{"id":180865,"date":"2026-11-10T16:18:56","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T07:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180865&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-11-10T16:18:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T07:18:56","slug":"former-jr-kyushu-headquarters-to-become-hotel-complex","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/former-jr-kyushu-headquarters-to-become-hotel-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"Former JR Kyushu headquarters to become hotel complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 6 billion yen renovation will turn JR Kyushu\u2019s former headquarters near Mojiko Station into a hotel and dining complex. The six-story building, with one basement level, was constructed in 1937 as Mitsui\u2019s Moji branch. Kitakyushu sold the building and land to a business consortium for approximately 90 million yen under an agreement to preserve its exterior. Plans call for restaurants and a cafe on the first floor, hotel rooms on floors two through six, and a rooftop bar and sauna. Construction is scheduled to finish in September 2029, with opening planned for January 2030. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nd-20261106de71490\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ntv.co.jp\/n\/fbs\/category\/economy\/fsa80f757a21034d02b815ea889eb4560c\" target=\"_blank\">FBS 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\/11\/fnn_moji-former-jr-kyushu-bldg_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C869&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"869\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_moji-former-jr-kyushu-bldg_2026_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_moji-former-jr-kyushu-bldg_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_moji-former-jr-kyushu-bldg_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C636&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_moji-former-jr-kyushu-bldg_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C477&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japanheritage-kannmon.jp\/bunkazai\/index.cfm?id=2\" target=\"_blank\">Japan Heritage Kanmon \u201cNostalgic\u201d Straits<\/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 6 billion yen renovation will turn JR Kyushu\u2019s former headquarters near Mojiko Station into a hotel and dining complex. The six-story building, with one basement level, was constructed in 1937 as Mitsui\u2019s Moji&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180865","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180865","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=180865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}