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The Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) introduced the system on March 1, 2009. The name come from "Smart Urban Going Card", while sugoka ( 凄か ) in the local Kyūshū dialect means "great". Like other electronic fare collection systems in Japan, the card uses RFID technology developed by Sony Corporation, known as FeliCa .
The Kanmon Straits (関門海峡, Kanmon-kaikyō) or the Straits of Shimonoseki is the stretch of water separating Honshu and Kyushu, two of Japan's four main islands.On the Honshu side of the strait is Shimonoseki (下関, which contributed "Kan" (関) to the name of the strait) and on the Kyushu side is Kitakyushu, whose former city and present ward, Moji (門司), gave the strait its "mon ...
It can also be used as a Commuter Pass (Chika Pass included) on subway lines. Starting in 2010, it became compatible with Nishi-Nippon Railroad's nimoca, JR Kyushu's SUGOCA and JR East's Suica. As of March 2013, it also became compatible with other major IC cards as part of the Nationwide Mutual Usage Service.
The Kiyama Parking Area (基山パーキングエリア) is a rest area of the Kyushu Expressway between Chikushino, Fukuoka and Kiyama, Saga, Japan, with an expressway bus stop. History [ edit ]
Minamikyushu Expressway (南九州自動車道, Minami-Kyūshū jidōshadō) is one of the Expressways of Japan from Yatsushiro to Kagoshima linking with the Kyushu Expressway. It runs through the southern half of Kumamoto prefecture, and the northern half of the Kagoshima prefecture. The total length is 140 km.
Rate in yen/km Rate in yen/mile Light car and motorcycle 19.68 31.49 Ordinary passenger car 24.60 39.36 Small and medium-sized truck 29.52 47.23 Large-sized truck 40.59 64.94 Special large-sized full trailer 67.65 108.24
Kyushu Expressway (九州自動車道, Kyūshū Jidōsha-dō) (Asian Highway Network AH1) is one of the Expressways of Japan from Kitakyūshū (and the bridge to Honshū) to west of Kagoshima linking with the Higashikyushu Expressway and the Ibusuki Skyline.
Despite proposals to regauge the line to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge and electrify it, the anticipated development of the area did not occur at an acceptable rate and the line was closed in 1921. [citation needed] Minamata Station: The first section of the Yamano line was opened from Kurino (on the Hisatsu Line) 24 km to Yamano in 1921. The 14 ...