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Now Lounge @ Granada Suite Fukuoka – Friday, Sep.17

Fukuoka’s Biggest International Party Now Lounge returns to Granada Suite Fukuoka for another evening of good drinks, music, entertainment and good people all in a fabulous venue! ...

New ginger, Hakata champon, and Hojoya hajiki!

One sure sign that autumn is coming soon to Fukuoka-Hakata is the Hojoya festival. With the Hakata Gion Yamakasa and the Hakata Dontaku, it is one of the three most important festi...

Gunawardhana Ravindra

Hometown: Gampaha,Sri Lanka In Japan: 9 years Identity: Software engineer, restaurant owner, entrepreneur Gunawardhana Ravindra makes entrepreneurship look easy. ‘Ravi’...

Hakozaki Town

  The town of Hakozaki developed around Hakozaki Shrine, and until recently was a bustling student town home to a campus of Kyushu University. However, the University began re...

Enjoy Hojoya

One of the “big three” Hakata festivals, Hojoya will be held this year from September 12th to 18th at the Hakozaki-gu shrine. As well as the Shinto rituals, the approach to the shr...

The Akihaku brightens Hakata in the fall

Fukuoka City is sometimes said to be a “twin city” because the Naka River divides the city into two distinct halves. On the west side of the river is Fukuoka, the location of the F...

Matthieu Bardiaux

Hometown: Vichy, France In Japan: 3 years Identity: Director of the Institut Franco-Japonais du Kyushu Interview and text by Veronica Ku As director of the Institut Franco-Japonais...

Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest is a traditional German festival, originating in Munich but now also celebrated in many other places, including Japan. The people of Fukuoka never miss the chance for a...