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The art of kaiseki paired with exclusive flavours of Fukuoka

Unknown to most is that our capital city and Japan’s gateway to Kyushu, Fukuoka, have shared a friendship for 15 years. In honour of this special relationship, head chef Norihisa Maeda at Kinu By Takagi at the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok, is taking diners on a culinary journey to Fukuoka this…

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Kyo-ryori classics

Seasonal produce is always a culinary quintessence at Kinu by Takagi, the signature Japanese kaiseki restaurant at Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok.

Bangkok Post

8 Confirmed Dead in Ship Sinking off Japan and South Korea

A Chinese official said Thursday that eight people have died in the sinking of a cargo ship in waters between Japan and South Korea. Lyu Guijun, the consul general in the western Japanese city of Fukuoka, told state broadcaster CGTN that six of the eight victims were Chinese, The Associated…

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Suspect arrested over woman's murder in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA -- The Fukuoka prefectural police on Wednesday arrested a man on suspicion of fatally stabbing a woman near JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Historic shrine to get major renovation

FUKUOKA -- Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, announced Tuesday that its honden main hall will be significantly renovated for the shrine's grand refurbishment ceremony in 2027.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Don Mueang readies for direct Fukuoka flights

Thai AirAsia launches its inaugural flight to Fukuoka via Don Mueang. This route launch comes just in time with the further relaxation of travel protocols and visas for foreign travellers to Japan.

Bangkok Post

Revamped Nanatsuboshi fares range up to 1.7 million yen.

Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) has revamped the interior of its luxury sleeper train Nanatsuboshi (Seven Stars in Kyushu), unveiling the new train cars to the media on Wednesday at Hakata Station in Fukuoka.

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Thai Airways offering special air prices

Thai Airways is offering promotional airfare following the resumption of Bangkok-Fukuoka return flights in its winter 2022/23 schedule starting Oct 30. Flight TG648 departs from Bangkok at 1am and arrives in Fukuoka at 8.10am (local time) and TG649 departs Fukuoka at 11.40am (local time) and arrives in Bangkok at 3.40pm.

Bangkok Post

Thailand hotels ranked Asia's best

Cape & Kantary Hotels was recently ranked No.1 and No.7 of the Best Beach Resorts in Thailand by Travel & Leisure: Asia's Best Awards 2022, as voted by its readers in which Cape Fahn Hotel on Koh Samui is honoured at No.1 while Cape Kudu Hotel, Koh Yao Noi, is…

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Guinness Announces Death Of World’s Oldest Person, 119

Tanaka passed away on April 19 in a hospital in Fukuoka in southern Japan.

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World's oldest person dies in Japan aged 119

A Japanese woman believed to have been the world's oldest person has died aged 119, public broadcaster NHK said on Monday, reporting the death of Kane Tanaka.

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World's Oldest Person Dies in Japan at 119

A Japanese woman certified the world's oldest person has died at the age of 119, local officials said Monday. Kane Tanaka was born January 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, the same year the Wright brothers flew for the first time and Marie Curie became the first…

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Company develops app to provide lunches to students

FUKUOKA -- On a mid-March day just before breaking for spring holiday, a large group of students at Fukuoka Futaba School in Fukuoka City's Chuo Ward gathered on the first floor to get their lunches. But they were not in a cafeteria.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Celebrating with corsages

KYOTO -- Those commuting to a welfare facility for people with disabilities in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, make corsages for those attending school graduations and entrance ceremonies in the spring. They used paper and wires to make the corsages of paper roses in red, pink and white. They first drew petals…

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Three-time Olympic champion Adam Peaty questions FINA schedule changes

The World Championships in Fukuoka that were set to take place in May this year have been rescheduled for July 2023.

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Government adds 18 prefectures to quasi-emergency list

The quasi-emergency measures to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus will be applied to 18 more prefectures, including Hokkaido, Osaka, and Fukuoka, the government decided Tuesday.

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