{"id":179301,"date":"2026-08-25T10:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179301&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:49:29","slug":"canal-city-theater-to-become-kraftia-theater","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/canal-city-theater-to-become-kraftia-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"Canal City Theater to Become Kraftia Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canal City Theater in Fukuoka will be renamed Kraftia Theater on October 1, 2026, after Fukuoka-based Kraftia acquired the venue&#8217;s naming rights. The company, formerly known as Kyudenko, adopted its new corporate name earlier this year. The theater&#8217;s management structure and performance schedule will remain unchanged following the renaming. Signs at the venue and references on its website will be updated gradually to reflect the new name. Kraftia said the naming-rights agreement is intended to support the performing arts in Kyushu while increasing public recognition of its new corporate identity. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ntv.co.jp\/n\/fbs\/category\/culture\/fs48aec0cc42544a669c771a1a6704e3a4\" target=\"_blank\">FBS News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnn.jp\/articles\/-\/1100162\" target=\"_blank\">TNC 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\/08\/fnn_canal-city-hakata-theater-nama-change_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_canal-city-hakata-theater-nama-change_2026_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_canal-city-hakata-theater-nama-change_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_canal-city-hakata-theater-nama-change_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_canal-city-hakata-theater-nama-change_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Fukuoka Now<\/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>Canal City Theater in Fukuoka will be renamed Kraftia Theater on October 1, 2026, after Fukuoka-based Kraftia acquired the venue&#8217;s naming rights. The company, formerly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":179302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179301","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","location-hakata-ku","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/179301","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=179301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}