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Mar 31, 2014 Now Reports
Hakata Sennennomon Gate
In 1242, Enni Ben'en (posthumous name: Shouichi Kokushi) founded Jotenji Temple, a place with deep ties to Hakata-ori textiles and the presumed origin of the Hakata Yamakasa festiv...
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Mar 28, 2014 Now Reports
April 2014 Fukuoka Now
Finally! The winter is over and it's time to set sail on Hakata Bay for a fresh air adventure! This month we learn about sailing in Fukuoka from Linda Saza, a long-time Fukuoka res...
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Mar 28, 2014 Now Reports
Fukuoka City Muslim Friendly Restaurant Guide
This guide introduces a number of the Muslim-friendly establishments in the city of Fukuoka, along with maps to help you find them. It is designed to help Muslim visitors enjoy the...
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Mar 28, 2014 Now Reports
Fukuoka Kau Kau: Don Quijote
Fukuoka is a compact city bursting with trendy boutiques, big department stores and everything in between; it’s a shopper’s paradise. We gave a foreigner a budget and a number of i...
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Mar 28, 2014 Now Reports
Jaap Mulder
Jaap Mulder first sailed into Hakata bay with his wife Marijke in 1989, as part of a yacht race during Yokatopia Expo from Auckland, Fukuoka’s sister city in New Zealand. The pair,...
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Mar 28, 2014 Now Reports
Sail Away! Fukuoka
Contrary to popular belief, sailing is not just a rich man’s sport. It can be a very relaxing and affordable pastime… after all, wind is free! Read our full online guid...
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Mar 27, 2014 Now Reports
Fukuoka Food Event and Media Tour
Fukuoka City is slowly but surely making a name for itself as culinary city. Many factors contribute to this including it’s location on the bountiful Sea of Japan, its temperate cl...
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Mar 12, 2014 Now Reports
Congratulations to Austrian Baker Sailer
March 10 (Mon.) an event was held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Backerei & Konditorei Sailer in Fukuoka. For the unacquainted, Sailer is a truly remarkable Austrian ba...
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Mar 12, 2014 Now Reports
Ohori Park’s Row Boats, Swans and Mini-Pontoon Boats
Cute Swan shaped paddle boats and old-school row boats are a familiar sight on Ohori Park’s pond. They are still there, but as of last week a new and decisively flashy kind of padd...
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Feb 28, 2014 Now Reports
March 2014 Fukuoka Now
The warm spring weather encouraged FN to take two trips this month! The first is a short hike at Genko Borui in Imazu. Just minutes from Tenjin, this walking course is full of hist...