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Jan 17, 2014 Now Reports
Exclusive! Pre-open Report – Gold’s Gym Hakata Fukuoka
On January 18 the very first branch of the world-famous Gold’s Gym opens in Fukuoka, and today Fukuoka Now was given a special pre-open tour. It’s the first Gold’s Gym in Kyushu, a...
Jan 15, 2014 Now Reports
Internship at Fukuoka Now – Report by Tomo Greer
Not many university students can say without hesitation, that they managed to land a perfect internship over the break. Sometimes the gap between what you imagined of your internsh...
Jan 13, 2014 Now Reports
Coming of Age Day / Seijin no Hi
You may wonder why every teenager in town is walking in the same direction wearing a traditional kimono or a suit. In fact, they do so because today is Seijin no hi (Coming of Age ...
Jan 7, 2014 Now Reports
Nanakusa no Sekku – Report
Today, the 7th of January is Nanakusa no Hi. Nanakusa refers to seven herbs or seven grasses that are eaten together on this day as okayu (rice porridge) for good health for the re...
Dec 26, 2013 Now Reports
January 2014 Fukuoka Now Magazine
We’re kicking off 2014 in style, with our cover model Roksana sharing the cover with the Audi R8, ahead of the Fukuoka Motor Show 2014 this month. Inside, we taste from the range o...
Dec 26, 2013 Now Reports
Fukuoka Gun & Hunting Guide
Fukuoka resident Tony Alderman (UK) has been a licensed gun owner and registered hunter since 2010. Although hunting rates in Japan are in decline, the hobby is interestingly becom...
Dec 26, 2013 Now Reports
Quin Arbeitman
“I like to get people’s emotions growing - that’s what happens to me when I start playing,” says Quin Arbeitman, a regular performer on the Fukuoka jazz scene. Piano is his instrum...
Dec 26, 2013 Now Reports
Become a Tourist in Your Own Country
I have been studying in Fukuoka for over two months now, on the ‘Japan in Today’s World’ course at Kyushu University. I jumped at the chance to spend a year here because Japanese c...
Dec 26, 2013 Now Reports
Getting to Know Fukuoka from Permanent Exhibits
The Fukuoka Art Museum and Fukuoka City Museum are both holding major events over the year-end and New Year's holiday period that are expected to attract many visitors, some of who...
Dec 26, 2013 Food & Drinks
Goodbeer faucets Hakata
If the only beer you know is that of a golden variety, to be drunk chilled on a hot summer day, maybe it’s time to change the way you look at your pint! Following the success of th...
