Win a free wedding at Marinoa Resort Hotel
To celebrate their opening, the new Marinoa Resort Hotel in Fukuoka will be giving away a free wedding to one lucky couple. This generous give-away includes the dress, ceremony, fo...
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KLM Increases Flights For Fukuoka–Amsterdam Route Beginning Mar. 31
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines announced today (Oct. 22) an increase the frequency to Fukuoka adding a 4th flight from summer schedule 2014. KLM is the first airline to offer direct flig...
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Kyushu Couples Prefer Big Weddings
According to Bridal Trends 2013, a survey issued by Recruit Marketing, the publisher of the bridal information magazine Zekushi, Kyushu ranked second out of 15 regions for the aver...
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Miyazaki Caviar to Go on Sale Next Month
The Miyazaki Prefectural Fisheries Experiment Station will begin selling caviar made from locally raised sturgeon on Nov. 22. The station has been researching aquaculture for 30 ye...
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Saga to Use Road Slopes for Solar Power
Saga Prefecture plans to let a solar power generating company use the slopes on a roads near the Ariake Sea free of charge. Under revised Road Act passed in April, roads and slopes...
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Meiwa Electric Motors Release First Electric Scooter
Meiwa Electric Motors, based in Itoshima City, Fukuoka have announced the release of their first ever electric scooter which will be available from the end of October. The scooter ...
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Cash-strapped Avispa May Lose License
Japan J2 League soccer team Avispa Fukuoka has run into financial difficulty. The team faces a shortfall of ¥50 million, and given the lack of progress that fundraising efforts hav...
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Seven Stars in Kyushu Makes Maiden Voyage
JR Kyushu’s luxury cruise train, Seven Stars in Kyushu, made its maiden voyage on Oct. 15. The train cost ¥3 billion to build and tickets can cost up to ¥550,000 per person. Ahead ...
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Trial Tops Regional Retail Rankings Again
Fukuoka-based discount retailer Trial took the top spot for the second year running in the annual ranking of retail companies by sales in the Kyushu-Okinawa region for FY 2012. Con...
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Autumn Weather Arrives in Fukuoka
We may have been treated to one last sizzling long weekend, but the end of summer is nigh, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Their latest one month forecast predicts a ...