「提灯山」の愛称で親しまれている戸畑祇園大山笠は、200年以上続く神社の祭りで、毎年7月の第4土曜をはさむ前後3日間に行われる。ユネスコ無形文化遺産にも登録されたこの祭の特徴は、昼の幟山笠から夜の提灯山笠への姿替え。昼は8基の山笠がのぼりを立てて練り歩き、夜になると ...

Hiromoto Himukai, newly appointed director of the Kyushu Transport Bureau, pledged to tackle “transportation voids” ...

Fukuoka City announced a “congestion relief project” starting with increased service on the Nanakuma Line. From August ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the war’s end, a 3m by 20m oil painting depicting Japanese repatriates leaving ...

Amid rising cases of illicit filming, Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station in Tenjin has installed special “anti-voyeur mirrors” on its ...

A recent Japan-U.S. tariff agreement lowers proposed additional duties on automobiles from 25% to 15%, but Kyushu ...

The Fukuoka Hydrogen Green Growth Strategy Council held its annual meeting on July 18 in Fukuoka City, gathering ...

Kitakyushu-based airline StarFlyer will open a Fukuoka–Sendai route on October 3, initially offering one round trip per day ...

Japanet Holdings, parent company of J2 club V-Varen Nagasaki, announced on July 22 a capital and business alliance ...

Taxi fares in the Kitakyushu area increased on July 22, raising the base fare for standard vehicles from ¥610 to ...

Voters from five Kyushu prefectures have filed a lawsuit with the Fukuoka High Court seeking to nullify the July 20 Upper ...