A ceremony was held outside JR Kokura Station to inaugurate taiko practice sessions for the Kokura Gion Daiko event, which is designated by the central government as an important intangible ...

The City of Kitakyushu announced that cherry blossoms had bloomed on Wednesday, March 25, outside Kokura Castle. Footage shared by the city shows the blooming sakura trees around the Castle in ...

FUKUOKA -- "White powder" found by a train conductor in a bathroom of a train that had not yet departed from JR Kokura Station in the southwest Japan city of Kitakyushu early on Feb. 24 was ...