{"id":180130,"date":"2026-10-06T10:52:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180130&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:52:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:52:38","slug":"canal-city-theater-becomes-kraftia-theater","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/canal-city-theater-becomes-kraftia-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"Canal City Theater becomes Kraftia Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canal City Theater in Fukuoka was renamed Kraftia Theater on Oct. 1. The change follows Craftia\u2019s acquisition of naming rights. The company was formerly known as Kyudenko and changed its own name on Oct. 1 last year. Actor and company brand ambassador Akari Takaishi attended an announcement event at a Canal City Hakata hotel. Craftia says it aims to support regional culture through the naming-rights agreement. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsdig.tbs.co.jp\/articles\/rkb\/2983895?display=1\" target=\"_blank\">RKB News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvq.co.jp\/news\/news.html?did=2026100100000002\" target=\"_blank\">TVQ 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\/10\/fnn_kraftia-theater-canal-city_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kraftia-theater-canal-city_2026_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kraftia-theater-canal-city_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kraftia-theater-canal-city_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kraftia-theater-canal-city_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 was renamed Kraftia Theater on Oct. 1. The change follows Craftia\u2019s acquisition of naming rights. The company was formerly known as Kyudenko and changed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180130","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","location-hakata-ku","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180130","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=180130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}