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Jul 15, 2015 Local News
Nishitetsu to Open First Hotel Abroad
On July 13, Nishinippon Railroad Corp. announced that it will open its first hotel overseas this September in Seoul. The 312-room Solaria Nishitetsu Hotel Seoul Myeongdong will ope...
Jul 15, 2015 Local News
Hakata Chocolatier Takes Sugarless Chocolate to Milan Expo and France
Long-standing Hakata Ward-based chocolatier Chocolate Shop participated in this year’s food-themed World Expo in Milan. With a booth inside the Japan Salon, Chocolate Shop wowed gu...
Jul 15, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka Prefectural Office Seizes Orchard to Complete Expressway
Acting as a proxy for the national government, officials from the Fukuoka Prefectural Office exercised eminent domain to secure part of a mikan orchard in the path of the Higashi-K...
Jul 15, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka’s Politicians Don’t Listen
In Fukuoka, the vox populi remains unheard. It has come to light that 80% of the citizen proposals sent to the city assemblies of Kitakyushu and Fukuoka between May 2011 and March ...
Jul 14, 2015 Local News
Picklegate? Mayor of Kasuya May Have Overstepped Bounds
The mayor of Fukuoka’s neighbor, Kasuya Town, is in a pickle over homemade pickles! The mayor, 67-year-old Kiyonori In, allegedly took some homemade pickles to the home of a town a...
Jul 14, 2015 Local News
Suijo Park To Get Facelift
On July 7, the City announced plans to give Suijo Park in Nishinakasu a makeover. The renovation plan calls for the construction of a two-story building that will house a cafe and ...
Jul 10, 2015 Local News
Lawson to Sell Fried Ramen Made from Local Wheat
This July, Lawson will begin selling packages of fried ramen made from Ra-Mugi, a strain of wheat developed by Fukuoka Prefecture solely for ramen noodles. The recipe was supervise...
Jul 8, 2015 Local News
Kyushu Gets First World Heritage Sites
With UNESCO’s recent approval of Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution for inscription on the World Heritage List, Kyushu will get its very first word heritage sites. The si...
Jul 7, 2015 Local News
More Services Available for Foreign Tourists
Several new services targeting foreign visitors have started popping up around the city. Canal City Hakata has added 10 new sightseeing bus spaces to accommodate the uptick in tour...
Jul 7, 2015 Local News
Local Companies Slow to Prepare for “My Number”
According to a survey by Tokyo-based IT security giant Trend Micro, more than half of all companies based in Kyushu and Okinawa have yet to put in place personal information securi...