{
  "program": {
    "en": "Kyushu Fukko Ouenwari (Kyushu recovery travel discount)",
    "ja": "九州ふっこう応援割",
    "reason": "Tourism recovery after the 2026 Kumamoto earthquake (令和8年熊本地震)",
    "nationalBudgetNote": "Funded by a national subsidy via each prefecture; ends when each prefecture's budget runs out."
  },
  "rulesAsOf": "2026-10-13",
  "rates": {
    "default": 50,
    "kumamoto": 60,
    "kagoshima": 60
  },
  "capsPerPersonPerTripJPY": {
    "lodging": 20000,
    "package1Night": 20000,
    "package2PlusNights": 30000,
    "tour2PlusPrefectures": 35000
  },
  "commonRules": [
    "Discount = 50% of the travel or accommodation price (60% in Kumamoto and Kagoshima), capped per person per trip: ¥20,000 for accommodation only or a 1-night stay+transport package, ¥30,000 for a stay+transport package of 2+ nights, ¥35,000 for a tour with stays in 2+ Kyushu prefectures.",
    "The cap is per person per booking (1旅行1名), not per night: a 3-night accommodation-only booking is still capped at ¥20,000 per person.",
    "At least 1 night. Day trips (and day-use rooms) are not eligible.",
    "Bookings made before the prefecture/channel sales start are not eligible, even for nights inside the period. You cannot add the discount to an existing booking.",
    "If any night falls outside the eligible period (or in an excluded period), sellers generally treat the whole booking as not eligible; check with the seller.",
    "Business trips, official travel and license-course stays are excluded.",
    "Children and infants count as people (Saga FAQ); the cap applies per person.",
    "No residency or nationality rule is set nationally; Saga states both residents of Japan and visitors from abroad are eligible. The seller must be a participating hotel, travel agency or booking site.",
    "Sellers may round the discount down to the nearest ¥100 (Kagoshima's rules allow it).",
    "Each prefecture's budget can run out at any time; sales stop when it does.",
    "On the day, the lead guest signs a usage certificate (利用証明書) at the hotel."
  ],
  "prefectures": {
    "fukuoka": {
      "id": "fukuoka",
      "en": "Fukuoka",
      "ja": "福岡県",
      "ratePct": 50,
      "site": "https://fukuoka-fukkou-wari.jp/",
      "callCenter": "050-1732-4650",
      "channels": {
        "ota": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-09-24",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-15",
            "status": "open",
            "bookingTo": "2026-12-15",
            "note": "Each booking site starts when it is ready."
          }
        ],
        "agency": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-09-24",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-15",
            "status": "open",
            "bookingTo": "2026-12-15"
          }
        ],
        "direct": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-09-24",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-15",
            "status": "open",
            "bookingTo": "2026-12-15",
            "note": "Direct bookings were paused outside Kitakyushu from 2026-09-28; an extra direct-booking allocation opened 2026-10-09 12:00. Check the hotel list before calling."
          }
        ]
      },
      "notes": [
        "Shortest window in Kyushu: nights up to 2026-12-15 only (checkout 12-16)."
      ]
    },
    "saga": {
      "id": "saga",
      "en": "Saga",
      "ja": "佐賀県",
      "ratePct": 50,
      "site": "https://saga-ouen.jp/",
      "callCenter": "050-1732-4649",
      "channels": {
        "ota": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-09-24",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "open"
          }
        ],
        "agency": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-10-02",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "open"
          }
        ],
        "direct": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-10-13",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "open",
            "bookingFromTime": "13:00",
            "note": "Direct-booking hotel list published 2026-10-13."
          }
        ]
      },
      "notes": [
        "Saga's FAQ says both residents of Japan and visitors from abroad are eligible, and children and infants each count as one person.",
        "No minimum price."
      ]
    },
    "nagasaki": {
      "id": "nagasaki",
      "en": "Nagasaki",
      "ja": "長崎県",
      "ratePct": 50,
      "site": "https://nagasaki-fukkou-wari.jp/",
      "callCenter": "050-1732-4652",
      "channels": {
        "ota": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-09-15",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-11-30",
            "status": "sold_out",
            "bookingTo": "2026-11-29",
            "note": "First booking-site allocation (sales 9/15–11/29) is marked sold out (完売)."
          },
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-09-30",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "open",
            "note": "Further booking-site and travel-agency sales from 9/30, as each seller is ready."
          }
        ],
        "agency": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-09-30",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "open"
          }
        ],
        "direct": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-09-28",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "sold_out",
            "note": "STAYNAVI direct-booking coupons, phase 1: budget reached (may reopen after cancellations)."
          },
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-10-23",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-23",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "scheduled",
            "bookingFromTime": "10:00",
            "bookingTo": "2026-12-25",
            "note": "STAYNAVI phase 2: coupons from 2026-10-23 10:00 for check-ins from 10-23. Get the coupon right after booking or the booking is not discounted."
          }
        ]
      },
      "notes": [
        "Direct bookings need a STAYNAVI coupon; a booking without the coupon is not discounted."
      ]
    },
    "kumamoto": {
      "id": "kumamoto",
      "en": "Kumamoto",
      "ja": "熊本県",
      "ratePct": 60,
      "site": "https://kumamoto-ouenwari.com/",
      "callCenter": "0800-111-9449",
      "channels": {
        "ota": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-09-15",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "open"
          }
        ],
        "agency": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-09-15",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "open"
          }
        ],
        "direct": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-09-15",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "open"
          }
        ]
      },
      "notes": [
        "60% because of the impact of the 2026 Kumamoto earthquake.",
        "Some sellers' own allocations already show as closed (e.g. Nippon Travel web showed 受付終了 in early October); other sellers may still have stock."
      ]
    },
    "oita": {
      "id": "oita",
      "en": "Oita",
      "ja": "大分県",
      "ratePct": 50,
      "site": "https://oita-fukkou-wari.jp/",
      "callCenter": "050-1732-4651",
      "channels": {
        "ota": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-09-25",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "open",
            "bookingTo": "2026-12-25"
          }
        ],
        "agency": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-10-09",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-09",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "open",
            "bookingTo": "2026-12-25"
          }
        ],
        "direct": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-10-16",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-16",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "open",
            "bookingTo": "2026-12-25",
            "note": "Direct bookings with Oita hotels start 2026-10-16, for nights from 10-16."
          }
        ]
      },
      "notes": [
        "Each channel has its own first eligible night: booking sites 10-01, travel agencies 10-09, direct 10-16."
      ]
    },
    "miyazaki": {
      "id": "miyazaki",
      "en": "Miyazaki",
      "ja": "宮崎県",
      "ratePct": 50,
      "site": "https://miyazaki-ouen.jp/",
      "callCenter": "050-3669-2486",
      "channels": {
        "ota": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-09-25",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "open"
          }
        ],
        "agency": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-09-28",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "open"
          }
        ],
        "direct": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-09-28",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-01",
            "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
            "status": "open"
          }
        ]
      },
      "notes": [
        "Business trips and official travel are excluded."
      ]
    },
    "kagoshima": {
      "id": "kagoshima",
      "en": "Kagoshima",
      "ja": "鹿児島県",
      "ratePct": 60,
      "site": "https://fukko-ouenwari.pref.kagoshima.jp/",
      "callCenter": "050-1732-4661",
      "excludedNights": {
        "from": "2026-12-26",
        "to": "2027-01-03",
        "note": "Nights 2026-12-26 to 2027-01-03 (New Year) are excluded."
      },
      "channels": {
        "ota": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-10-14",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-14",
            "stayTo": "2027-01-31",
            "status": "open",
            "bookingTo": "2027-01-31",
            "note": "Sales start 2026-10-14 as each booking site is ready."
          }
        ],
        "agency": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-10-14",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-14",
            "stayTo": "2027-01-31",
            "status": "open",
            "bookingTo": "2027-01-31"
          }
        ],
        "direct": [
          {
            "bookingFrom": "2026-10-14",
            "stayFrom": "2026-10-14",
            "stayTo": "2027-02-28",
            "status": "open",
            "bookingTo": "2027-02-28",
            "note": "Booking directly with a Kagoshima hotel runs to nights of 2027-02-28."
          }
        ]
      },
      "notes": [
        "Last to start (2026-10-14) and longest window: to 2027-01-31 via booking sites and agencies, to 2027-02-28 direct.",
        "60% because of the impact of the 2026 Kumamoto earthquake."
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    "https://www.mlit.go.jp/kankocho/page13_00002.html",
    "https://www.mlit.go.jp/kankocho/content/002023324.pdf",
    "https://fightkyushu.welcomekyushu.jp/",
    "https://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/af08/fukko-ouenwari.html",
    "https://saga-ouen.jp/faq/",
    "https://nagasaki-fukkou-wari.jp/",
    "https://fukuoka-fukkou-wari.jp/",
    "https://oita-fukkou-wari.jp/",
    "https://miyazaki-ouen.jp/",
    "https://kumamoto-ouenwari.com/",
    "https://fukko-ouenwari.pref.kagoshima.jp/"
  ],
  "disclaimer": "Educational estimate, not an official calculator. Not affiliated with the Japan Tourism Agency, any prefecture, travel agency or booking site. Budgets can run out without notice and each seller applies its own rounding and plan rules; the discounted price shown at checkout is final.",
  "today": "2026-10-15",
  "upcomingSalesOpenings": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-16",
      "prefecture": "oita",
      "en": "Oita",
      "channel": "direct",
      "stayFrom": "2026-10-16",
      "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
      "note": "Direct bookings with Oita hotels start 2026-10-16, for nights from 10-16."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-23",
      "time": "10:00",
      "prefecture": "nagasaki",
      "en": "Nagasaki",
      "channel": "direct",
      "stayFrom": "2026-10-23",
      "stayTo": "2026-12-25",
      "note": "STAYNAVI phase 2: coupons from 2026-10-23 10:00 for check-ins from 10-23. Get the coupon right after booking or the booking is not discounted."
    }
  ],
  "docs": "https://kyushu-travel-discount.vercel.app/openapi.json",
  "calculator": "https://kyushu-travel-discount.vercel.app/api/discount"
}