{"id":89511,"date":"2016-07-29T19:45:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T10:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=89511&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2016-07-29T19:45:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T10:45:29","slug":"kyushu-international-sightseeing-square-opens-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-international-sightseeing-square-opens-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu International Sightseeing Square Opens in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Jul. 27 (Wed.), Kyushu International Sightseeing Square (KISS) opened in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka. Aimed at inbound tourists, the complex includes stores, restaurants and a stage. The shopping area\u2019s <em>kimono<\/em> and <em>ninja<\/em> outfit-clad staff sell 3,000 products, mainly from Kyushu and Okinawa, including crafts, food, miscellaneous goods, cosmetics, souvenirs and more. A food court offers Japanese and western cuisine made with Kyushu ingredients. There will occasionally be performances showing off Kyushu\u2019s culture on the stage. KISS hopes to attract 300,000 visitors in its first year, and their sales target is \u00a53 billion. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiss-fukuoka.jp\/english.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for the official English website. Address: 5-18-43 Nishitsukiguma, Hakata-ku. Hours: 10:00~20:00. Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.data-max.co.jp\/280727_dm1569\/\" target=\"_blank\">Net IB News, 7\/27<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89512\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/KISS-e1469789016390.jpg?resize=640%2C493\" alt=\"KISS\" width=\"640\" height=\"493\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Jul. 27 (Wed.), Kyushu International Sightseeing Square (KISS) opened in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka. Aimed at inbound tourists, the complex includes stores, restaurants and a stage&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26750,"featured_media":89512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-89511","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\/89511","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\/26750"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}