{"id":167335,"date":"2024-11-29T09:34:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T00:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=167335&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-11-29T09:34:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T00:34:13","slug":"oita-hovercraft-begins-beppu-bay-tours-november-30","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/oita-hovercraft-begins-beppu-bay-tours-november-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Oita Hovercraft Begins Beppu Bay Tours on November 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oita Daiichi Hover Drive will launch scenic tours of Beppu Bay starting November 30, offering 30-minute weekend trips from Oita City&#8217;s terminal. Passengers can enjoy views of iconic landscapes like Mount Yufu and the Beppu skyline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four trips will run hourly each afternoon, with fares at \u00a52,000 for adults and \u00a51,000 for children. Reservations for initial dates opened on November 28. The tours aim to train staff ahead of launching a full airport transit service in late December. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/hoverdrive.sakura.ne.jp\/ja\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oita Daiichi Hover Drive <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/lnews\/oita\/20241127\/5070020093.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-167322\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_oita-hovercraft_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1377%2C1068&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oita Hovercraft Begins Beppu Bay Tours on November 30\" width=\"1377\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_oita-hovercraft_2024_cl.jpg?w=1377&amp;ssl=1 1377w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_oita-hovercraft_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C233&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_oita-hovercraft_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C794&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fnn_oita-hovercraft_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C596&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oita Daiichi Hover Drive official Instagram<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. 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>Oita Daiichi Hover Drive will launch scenic tours of Beppu Bay starting November 30, offering 30-minute weekend trips from Oita City&#8217;s terminal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":167327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-167335","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-oita-prefecture","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/167335","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=167335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}