Q: Should university campuses in the city center be encouraged to move out? A: Advantages focusing on residential and commercial aspects...

Q: Should we abandon waterfront land reclamation because it is not eco-friendly? A: It is essential to have a trade-off perspective with...

"We Love Tenjin Council" Walking Tour in English took place on a sunny day in April 2021. The participants on this tour were mainly from...

An 800-meter-long downtown street: Hakata Ekimae-Dori

Allocation of pedestrians' road space should be considered to create more vibrancy and interactions in the city center. Hakata...

Solaria Terminal Building is located in the busiest area of Fukuoka City called Tenjin. Read more about this case. [Case ID: Urban...

Tenjin Chikagai is an underground shopping mall, where 400,000 people are passing by every day in the center of Fukuoka City. Read more...

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Ohori Park is a water park with a pond of two-kilometer per lap and three islands in the middle. It is in the vicinity of the city center...

Fukuoka City’s solutions to make the fishery more attractive for the next generations:- Streamlined and labor-saving; aquaculture and ICT...

Investment in bicycle parking is more important rather than bicycle lanes. Many people go shopping or work on a bike in Fukuoka City,...

It is essential to have a trade-off perspective with securing a place for dredged sediment from rivers and shipping channel as well as...

It is useful to use the space with added functions needed for each step of the development. Tenjin Chikagai is an underground shopping...

Public involvement is persuasive no matter what the result is. In the course of the plan-making for the redevelopment of Fukuoka Airport...

Fukuoka City Subway Nanakuma Line, connecting the city center and the western suburbs of the city from 2005, was planned and constructed...

・Kyushu University relocated a campus near the center of Fukuoka City to the suburb in 2009. ・The vacated area has now been transformed...

Q: Does redevelopment to be a big shopping mall eliminate traditional commerce? A: Planning the lines of traffic movement and the...

A Fukuoka-based major transport operator, Nishitetsu, rebuilt a terminal building in the city center -- both train and bus terminals...