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Dec 17, 2019 Event
Hatsukoshin Festival
A New Year custom in which people visit the small Sarutahiko Shrine from early morning to line up and buy monkey masks handmade by Hakata ningyo doll makers. The masks are hung in ...
Dec 17, 2019 Now Reports
January 2020 Fukuoka Now
Boom! We begin the decade with Daizenji Tamataregu Oniyo, the fiery winter festival on the cover. And nothing warms the bellies of locals like a motsunabe hot pot, so try it at Mot...
Dec 17, 2019 Event
73rd Kagu Show Japan
It’s the biggest furniture event in western Japan! Browse for high quality and new products including planks of Yakushima cedar from 70 companies from around Japan. Buy on the spot...
Dec 17, 2019 Event
Japan Rugby Top League 2020
The first round of Top League matches and first after the Rugby World Cup 2019. A total of 16 teams will participate in the upcoming Japan Rugby Top League. Munakata Sanix Blues w...
Dec 17, 2019 Event
Toka Ebisu New Year Festival
A grand festival dedicated to Ebisu, the god of prosperous fishing and business. Browse 300 stalls with festival foods and other goods (including lucky charms), or enter the fukubi...
Dec 17, 2019 Event
Daizenji Oniyo Fire Festival
This 1,600-year-old tsuina (ceremony to exorcise evil spirits) is one of Japan’s three main fire festivals. After being guarded for seven days, the “devil fire” is transferred to.....
Dec 17, 2019 Event
Heshikiri-Hasebe Sword
Regarded as a national treasure, this famous blade was once owned by historical figures, including local hero Kuroda Kanbei. Its popularity exploded thanks...
Dec 17, 2019 Event
Tama Seseri
For over 600 years, two teams of loincloth-clad men have braved the winter cold to scramble for possession of an 8 kg wooden ball, which, if they touch...
Dec 16, 2019 Now Reports
Hakata Hariko: Must-have Good Luck Charms for Local Festivals
Hakata Hariko dolls are a local handicraft that dates back to the Edo era. Considered good luck charms, popular characters include tigers. The process of making these dolls has rem...
Dec 16, 2019 Food & Drinks
Kuromon Coffee
Located in the quiet neighborhood of the same name just west of Ohori Park, Kuromon Coffee is an authentic roaster cafe situated in a refurbished 90-year old house. Owner Yosuke Ya...