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Nonobudo
Healthy All-You-Can-Eat For many foreigners, maintaining a healthy diet in Japan is a challenge. Fruits and vegetables aren’t quite the same as back home, and neither are the...
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Tattoo
Tribal Dining Cafe “Located one street south of where Nishi-dori meets Kokutai-dori is the new sister shop to the popular, bright white, open and airy Propeller Drive. Except...
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My Inaka: Making Paper in Yame
by Miki Rust The view of the mountains outside my front door might be breathtaking, but it’s because of the friendly folk of Yame that I’ve made this mountain village m...
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Bonenkai – It Costs a Lot to Forget
By Dr. Randall Pennington For those lucky few who don’t know the meaning of bonenkai, it means “forget the last year party”. But let me tell you what it really me...
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Shimabara Fantasia
Christmas Tree and Shimabara Castle Alight! A 40-minute jaunt across the Ariake Sea on a speedy, 50-passenger ship from the port at Omuta brings you to Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefec...
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My Inaka: The Perfect Mountain Getaway!
by Lindsay Marsh Are you craving a short, simple escape from your hectic city life? Pinpoint tiny Saga Prefecture on your Kyushu map and explore the cabin fever possibilities in Ni...
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Where’s the Love? Part Two
What has happened to Kyushu International FM? In the November 2002 issue of Fukuoka Now, we printed an editorial about Love FM, the local “international” radio station,...
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Perche No!
Italian Taste and Attitude Clearly much of owner chef Takeomi Yoshiyama four years in Italy was spent in kitchens learning the secrets of Italian cuisine, but as he’s proud t...
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Kyushu Winter Destinations
Sure, some of us come from colder countries than Japan, but the most painful thing about the Japanese winter is that you can never get the inside of your house warm! Japanese peopl...
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Chindo
Red-hot Korean Stews Winter in Japan wouldn’t be the same without hotpot, a steaming dish guaranteed to provide both sustenance and warmth. Chindo offers a spicy style of hot...