Full Moon Party Report
Plenty of smiling faces at Fukuoka Now's "Full Moon Party" at With The Style Fukuoka on Oct. 17th; six-hundred and thirty three in fact! Besides just being a good time, some good was done too. Two-hundred thousand yen was raised via a charity raffle by event co-sponsor, Thai Airways International. All of the money was passed onto "Yamato Kosei Center", a welfare facility for mentally handicapped children in Fukuoka. Raffle prizes included a pair of return business class air tickets between Fukuoka and Bangkok, fully inclusive tour packages, and twenty more prizes. Special thanks to Thai Airways International for their support of the event and for supporting Fukuoka City's community. Also thanks to Orapan for her elegant classical thai dance performance and DJ Mifune. Check future issues of Fukuoka Now or the website for details on our next event. Meanwhile - be sure to see more photos on our Full Moon Party gallery


Oktoberfest Fukuoka 2008
The second annual Fukuoka Oktoberfest festival was a smashing success this year. Just an evening affair back in 2007, this year the two-day event kicked off with a sell-out crowd of 600 beer drinking, sausage eating merry-makers! The next morning, under a blue sky, "Family Day" drew about 2,000 people. Children played Oktoberfest games, while adults enjoyed pretzels, beer, German sweets and of course, beer. Oktoberfest photo gallery


FOSA Event Report
"Backstage is always more interesting than the stage. But the stage is more interesting than the audience," explains Irina, one of the performers in this year's FOSA Culture Show of international arts and culture. In the wings, everyone was dancing away, having a great time. In the auditorium, the 300 strong audience sat taking photos and applauding politely. But when a Thai group invited people on stage to dance, the audience gave it their all. By the end of the three-hour show, everyone (backstage, onstage and in the audience) was into it. Afterward FOSA president Papa was beaming, delighted at how well the event had gone.