{"id":173511,"date":"2025-10-08T18:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173511&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-08T18:30:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:30:47","slug":"food-expo-kyushu-draws-global-buyers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/food-expo-kyushu-draws-global-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Expo Kyushu Draws Global Buyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food Expo Kyushu opened on October 6 at Fukuoka International Center, featuring over 300 regional specialties from Kyushu and Yamaguchi. The two-day event brought together 329 exhibitors, including municipalities and producers from Kyushu, Yamaguchi, and Okinawa, showcasing products such as Yame tea, Akaushi beef hamburgers, and Okinawan brown sugar sweets. About 48 domestic and international buyers attended to explore new regional offerings. One Singapore-based buyer praised Kyushu\u2019s rich culinary culture and creativity, saying the region\u2019s food could stand out as a strong brand overseas. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/foodexpokyushu.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food Expo Kyushu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=16187501&amp;ymd=2025-10-07\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/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\/10\/fn_foodexpo_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Food Expo Kyushu\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_foodexpo_2025_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_foodexpo_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_foodexpo_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_foodexpo_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&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>Food Expo Kyushu opened on October 6 at Fukuoka International Center, featuring over 300 regional specialties from Kyushu and Yamaguchi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173511","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173511","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=173511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}