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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 .
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.
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (株式会社TVQ九州放送, Kabushikigaisha TVQ Kyūshū Hōsō, TVQ), callsign JOTY-DTV (channel 7) is a Japanese television station based in Fukuoka that serves as the affiliate of the TX Network for the Fukuoka Prefecture.
[1]: 96 On 15 July 1958, KBC established its relay transmitter in Kokura City in Kitakyushu as part of its preparations for TV broadcasting. [1]: 63 KBC started its TV operations on 1 March 1959 at 10am. [1]: 98 At that time it allotted to air at least 70% of programs from Nippon Educational Television and 30% of programs from Fuji TV.
Nishitetsu 3000 series EMUs Kyūshū Shinkansen. The passenger rail network in Fukuoka-Kitakyushu metropolitan area (see also Northern Kyushu) is dense around the cities of Fukuoka and Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki, declining in density between and around the two primary cities.
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
In fiscal 2019, there was a daily average of 303 boarding passengers at this station, making it the 300th busiest station on the JR Kyushu network. [ 9 ] 。 Surrounding area
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 ...