{"id":75687,"date":"2013-02-13T10:30:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T01:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?p=33173"},"modified":"2016-04-01T01:34:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T16:34:16","slug":"ben-flies-to-amsterdam-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/ben-flies-to-amsterdam-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Flies to Amsterdam for Free!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Ben Epstein, the winner of the lucky draw at Fukuoka Now\u2019s \u201cNow Lounge Valentine\u2019s Party\u201d on Feb. 8. He won a round-trip ticket on Air France \/ KLM between Fukuoka and Amsterdam. KLM, which launches a new non-stop service three times a week between the cities generously provided this grand prize. Read more about the new route on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.klm.com\/travel\/jp_en\/klm_fukuoka.htm\" target=\"_blank\">website here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nl-val-2013-photobooth-145.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nl-val-2013-photobooth-145.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" title=\"nl val 2013 photobooth 145\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nl-val-2013-photobooth-145.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nl-val-2013-photobooth-145.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Photo: Ben receives his ticket from Fukuoka Now\u2019s Nick Szasz \u2013 \u201cBon Voyage!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ben\u2019s originally from Seattle but has been in Kyushu for the past two years, working in the U.S. Navy down in Sasebo. Ben has travelled all over Japan but says he likes Fukuoka the best by far, and he\u2019s a regular at Fukuoka Now parties. Ben says he\u2019s elated to be the winner! He didn\u2019t believe it was true when he first received the email. \u201cI\u2019m thankful for the opportunity to visit Amsterdam &#8211; it will be my first time in Europe.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Be sure to check out photos from the party here: <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/gallery\/now-lounge-valentines-party-2013\/ \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/gallery\/now-lounge-valentines-party-2013\/ <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/gallery\/now-lounge-valentines-party-2013\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/photo-banner1.jpg?resize=299%2C142\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo banner\" width=\"299\" height=\"142\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33178\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Ben Epstein, the winner of the lucky draw at Fukuoka Now\u2019s \u201cNow Lounge Valentine\u2019s Party\u201d on Feb. 8. He won a round-trip ticket on Air France \/ KLM between Fukuoka and Amsterdam. KLM, which launches a new non-stop service three times a week between the cities generously provided this grand prize. Read more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":33174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"33173","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4914],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","location-fukuoka-city","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nl-val-2013-photobooth-145.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=75687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85006,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75687\/revisions\/85006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}