{"id":171138,"date":"2025-05-23T15:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T06:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171138&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-05-23T15:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T06:03:44","slug":"moji-heritage-building-to-become-hotel","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/moji-heritage-building-to-become-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Moji Heritage Building To Become Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City will sell the former JR Kyushu headquarters building near JR Mojiko Station for conversion into a hotel. Public proposals for the project will be accepted starting in June, with a preferred developer selected by October. Built in 1937, the six-story structure is part of the nationally designated Japan Heritage site \u201cNostalgic Kanmon Strait.\u201d The city aims to enhance tourism in the Mojiko Retro District, which celebrated its 30th anniversary. The building, unused for over 20 years, will be sold with conditions that preserve its modern American-style architecture. A previous hotel plan by a Hong Kong investment firm failed due to funding issues in 2023. The new project is expected to cost several billion yen, including land acquisition. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/lnews\/kitakyushu\/20250522\/5020018146.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><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-171136\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_former-jrkyushu-moji-flickr_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Moji Heritage Building To Become Hotel \" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_former-jrkyushu-moji-flickr_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_former-jrkyushu-moji-flickr_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_former-jrkyushu-moji-flickr_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_former-jrkyushu-moji-flickr_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flickr<\/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>Kitakyushu City will sell the former JR Kyushu headquarters building near JR Mojiko Station for conversion into&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":171137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171138","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/171138","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=171138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}