{"id":179827,"date":"2026-09-17T11:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179827&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-09-17T11:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:05:32","slug":"tour-de-kyushu-adds-saga-route-with-major-tenjin-traffic-controls-planned","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/tour-de-kyushu-adds-saga-route-with-major-tenjin-traffic-controls-planned\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de Kyushu adds Saga route, with major Tenjin traffic controls planned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saga will host part of the Tour de Kyushu international cycling race for the first time this October. The four-day event runs from Oct. 9 to 12 across Saga, Nagasaki, Fukuoka, Oita, Kumamoto and Miyazaki. On Oct. 10, the Saga\u2013Fukuoka stage will start at Hado Cape and finish in central Fukuoka\u2019s Tenjin district. Major traffic restrictions are planned around Tenjin from morning through the afternoon that day. Last year\u2019s race drew approximately 106,500 spectators and generated an estimated 2.8 billion yen in economic activity, according to a Development Bank of Japan study. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nb-5010035321\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.karatsu.lg.jp\/page\/47656.html\" target=\"_blank\">Karatsu City<\/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\/2025\/05\/fnn_tour-de-kyushu2024_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tour de Kyushu Adds New Prefectures for 2025\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_tour-de-kyushu2024_2025_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_tour-de-kyushu2024_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_tour-de-kyushu2024_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_tour-de-kyushu2024_2025_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>Saga will host part of the Tour de Kyushu international cycling race for the first time this October. The four-day event runs from Oct. 9 to 12 across Saga, Nagasaki, Fukuoka, Oita&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":171334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179827","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-general","news-category-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/179827","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=179827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}