{"id":173991,"date":"2025-10-30T15:05:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T06:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173991&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:05:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T06:05:57","slug":"fukuoka-to-upgrade-school-kitchens","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-to-upgrade-school-kitchens\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka to Upgrade School Kitchens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fukuoka City Board of Education plans to upgrade kitchen equipment in elementary schools to expand lunch options. At a meeting with Mayor Soichiro Takashima on October 27, the board proposed introducing ovens, steamers, and vacuum coolers to serve more diverse and hygienic meals. The estimated cost exceeds \u00a52 billion, and the board requested budget support. Takashima encouraged detailed budget planning before submission. The board also suggested occasionally replacing milk with tea to better complement Japanese-style lunches, a change the mayor supported. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/local\/kyushu\/news\/20251028-OYTNT50019\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yomiuri<\/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-173992\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_city-school-lunch_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1182%2C884&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka to Upgrade School Kitchens\" width=\"1182\" height=\"884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_city-school-lunch_2025_cl.jpg?w=1182&amp;ssl=1 1182w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_city-school-lunch_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_city-school-lunch_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C766&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_city-school-lunch_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C574&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; <\/span>Photo for image purpose only<\/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 Fukuoka City Board of Education plans to upgrade kitchen equipment in elementary schools to expand lunch options&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173991","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173991","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=173991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}