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La Casa di Nao
After more than two decades away, honing his skills overseas and in Japan, Naoyuki recently returned to Fukuoka to open, appropriately enough, “La Casa di Nao,” (Nao...
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Irasshai!
Foreign Tourists, irasshai!Have you noticed the growing number of foreign tourists in Fukuoka? In 2007, eight million foreign tourists visited Japan, of which 719,000 cleared custo...
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Nathan Miller
Have you ever wondered what Kyushu looks like through someone else’s eyes?
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Sadaharu Oh – Oh-tsukaresamadeshita!
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh broke into the Japanese major leagues with the Yomiuri Tokyo Giants in 1959 and retired as a player in 1980 after hitting 868 home runs.
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Kyushu Basho 2008
Royal Rumble This summer the usually stately world of sumo has been shaken by a wave of scandals. Allegations of match-rigging at the highest level of the sport have emerged, and s...
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Land of the rising scrum
Professional Rugby is taking Japan by storm! Three teams from Kyushu are now in the national Top League, spurred on by a host of international players with more than a few f...
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Mana Burgers
Far from just another faddish foodery, the surf-styled Mana Burgers is serious about their “Natural Junk” concept, with a “no-BS, no-MSG” approach. Macrobio...
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November 2008 Snapshots
Full Moon Party ReportPlenty 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! Bes...
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Rakuten-an
It’s said the origin of tempura, one of Japan’s most widely recognized cuisines, dates back to the mid-sixteenth century when early Portuguese and Spanish missionaries ...
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Geisha to Grace Hakata-za’s Stage
The Japanese term for the office in which geisha are hired is kenban. These offices are located all over the country, but the recent decline in the number of geisha has resulted in...