{"id":81225,"date":"2014-02-17T10:30:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T01:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47054"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:52:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:52:14","slug":"itoshima-to-trial-tuk-tuk-for-tourists","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/itoshima-to-trial-tuk-tuk-for-tourists\/","title":{"rendered":"Itoshima to Trial Tuk-tuk for Tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Itoshima City will begin a trial run of a tuk-tuk service in April as part of its efforts to boost tourism. The tuk-tuk, a three-wheeled taxi common in Southeast Asia, will be operated by  iTop, a community development group composed primarily of Kyushu University students. iTop aims to give rides to 100 pairs of people during the 50-day trial period. Users can make reservations on a designated homepage. Since the vehicle is not a licensed taxi, rides will be free of charge. iTop is now accepting applications to name the tuk-tuk (thru 3\/17), and the winner of the contest will get a tuk-tuk tour of Itoshima\u2019s cafes on Apr. 5. For more information, call the  Itoshima City Gakken Toshi Development Section (092-332-3064). Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 2\/14 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1891039_261839277326310_303361630_n.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1891039_261839277326310_303361630_n.jpg?resize=540%2C720\" alt=\"1891039_261839277326310_303361630_n\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1891039_261839277326310_303361630_n.jpg?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1891039_261839277326310_303361630_n.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itop.info\" target=\"_blank\">Image source<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Itoshima City will begin a trial run of a tuk-tuk service in April as part of its efforts to boost tourism. The tuk-tuk, a three-wheeled taxi common in Southeast Asia, will be operated by  iTop, a community development group composed primarily of Kyushu University students. iTop aims to give rides to 100 pairs of people during the 50-day trial period. Users can make reservations on a designated homepage. Since the vehicle is not a licensed taxi, rides will be free of charge. iTop is now accepting applications to name the tuk-tuk (thru 3\/17), and the winner of the contest will get a tuk-tuk tour of Itoshima\u2019s cafes on Apr. 5. For more information, call the  Itoshima City Gakken Toshi Development Section (092-332-3064). Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 2\/14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":47055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-81225","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/81225","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\/6391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}