{"id":144258,"date":"2022-01-20T10:30:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T01:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=144258&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-01-20T10:31:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T01:31:02","slug":"kumamon-port-receives-its-first-passenger-ship-call","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kumamon-port-receives-its-first-passenger-ship-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumamon Port Receives its First Passenger Ship Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first cruise ship to call on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pref.kumamoto.jp\/soshiki\/108\/102387.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kumamon Port Yatsushiro<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> docked recently. The port, developed by Kumamoto Prefecture and an American cruise company, Royal Caribbean Cruises, had long waited for the event since its construction was completed in March 2020. Cruise ships have been on hold for nearly two years due to the new coronavirus pandemic. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/lnews\/kumamoto\/20220114\/5000014444.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/articles\/ASQ1G72GLQ1GTLVB001.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asahi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144259\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fnn_kumamon-port_2022-cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C795&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fnn_kumamon-port_2022-cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fnn_kumamon-port_2022-cl.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fnn_kumamon-port_2022-cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C581&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fnn_kumamon-port_2022-cl.jpg?resize=768%2C436&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 port, developed by Kumamoto Prefecture and an American cruise company, Royal Caribbean Cruises, had long waited for the event since&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":144259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-144258","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\/144258","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=144258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}