{"id":114477,"date":"2018-10-04T18:49:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T09:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&p=114477&lang=en"},"modified":"2018-10-05T17:59:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T08:59:13","slug":"typhoon-no-25-kong-rey-heading-towards-kyushu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/typhoon-no-25-kong-rey-heading-towards-kyushu\/","title":{"rendered":"Typhoon No. 25 Kong-rey Heading Towards Kyushu"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Japan Meteorological Agency is issuing advisories for this season\u2019s 25th typhoon (KONG-REY). This typhoon is projected to travel along the western coast of Kyushu and Sea of Japan. Kong-rey will reach Okinawa this evening (Oct. 4) and will linger there throughout the 5th. From Saturday onwards, the storm is expected to continue its path, bringing torrential rains and heavy winds to western Kyushu. The Meteorological Agency is advising people in the area to prepare for high waves, strong winds, heavy rain, and flooding of low altitude regions. The storm\u2019s peak is expected to be felt in Fukuoka on Saturday morning and early afternoon. <\/p>\n

Conditions are changing constantly, so monitor the storm\u2019s projection on this website. Japan Meteorological Agency\u2019s website (http:\/\/www.jma.go.jp\/en\/typh\/<\/a>) <\/p>\n

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\nImage shows typhoons projection as of Oct. 4, 16:34. Source: tenki.jp<\/a> <\/p>\n

Closures and Cancellations:<\/strong>
\nSome events planned for the weekend have announced cancellations or postponements. Be sure to double-check with the organizer\u2019s website before you head out. Avoid unnecessary travel during the storm.<\/p>\n

Canceled events:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Kamome no Grill (10\/6, 10\/7)
\n\u2022 Chikugo Sake Festa 2018 (10\/6, 10\/7)<\/p>\n

Events with partial cancellation:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Okawa Woodwork Festival (canceled on 10\/6, open on 10\/7 & 8)
\n\u2022 Food Expo Kyushu (canceled on 10\/6, open on 10\/7 & 8)
\n\u2022 Hakata Jocho Tour (canceled on 10\/6)
\n\u2022 Kumamoto Castle Autumn Festival (canceled on 10\/6 & 7)
\n\u2022 \u201cRin\u201d Traditional Emaki Picture Theater 2018 (canceled on 10\/6, 10\/7 moved to 9F JR Kyushu Hall, JR Hakata City)
\n\u2022 Hakata Traditional Craft and Design Museum (closed on 10\/6)
\n\u2022 Kureha Noh Play and Explore Hakata in Kimono at Hakata Machiya Folk Museum (closed on the morning of 10\/6, evening pending)<\/p>\n

Events & places that plan to continue with adjustments:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Tokyo Girls Collection in Kitakyushu (10\/6, doors open 12:30, event 14:30~18:30)
\n\u2022 Mitsubishi Artium, Fukuoka City Museum, Kyushu National Museum (scheduled to open on 10\/6 but confirm before going)
\n\u2022 Fish Festival (10\/6: from 13:00)<\/p>\n

Rescheduled events:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Koishiwara Autumn Ceramic Festival (moved to 11\/23 ~ 25)
\n\u2022 Nokonoshima Cosmos Light Up (moved to mid-October, dates pending)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Japan Meteorological Agency is issuing advisories for this season\u2019s 25th typhoon (KONG-REY). This typhoon is projected to travel along the western coast of Kyushu and Sea of Japan. Kong-rey will reach Okinawa this evening (Oct. 4) and will linger there throughout the 5th. From Saturday onwards, the storm is expected to continue its path, bringing torrential rains and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27918,"featured_media":114478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-114477","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/114477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27918"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}