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Mar 1, 2011 Now Reports
Aonghas Crowe
As a foreigner living in Japan, reading Aonghas Crowe’s novels can be like receiving an understanding pat on the back. Like many of us, Crowe’s plans to leave Japan and head back h...
Mar 1, 2011 Now Reports
Streetcars and the streets of Hakata
Nishitetsu operated streetcars—onomatopoetically dubbed chinchin densha by the locals—in Fukuoka City from March 1910 until 1979.
Feb 1, 2011 Now Reports
The Little-Known History of Tops
In Japan, traditional New Year’s games for children included kite flying, hanetsuki (a Japanese version of badminton), and top spinning.
Feb 1, 2011 Now Reports
Sinnocular – Gaijin Rock
On an average night in a Fukuoka live house, it’s not common to see many foreigners in the crowd, let alone on the bill.
Feb 1, 2011 Now Reports
Lars Martinson
American cartoonist Lars Martinson has a long history with Japan, having lived here as a high school exchange student, a JET Programme assistant English teacher, and a calligraphy ...
Jan 24, 2011 Food & Drinks
El Borracho
Dissatisfied with the few Mexican-style diners in town, Sugiyama-san (Su-san to his amigos) moved to Mexico City for two years to master authentic Mexican cuisine. Now back in Fuku...
Jan 1, 2011 Now Reports
Hakata’s Hidden Almanac: The Mikkaebisu Festiva
Few people know of the Miyoto Ebisu Festival, at the Kushida-jinja Shintp shrine in December.
Jan 1, 2011 Now Reports
Baseball and Sumo aren’t the only games in town… Basketball is RIZING!
Basketball has found new legs in Japan. The sport’s recent growth in popularity has been carried by the Basketball Japan League (BJ League)
Jan 1, 2011 Now Reports
Magno
On a Tuesday night between 8 and 8:30 pm, you may have found yourself moving to some smooth Latin tunes played on Love FM radio (76.1 MHz). For the past 13 years, the person behind...
Dec 1, 2010 Now Reports
Sipping Shochu!
I had been interested in shochu since I first ventured out to a little izakaya in a dark backstreet of Chikushino one muggy night in September.
