{"id":170930,"date":"2025-05-14T14:26:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T05:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170930&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-05-14T14:26:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T05:26:26","slug":"hakata-hankyu-undergo-4-2b-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/hakata-hankyu-undergo-4-2b-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Hakata Hankyu To Undergo \u00a54.2B Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retail giant H2O Retailing will invest \u00a54.2 billion in a major renovation of Hakata Hankyu, focusing on expanding high-end brand offerings. The first phase will open in fall 2026, with full completion expected by fall 2027. The third-floor luxury zone will be upgraded, and cosmetics sections will be redesigned to appeal to younger shoppers. This marks the department store&#8217;s largest renovation to date, following a \u00a52 billion update in 2017. Hakata Hankyu recorded a record-high revenue of \u00a569.4 billion in FY2024, driven by strong luxury sales and events. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/data.swcms.net\/file\/h2o-retailing\/ja\/news\/auto_20250507531235\/pdfFile.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">H2O Retailing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_hakata-hankyu_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C937&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hakata Hankyu To Undergo \u00a54.2B Upgrade\" width=\"1400\" height=\"937\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_hakata-hankyu_2025_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_hakata-hankyu_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_hakata-hankyu_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C685&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_hakata-hankyu_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C514&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>Retail giant H2O Retailing will invest \u00a54.2 billion in a major renovation of Hakata Hankyu, focusing on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":170942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170930","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-hakata","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/170930","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=170930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}