to Get Pedestrian Scramble on Watanabe-dori

The intersection in the middle of Tenjin where Watanabe-dori Ave. meets the small street that runs past the Central Police Station will soon become a scramble intersection. Diagona...

Sep 1, 2015

Many More Foreign Tourists Using Rental Cars

According to the the Fukuoka Prefecture Rental Car Association, the number of foreign visitors who rented cars from shops near Fukuoka Airport in 2014 jumped 2.5 times year-on-year...

Sep 1, 2015

Fukuoka Uses Ramen to Promote Kyushu in China

On Aug. 28 the Shanghai Office of Fukuoka City Hall set up a booth at the Guangzhou Expo to publicize Fukuoka in China. City Hall hopes the booth will entice Chinese to come visit ...

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Sep 1, 2015

Aeon to Revamp Kashiihama Mall

Aeon Kyushu has announced that it will overhaul its Aeon Mall Kashiihama for the first time since it opened in 2003 to compete with new commercial facilities going up on nearby Isl...