{"id":172916,"date":"2025-09-01T16:29:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172916&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-09-01T16:29:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:29:41","slug":"kagoshima-to-raise-fees-for-non-resident-visitors","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kagoshima-to-raise-fees-for-non-resident-visitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagoshima to Raise Fees for Non-Resident Visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting October 1, Kagoshima City will raise admission fees for non-residents at 14 major public attractions, including Hirakawa Zoo and Kagoshima Aquarium. While local residents will retain discounted prices, tourists will pay more\u2014up to \u00a52,000 for the aquarium. The city cites rising maintenance costs and aims to balance fairness between users and non-users. Proof of residence, such as a My Number card or city app, will be required for local rates. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.kagoshima.lg.jp\/kikakuzaisei\/zaisei\/zaisei\/shise\/yosan\/jokyo\/r7\/shiyouryou.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kagoshima City<\/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-172911\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_kagoshima-aqualium_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1037&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_kagoshima-aqualium_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_kagoshima-aqualium_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_kagoshima-aqualium_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C758&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fnn_kagoshima-aqualium_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C569&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wikimedia Commons<\/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>Starting October 1, Kagoshima City will raise admission fees for non-residents at 14 major public attractions, including Hirakawa Zoo and Kagoshima Aquarium&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172916","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kagoshima-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172916","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=172916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}