{"id":1412,"date":"2026-03-16T11:02:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:02:22","slug":"kccfr-jikan-henkou2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/kccfr-jikan-henkou2026\/","title":{"rendered":"[Important] Change in Opening Hours of Kocoforre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting from <strong>April 1, 2026<\/strong>, the <strong>Saturday opening hours of Kocoforre<\/strong> will change.<br \/>\nThe opening hours will be revised as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details of the Change<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New Opening Hours (After the Change):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monday \u2013 Friday:<\/strong> 9:00 AM \u2013 5:00 PM<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Saturday: 9:00 AM \u2013 12:00 PM<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Closed on <strong>Sundays, public holidays, and the New Year holidays<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">However, the center will also be closed on Saturdays that fall within a <strong>three-day weekend or longer<\/strong>, and on <strong>all Saturdays in August<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>On Saturdays, consultations will take place at the Kochi International Association (KIA) on the 2nd floor of the same building.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous Opening Hours (Before the Change):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monday \u2013 Friday:<\/strong> 9:00 AM \u2013 5:00 PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday:<\/strong> 9:00 AM \u2013 5:00 PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Closed on <strong>Sundays, public holidays, and the New Year holidays<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Effective Date:<\/strong> April 1, 2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consultation Methods<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> In-person consultation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday \u2013 Friday: 9:00 AM \u2013 5:00 PM<\/li>\n<li>Saturday: 9:00 AM \u2013 12:00 PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reservations are not required, but making a reservation will help us assist you more smoothly.<br \/>\nPlease note that <strong>priority will be given to those with reservations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Telephone consultation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday \u2013 Friday: 9:00 AM \u2013 5:00 PM<br \/>\nTEL: 088-821-6440<\/li>\n<li>Saturday: 9:00 AM \u2013 12:00 PM<br \/>\nTEL: 088-845-0022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>If you need an interpreter, please tell us your preferred language at the beginning.<\/em><br \/>\n(Example: \u201c\u25cb\u25cb language, please.\u201d)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Fax (available anytime)<\/strong><br \/>\nFAX: 088-821-6441<br \/>\nPlease include <strong>your inquiry and contact information<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Email \/ Consultation form (available anytime)<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease note that <strong>for consultations in foreign languages, we may reply using an automatic translation tool.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u21d2<a href=\"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/consultation-mailform\/\"> Consultation email form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We apologize for any inconvenience this change may cause and sincerely appreciate your <strong>understanding and cooperation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kochi Consultation Center for Foreign Residents (Kocoforre)<\/strong><br \/>\n4-1-37 Honmachi, Marunouchi Building 1F<br \/>\nKochi City, Kochi 780-0870<\/p>\n<p>TEL: 088-821-6440<br \/>\nFAX: 088-821-6441<br \/>\nE-mail: consultation@kccfr.jp<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Starting from April 1, 2026, the Saturday opening hours of Kocoforre will change. The opening hours will be revised as follows: Details of the Change New Opening Hours (After the Change): Monday \u2013 Friday: 9:00 AM \u2013 5:00 PM Saturday: 9:00 AM \u2013 12:00 PM Closed on Sundays, public holidays, and the New Year holidays. However, the center will also be closed on Saturdays that fall within a three-day weekend or longer, and on all Saturdays in August. On Saturdays, consultations will take place at the Kochi International Association (KIA) on the 2nd floor of the same building. &nbsp; Previous Opening Hours (Before the Change): Monday \u2013 Friday: 9:00 AM [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1412"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1416,"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions\/1416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}