{"id":81188,"date":"2014-03-25T12:55:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T03:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=48354"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:51:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:51:56","slug":"famous-train-designer-takes-on-kumamoto-city-tram","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/famous-train-designer-takes-on-kumamoto-city-tram\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Train Designer Takes On Kumamoto City Tram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Mar. 20, Kumamoto City unveiled illustrations of its new ultra-low floor tram to be designed by Eiji Mitooka, the designer of several JR Kyushu trains including the Seven Stars luxury sleeper. The exterior will be dark brown, while the interior will use natural woods, such as maple, to \u201cevoke images of Kumamoto\u2019s forests and water resources.\u201d Dubbed Cocoro (\u2018heart\u2019 in Japanese), the new two-car tram, which will cost \u00a5318 million to build,  is scheduled to go into service in October.  Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 3\/20<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-25-at-12.26.14-PM.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-25-at-12.26.14-PM.png?resize=409%2C627\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-03-25 at 12.26.14 PM\" width=\"409\" height=\"627\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-25-at-12.26.14-PM.png?w=409&amp;ssl=1 409w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-25-at-12.26.14-PM.png?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Mar. 20, Kumamoto City unveiled illustrations of its new ultra-low floor tram to be designed by Eiji Mitooka, the designer of several JR Kyushu trains including the Seven Stars luxury sleeper. The exterior will be dark brown, while the interior will use natural woods, such as maple, to \u201cevoke images of Kumamoto\u2019s forests and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-81188","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-category-business","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/81188","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}