{"id":173515,"date":"2025-10-08T12:03:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T03:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173515&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T03:03:21","slug":"kanmon-area-named-among-worlds-top-100-destinations","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kanmon-area-named-among-worlds-top-100-destinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanmon Area Named Among World\u2019s Top 100 Destinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kanmon area, connecting Kitakyushu in Fukuoka and Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi, has been selected for the first time as one of the \u201cTop 100 Sustainable Destinations\u201d by a Dutch certification body. It\u2019s the first site from Fukuoka Prefecture to receive this honor. The selection recognized cross-strait collaboration and \u201cinfrastructure tourism\u201d initiatives, including guided tours of the Kanmon Tunnel. Local tourism leaders said the recognition will help encourage greater travel between the two cities. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp\/files\/001163966.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu 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-173513\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kanmon_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kanmon Area Named Among World\u2019s Top 100 Destinations\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kanmon_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kanmon_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kanmon_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kanmon_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;\">Kitakyushu City official photo gallery<\/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>The Kanmon area, connecting Kitakyushu in Fukuoka and Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi, has been selected for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173515","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173515","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=173515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}