{"id":168381,"date":"2025-01-15T13:50:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T04:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=168381&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-01-15T13:50:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T04:50:35","slug":"city-of-hope-construction-begins","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/city-of-hope-construction-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;City of Hope&#8221; Construction Begins on Former Kudo-kai Headquarters Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction has officially started on the &#8220;City of Hope,&#8221; a welfare facility in Kitakyushu designed to support people facing financial hardships. Developed by NPO H\u014dboku, the facility will include a restaurant, accommodations, and community support services. Delayed due to funding issues, the project secured financing in late 2024, with construction set to begin in February. Completion is planned for March 2026, with an October opening. H\u014dboku\u2019s leader expressed hope that the facility will inspire broader community revitalization. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=14338142&amp;ymd=2025-01-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houboku.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoboku<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_houboku-hope_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_houboku-hope_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_houboku-hope_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_houboku-hope_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C585&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_houboku-hope_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C439&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo from the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">crowdfunding website<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction has officially started on the &#8220;City of Hope,&#8221; a welfare facility in Kitakyushu designed to support people facing financial hardships&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":168386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-168381","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-society","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/168381","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=168381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}