FUK-HND Route Launches “JAL Sky Next”
JAL has launched a new domestic service that offers added comforts such as inflight WiFi access and roomy leather seats; Dubbed “JAL Sky Next” the plane’s debut route is between Ha...
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Itoshima Photographer Exhibits in Paris
Local Itoshima-based photographer Sergey Kusayanagi has just completed a three-week solo exhibition in Paris. Kusayanagi showed a selection of his signature monochrome images, deve...
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City Bulletin June 2014
Selected news topics by Fukuoka Now from Fukuoka’s Shisei Dayori.
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All Weather Sporting Grounds Completion
A new “all-weather” sporting grounds was completed at Gannosu Recreation Center (Nata, Higashi-ku) on May 26. One section of the grounds (2,350 square meters) has roof coverage, an...
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First “Yellow Sand” of 2014 for Kyushu
On May 26, “yellow sand” was recorded for the first time of 2014 in Fukuoka, Saga and Oita prefectures, and the second time in Nagasaki. Yellow sand is a seasonal meteorological ph...
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World Refugee Day – Free Legal Counseling Campaign
In honor of the UN designated “World Refugee Day” on June 20th, the Fukuoka Bar Association is launching a free legal counseling campaign. During June (6/2 (Mon.)~6/30 (Mon.), the ...
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Fukuoka Tower “Sazae-san” Illumination
As part of “Sazaesan-dori Week” (a week of Sazae-san themed events to celebrate the second anniversary of “Sazaesan-dori”), Fukuoka Tower is currently illuminated with the popular ...
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Urban Beekeeper’s Honey Goes on Sale
Honey produced in central Fukuoka went on sale on May 22. Dubbed Hakata Mitsu, the honey was produced by Koichi Murayama, the owner of a product planning business in Chuo-ku, on th...
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Smoking in Public Getting Harder
In Oct. 2003, City Hall designated the Tenjin and Hakata Station areas as no-smoking-while-walking zones, and the zones were expanded in 2008, but some say the number of people smo...
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Local Man Develops Tuition Calculator
In the wake of the consumption tax hike, Fukuoka-based financial planner Seiki Kawazoe has developed a software program to help parents calculate the cost of education from kinderg...