{"id":171829,"date":"2025-06-27T11:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T02:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171829&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-06-27T11:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T02:05:02","slug":"sarakurayama-slide-closed-after-injury","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/sarakurayama-slide-closed-after-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarakurayama Slide Closed After Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A woman in her 30s from Taiwan sustained a leg fracture while using the long slide on Mount Sarakura in Kitakyushu on May 28. The accident occurred during landing, and the city halted slide operations the following day after being informed on June 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">City officials had previously noted incidents involving excessive speed and added warning signage. Going forward, the city plans to investigate the cause of the accident in coordination with the manufacturer and resume use only after confirming safety. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=15451401&amp;ymd=2025-06-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/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-171823\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_sarakura-slider_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1069&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sarakurayama Slide Closed After Injury\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_sarakura-slider_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_sarakura-slider_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_sarakura-slider_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C782&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_sarakura-slider_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C586&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarakurayama Cable Car ofificial 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>A woman in her 30s from Taiwan sustained a leg fracture while using the long slide on Mount Sarakura in Kitakyushu on May 28&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":171823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171829","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\/171829","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=171829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}