{"id":81995,"date":"2013-04-23T18:41:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T09:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=36225"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:58:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:58:47","slug":"free-ferry-rides-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/free-ferry-rides-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Ferry Rides for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Japan Passenger Boat Association announced it will offer free rides to kids on Children\u2019s Day (5\/5) on 86 ferries and tour boats throughout Japan. Participating ships include the Gunkanjima Cruise Ship in Nagasaki. Amid steadily falling ferry ridership, the Association wants more people to experience a trip on a passenger ship and hopes children will \u201cenjoy the ocean and lakes of Japan\u201d. This is the first initiative of its kind. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jships.or.jp\/children\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.jships.or.jp\/children<\/a> Source: Nishinippon Shimbun, Apr. 23 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/com_main.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/com_main-e1366710086197.jpg?resize=640%2C337\" alt=\"\" title=\"com_main\" width=\"640\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36226\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japan Passenger Boat Association announced it will offer free rides to kids on Children\u2019s Day (5\/5) on 86 ferries and tour boats throughout Japan. Participating ships include the Gunkanjima Cruise Ship in Nagasaki. Amid steadily falling ferry ridership, the Association wants more people to experience a trip on a passenger ship and hopes children will \u201cenjoy the ocean and lakes of Japan\u201d. This is the first initiative of its kind. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jships.or.jp\/children\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.jships.or.jp\/children<\/a> Source: Nishinippon Shimbun, Apr. 23<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":36226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-81995","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\/81995","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=81995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}