{"id":143790,"date":"2021-12-14T11:29:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T02:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=143790&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-12-14T11:29:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T02:29:55","slug":"new-kumamoto-joint-train-pass","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/new-kumamoto-joint-train-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"New Kumamoto Joint Train Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four local railway companies in Kumamoto Prefecture will debut a joint train pass to promote regional restoration. The special ticket combines one-day passes for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kumamotodentetsu.co.jp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kumamoto Electric Railway<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kumagawa-rail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kumagawa Railway<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Higonishimura ~ Yunomae), and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mt-torokko.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minami-aso Railway<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Nakamatsu ~ Takamori,) as well as a single ticket for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs-orange.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hisatsu Orange Railway<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Yatsushiro ~ Sashiki.) While the restoration process from the great earthquake and torrential rainfall continues in some neighboring areas, the rail companies aim to reactivate local tourism hand in hand. Limited 500 ticket books will be on sale <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgekuma.thebase.in\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and at some stations at the price of \u00a56,000\/ea (*Part of the ticket sales will be used for management costs and donations.) Valid until Aug. 31, 2022. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000021.000031868.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PR Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kumagawa-rail.com\/%E3%81%8A%E7%9F%A5%E3%82%89%E3%81%9B\/%E8%A8%98%E5%BF%B5%E3%81%8D%E3%81%A3%E3%81%B7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kumagawa Rail<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/satsumasendai-WEB-023.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-139414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/satsumasendai-WEB-023.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/satsumasendai-WEB-023.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/satsumasendai-WEB-023.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/satsumasendai-WEB-023.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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The special ticket combines one-day passes for Kumamoto Electric Railway, Kumagawa Railway (Higonishimura ~ Yunomae), and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":139414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-143790","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kumamoto-prefecture","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/143790","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\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}