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A Friend in Need

In the recent disasters around the world with Hurricane Katrina in the US and the giant quake in Pakistan, what was just as heartbreaking as hearing about the thousands who had die...

Manten Shuraku

Culture & Comfort Lately it seems that in almost every corner of the city, old traditional-style homes are being converted into cafes and bars. Last month Tsuyoshi Koijma open...

SARUYI

Japanese Beauty through American Eyes ‘Sayuri’, the film adaption of Arthur Golden’s ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ is released in Japan on December 10th. We a...

Christian Perry

After university, penniless and broken-hearted, Christian traveled thousands of kilometers from Melbourne to Cairns to visit an old friend.

Benches in Fukuoka

I've been living in Fukuoka for five years, and I've noticed lately how few benches there are in the city.

Oliver Twist

Please, Sir, I Want Some More Please, Sir, I Want Some More Charles Dickens’ tale of Oliver Twist has captured audiences for generations. Roman Polanski’s reimagining h...

Saho Kuhara

Back to Japan, Back to Nature Just 28 years-old, Saho lives by herself in a century-old farm house in a tiny farming village 40 kilometers west of Fukuoka. There she tends two larg...

Bar Rhythm

Meat Your Match! Fujiyoshi-san, the proprietor of Rhythm, admits that when he moved into this second floor hideaway tucked along a backstreet of Ropponmatsu, a burger shop wasnR...