{"id":180136,"date":"2026-10-06T11:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T02:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180136&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-06T11:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T02:03:55","slug":"hita-and-four-fukuoka-municipalities-join-forces-on-tourism","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/hita-and-four-fukuoka-municipalities-join-forces-on-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Hita and four Fukuoka municipalities join forces on tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hita in Oita Prefecture and four neighboring Fukuoka municipalities established a joint tourism council on Oct. 2. Asakura, Ukiha, Soeda and Toho are joining Hita in promoting the Chikugo River\u2013Hikosan Travel Corridor. The partnership brings together hot springs, traditional crafts, historic streets and natural attractions. It aims to encourage visitors to explore several communities and stay overnight rather than simply pass through. Plans include separate travel maps for rail, bus and car users, alongside joint product fairs targeting the Fukuoka metropolitan area. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nb-5010035622\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/local\/kyushu\/news\/20261003-GYS1T00122\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yomiuri Shimbun<\/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_hita-station-oita_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_hita-station-oita_2026_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_hita-station-oita_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_hita-station-oita_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_hita-station-oita_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>Hita in Oita Prefecture and four neighboring Fukuoka municipalities established a joint tourism council on Oct. 2. Asakura, Ukiha, Soeda and Toho are joining Hita in promoting the Chikugo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180136","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-hita","location-oita-prefecture","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\/180136","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=180136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}