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Jul 11, 2012 Now Reports
Win!! Tickets to World’s CM Festival
Now in its 14th year the crazy CM Festival consistently entertains and surprises its audiences with the best and most bizarre television commercials from all over the world. It’s o...
Jul 9, 2012 Now Reports
Win!! Tickets to Red Bull Sound Voyage Fukuoka
Red Bull roars into Fukuoka’s summer party scene with a gorgeous beach festival in front of Fukuoka Dome. Live artists include ZEEBRA, May J., DJ SOULJAH, and the unique Party Rock...
Jul 3, 2012 Now Reports
Win!! Tickets to 26th Annual Asian Film Festival
This annual film festival, now in its 26th, year celebrates independant Asian cinema. The 13-film selection includes works from Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Bhutan. It’s a rare opportu...
Jul 3, 2012 Now Reports
‘North Tenjin’ Shopping Center Open
Shoppers Daiei reopened June 28 as ‘North Tenjin’. It had been closed since summer last year for renovations. The new center has 30 specialty stores including Shimamura and a ¥100 ...
Jul 2, 2012 Now Reports
Tours of Yamakasa Floats on July 8
We Love Tenjin Association is organizing a walking tour of the floats used in the Yamakasa festival. The tour starts at 13:00 on July 8 at Lion Square in front of the Mitsukoshi De...
Jun 28, 2012 Now Reports
July 2012 Fukuoka Now Magazine
This summer in Fukuoka is going to be HOT! This issue, we get ready for the summer's biggest festivals– Red Bull Sound Voyage, Sunset Live and Isla de Salsa –whilst cover model Tam...
Jun 28, 2012 Now Reports
The Nagare Community
The history of one of Hakata’s best known festivals, the Hakata Gion Yamakasa held in July, dates back more than 700 years. It is a compelling sight to watch loincloth-clad men run...
Jun 27, 2012 Now Reports
TRIAL to Hire International Students
Discount Store TRIAL has announced it will hire 200 staff next spring, double its hires this year. Of this, about 20 will be international students. They are planning to move into ...
Jun 27, 2012 Now Reports
Gaikokupedia
If there’s anything I don’t know about Japanese history, architecture, culture or politics, I find the longest answers often come by asking a random gaikokujin a completely unrelat...
Jun 25, 2012 Now Reports
Micaela Braithwaite
Micaela first started making YouTube videos to assure her concerned parents of their teenage daughter’s safety in Japan. “I was living in Kumamoto and I was 18 years old. The inten...
