{"id":179843,"date":"2026-09-17T11:45:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179843&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-09-17T11:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:45:32","slug":"alain-ducasse-opens-first-kyushu-chocolate-shop","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/alain-ducasse-opens-first-kyushu-chocolate-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Alain Ducasse opens first Kyushu chocolate shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Le Chocolat Alain Ducasse opened its first Kyushu shop at Iwataya in Tenjin on Sep. 16. The outlet, on the department store\u2019s second basement level, is the brand\u2019s eighth in Japan. It offers chocolates and sweets, including an exclusive Amaou strawberry product, along with space to eat on site. The opening follows La Maison du Chocolat\u2019s arrival at Daimaru Fukuoka Tenjin in July. Iwataya now carries six luxury chocolate brands and expects to attract customers from Japan and overseas. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ntv.co.jp\/n\/fbs\/category\/economy\/fs3b5512e32f80403c8a5892b04ec95026\" target=\"_blank\">FBS News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000043.000143817.html\" target=\"_blank\">SFAD Co<\/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_alain-ducasse-chocolate-shop-iwataya-sept-2026_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_alain-ducasse-chocolate-shop-iwataya-sept-2026_2026_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_alain-ducasse-chocolate-shop-iwataya-sept-2026_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_alain-ducasse-chocolate-shop-iwataya-sept-2026_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_alain-ducasse-chocolate-shop-iwataya-sept-2026_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>Le Chocolat Alain Ducasse opened its first Kyushu shop at Iwataya in Tenjin on Sep. 16. The outlet, on the department store\u2019s second basement level, is the brand\u2019s eighth in Japan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":179850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179843","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-chuo-ku","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/179843","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=179843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}