{"id":91717,"date":"2016-10-04T18:34:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T09:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=91717&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2016-10-11T13:17:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T04:17:51","slug":"canal-tourist-lounge-open-oct-21","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/canal-tourist-lounge-open-oct-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Canal Tourist Lounge to Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-18.31.39-1024x394.png?resize=1024%2C394\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-04-at-18-31-39\" width=\"1024\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-91718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-18.31.39.png?resize=1024%2C394&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-18.31.39.png?resize=300%2C115&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-18.31.39.png?resize=768%2C296&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-18.31.39.png?w=1502&amp;ssl=1 1502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Canal City Hakata is opening a tourist information center called the \u201cCanal Tourist Lounge\u201d. The tourist center plans to offer the following services (all prices excl. tax):<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tourist information (Free)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Information on Canal City Hakata as well as travel info for Kyushu and Fukuoka (travel\/event info)<br \/>\n\u2022 Guides and maps based for foreign tourists on topics such as sushi &#038; ramen<br \/>\n\u2022 A concierge on site at all times to assist visitors<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cafe lounge (\u00a5200~)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Resting space &#8211; a convenient place to stop in between shopping\/travelling that serves refreshments such as hojicha tea, matcha lattes, and sake at a reasonable price.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Japanese culture experiences<\/strong> (\u00a51,000~\u00a53,000 depending on the menu)<br \/>\n\u2022 Services incl.: trying on traditional Japanese attire, calligraphy, origami, etc.<br \/>\n\u2022 Reservations can be made in advance or by dropping in<\/p>\n<p><strong>Japanese and multilingual lessons<\/strong> (\u00a5500\/30 min.)<br \/>\n\u2022 Japanese lessons useful for traveling (for foreign tourists)<br \/>\n\u2022 Foreign languages lessons (English, Chinese and Korean) for Japanese tourists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information on tours and minpaku<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 The tourist information center ties up with travel agencies and will have pamphlets in the lounge<\/p>\n<p><strong>Baggage room and delivery services<\/strong> (storing luggage: \u00a5500\/day)<br \/>\n\u2022 Services such as storing your luggage and delivering your luggage to your next place of stay or the airport<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location Info:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Canal Tourist Lounge<br \/>\n\u2022 inside Canal City Hakata, 1-2-25 Sumiyoshi, Hakata-ku<br \/>\n\u2022 Opens: Oct. 21 (Fri.)<br \/>\n\u2022 10:00~21:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Concierge: English, Chinese and Korean (English-speaking staff available at all <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canal City Hakata is opening a tourist information center called the \u201cCanal Tourist Lounge\u201d. The tourist center plans to offer the following services&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-91717","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\/91717","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}