Rakuten Group will begin selling the Fukuoka Prefecture portion of the “Kyushu Recovery Support Discount” travel assistance program on its travel booking website, Rakuten Travel, at 10 a.m. on October 14.
The offer applies to standalone accommodation bookings and “Dynamic Packages” that combine airfare and accommodation. Eligible stays are from October 14 through February 1, 2027 (checkout the following day). Dynamic Packages are eligible for departures from October 15 through returns on February 1, 2027. Itineraries that include stays or departures between December 26 and January 3, 2027, are excluded.
On Rakuten Travel, Dynamic Packages combining JR rail travel and accommodation, multi-prefecture tour itineraries involving stays in two or more prefectures, and bookings made through foreign-language websites are excluded.
The Kyushu Recovery Support Discount applies to travel and accommodation products in Japan’s Kyushu region involving stays of one night or more, providing a 50% discount on travel and accommodation costs. For Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures, where cancellations have had a major impact on tourism, the discount is 60%. The maximum discount is ¥20,000 per night for standalone accommodation products and transportation-inclusive accommodation travel products; ¥30,000 for transportation-inclusive accommodation travel products of two nights or more; and ¥35,000 for multi-prefecture tour products involving stays in two or more prefectures. Day trips, day-use stays, business trips funded with public expenses, business use, and plans that include highly convertible gift certificates are excluded.
