{"id":162896,"date":"2024-05-09T13:36:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T04:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=162896&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-05-09T13:36:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T04:36:23","slug":"kitakyushu-and-jr-west-forge-partnership-to-boost-western-golden-route-tourism","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushu-and-jr-west-forge-partnership-to-boost-western-golden-route-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu and JR West Forge Partnership to Boost &#8220;Western Golden Route&#8221; Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City and JR West Japan have signed a partnership agreement aimed at enhancing tourism and facilitating large MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) events through the &#8220;Western Golden Route.&#8221; This initiative focuses on attracting inbound tourists from Kansai to Kyushu via the Sanyo Shinkansen, capitalizing on visitors arriving through Fukuoka Airport. Kitakyushu plans to leverage its diverse culinary scene\u2014from upscale restaurants to accessible conveyor belt sushi\u2014to position itself as a &#8220;city of sushi&#8221; for both domestic and international tourists. Additionally, the agreement provides for the use of large facilities like the West Japan General Exhibition Center near JR Kokura Station as temporary shelters in the event of train service disruptions. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westjr.co.jp\/press\/article\/items\/b57983da73d83301148039e07b7fb3ee.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JR West<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162881\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_kitakyushu-monorail_2024_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kitakyushu and JR West Forge Partnership to Boost &quot;Western Golden Route&quot; Tourism\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_kitakyushu-monorail_2024_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_kitakyushu-monorail_2024_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_kitakyushu-monorail_2024_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_kitakyushu-monorail_2024_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. 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Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kitakyushu City and JR West Japan have signed a partnership agreement aimed at enhancing tourism and facilitating large MICE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":162889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-162896","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/162896","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=162896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}