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May 23, 2019Now Reports
Festa di Spumante 2019 – Report
Life is one big celebration so what better way to toast to our good fortune than with a delicious glass of Spumante? For the fifth consecutive year, Fukuoka will be celebrating the...
May 17, 2019Now Reports
Scaling Fukuoka’s Highest Peak
The ACROS building, lovingly known as Mt. ACROS to locals, is one of this city’s greatest, and greenest, landmarks. Towering over Tenjin Chuo Park and the surrounding skyline, ACRO...
Apr 11, 2019Now Reports
Flower City Fukuoka Spring Festival 2019 – Report
Even skies of gray couldn’t dampen this burst of color in the heart of Tenjin, steps away from Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station in Kego Park. Flower City Fukuoka Spring Festival is an in...
Apr 8, 2019Now Reports
Fukuoka Asia Collection (FACo) 2019 – Report
Thanks to Fukuoka Now, I was lucky enough to score a ticket to attend the Fukuoka Asia Collection (FACo) Spring/Summer 2019 event, which you may be familiar with as it has become q...
Apr 5, 2019Now Reports
Yanagawa Ohina-sama Water Parade 2019 – Report
Yanagawa is an old canal town about an hour from Tenjin on the Nishitetsu line. Every week, I go there to teach English to my wonderful student and friend Keiko. Last October I men...
Mar 27, 2019Now Reports
Kurume Kasuri Ai, Ai, Deai (Indigo, Love, Encounter) Festival 2019 – REPORT
Twenty four manufacturers and wholesalers set up stalls offering a variety of Kurume kasuri products on sale at bargain prices. Thousands of fans of this traditional textile browse...
Mar 15, 2019Now Reports
The Ghibli Expo – From Nausicaä to Marnie: Fukuoka 2019 Report
A tape cutting event was held yesterday (March 14) to launch Studio Ghibli’s new exhibition ‘The Ghibli Expo: From Nausicaä to Marnie’ inside Fukuoka City Museum. A thirty-year ret...
Mar 15, 2019Now Reports
Japan Umeshu Festa in Fukuoka 2019 – Report
Each year, Dazaifu Tenmangu hosts a national umeshu (梅酒, plum wine) festival to coincide with the plum blossoms. Umeshu is a traditional Japanese liquor made by stewing plums in su...
Feb 22, 2019Now Reports
EVO Japan 2019: Fight Nights in Fukuoka
My heart was filled with more than a little trepidation when I first saw the EVO Japan banners which draped the Fukuoka Kokusai Centre. I hadn’t picked up a controller to play a fi...
Feb 15, 2019Now Reports
Daihatsu Kurios in Fukuoka – Cirque du Soleil – Opens in Fukuoka Today!
Last night we were lucky to attend a full dress rehearsal of the latest Cirque du Soleil production, “Kurios - Cabinet of Curiosities”. And wow - it lives up to the hype! This show...
