{"id":177925,"date":"2026-06-05T10:54:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=177925&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:54:32","slug":"oita-hovercraft-launches-first-night-cruise-service","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/oita-hovercraft-launches-first-night-cruise-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Oita Hovercraft Launches First Night Cruise Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oita Daiichi Hoverdrive announced that its Beppu Bay sightseeing hovercraft service will begin nighttime operations on June 19, marking the first night cruise in the vessel\u2019s history. The new service will depart every Friday at 7:45 p.m. from the Oita City terminal and operate for approximately 30 minutes. Advance reservations for the inaugural cruise will open on June 15, with tickets priced at \u00a52,000 for adults and \u00a51,000 for children. The company said the service is aimed at commuters and visitors interested in viewing Beppu Bay\u2019s sunset and nighttime scenery from the water. The hovercraft operator has already expanded daytime sightseeing services and is also considering launching nighttime operations on its Oita Airport route later this summer. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC0275A0S6A600C2000000\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkei<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/newsdig.tbs.co.jp\/articles\/obs\/2704110?display=1\" target=\"_blank\">OBS News<\/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\/2026\/06\/fnn_oita-hovercraft-night-cruise_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1342%2C674&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1342\" height=\"674\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-177926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_oita-hovercraft-night-cruise_2026_cl.jpg?w=1342&amp;ssl=1 1342w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_oita-hovercraft-night-cruise_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C151&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_oita-hovercraft-night-cruise_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C514&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_oita-hovercraft-night-cruise_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C386&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: OBS News<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oita Daiichi Hoverdrive announced that its Beppu Bay sightseeing hovercraft service will begin nighttime operations on June 19, marking the first night&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":177926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-177925","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-oita-city","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/177925","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}