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Tremblin’ in Tenjin
I thought Fukuoka wasn't supposed to have earthquakes.
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Interview with a Geisha
Mamemitsu I first met Mamemitsu a few months ago at an event. Until then I thought geisha only existed in Kyotoﾕs tourist traps, in TV dramas and of course, in my dreams! But there...
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Alohana
New World Hawaiian To most, Hawaii conjures up images of a tropical paradise with sandy beaches, women in grass skirts, and loud aloha shirts. So when we heard about the opening of...
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Macarena Olivera
Behind Maca is "Gorda" a huge paper mache sculpture that she made for the Isla de Salsa event in 2003.
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Hoshino-mura, Fukuoka Prefecture
A true Japanese mountain village: Hoshino-mura Stars, tea and rice fields: In Hoshino-mura, beauty comes in many forms Nestled in the mountains of southern Fukuoka Prefecture among...
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Swallowing a Whale of a Tale
Located at the Southern tip of Honshu and separated from Kyushu by the 1068 meter long Kanmon Bridge,
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Nihonretto no Oishiimonoga Aru Mise
Super-style Dining As the name bluntly states, they serve a huge variety of delicious specialty foods sourced directly from as far north as Hokkaido, to Okinawa in the south. Owner...
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Interview with a Djembe Drummer – Yuji
Yuji Enomoto, a student of legendary African musician Mamady Keita is considered by some to be one of Japanﾕs most talented djembe drummers. Nick Szasz / Editor-in-Chief
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MTB’ing in Fukuoka
Taking the plungeﾉ You’ve finally done it. You went out and spent 20,000 yen on a bike, got your 3,000 yen helmet from Daiei and have found a good bike shop with some experie...
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Ati
Here's Barna (foreground) doing what he can to clean up Fukuoka's streets from littered cans, one by one.