{"id":179808,"date":"2026-09-15T11:07:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T02:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179808&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-09-15T11:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T02:07:42","slug":"former-student-dorm-becomes-a-hotel-in-yakuin","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/former-student-dorm-becomes-a-hotel-in-yakuin\/","title":{"rendered":"Former student dorm becomes a hotel in Yakuin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former student dormitory near Nishitetsu Yakuin Station in Fukuoka will open as a hotel on Sept. 14. The 22-year-old building, previously used by cram school students, has been converted from 114 dorm rooms into 90 guest rooms. The hotel uses unstaffed check-in and smart locks. Its design retains features of the original building, including triangular roof shapes incorporated into guest room ceilings. The developer says reusing existing buildings offers a response to rising construction and labor costs. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nishinippon.co.jp\/item\/1528806\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nishinippon Shimbun<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=18114468&#038;ymd=2026-09-08\" target=\"_blank\">KBC 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\/09\/fnn_yadore-yakuin-new-hotel_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1084%2C718&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1084\" height=\"718\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_yadore-yakuin-new-hotel_2026_cl.jpg?w=1084&amp;ssl=1 1084w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_yadore-yakuin-new-hotel_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_yadore-yakuin-new-hotel_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_yadore-yakuin-new-hotel_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yado_re\/\" target=\"_blank\">YADO\/Re Yakuin<\/a><\/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>A former student dormitory near Nishitetsu Yakuin Station in Fukuoka will open as a hotel on Sept. 14. The 22-year-old building, previously used by cram school students&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":179809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179808","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-chuo-ku","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/179808","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=179808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}