{"id":168369,"date":"2025-01-15T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T01:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=168369&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-01-15T10:00:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T01:00:53","slug":"renowned-designer-appointed-as-fukuokas-city-of-flowers-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/renowned-designer-appointed-as-fukuokas-city-of-flowers-coordinator\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned Designer Appointed as Fukuoka\u2019s &#8220;City of Flowers&#8221; Coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Prefecture has appointed Kazuyuki Ishihara, a celebrated garden designer, as the coordinator for its &#8220;City of Flowers&#8221; initiative. Ishihara, a 12-time Chelsea Flower Show gold medalist, received his appointment from Governor Hattori on January 9. Ishihara plans to focus on inspiring a love for flowers among residents while contributing to greening projects such as PayPay Dome&#8217;s gardens. Governor Hattori emphasized the role of flowers in promoting eco-friendly urban development. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pref.fukuoka.lg.jp\/site\/chiji-top\/hananinnmeisiki.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Prefecture<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.tnc.co.jp\/news\/articles\/NID2025010923925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TNC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168374\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_fukuoka-flower-ishihara_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C917&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Renowned Designer Appointed as Fukuoka\u2019s &quot;City of Flowers&quot; Coordinator\" width=\"1400\" height=\"917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_fukuoka-flower-ishihara_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_fukuoka-flower-ishihara_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_fukuoka-flower-ishihara_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C671&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_fukuoka-flower-ishihara_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C503&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. 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>Fukuoka Prefecture has appointed Kazuyuki Ishihara, a celebrated garden designer, as the coordinator for its &#8220;City of Flowers&#8221; initiative&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":168380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-168369","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\/168369","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=168369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}