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Jul 1, 2009 Now Reports
Mame Fara Diouf
Fara first came to Japan in 1999 on tour with Mama Africa, a drumming troupe from his native Senegal, and has been based in Japan since 2002, finally settling in Fukuoka three mont...
Jul 1, 2009 Now Reports
The Yamakasa Happi
It’s no wonder that everyone who sees the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival thinks it’s terrific. Older men clad in business suits who seem so tired of life, and young people too, seem...
Jul 1, 2009 Now Reports
I’d like to teach the world to surf
"Nihon de no mokuteki wa nan desu ka?"... I confess to being lost for words recently when a Japanese colleague asked me this deceptively simple question. Did he mean professionally...
Jul 1, 2009 Now Reports
Go to Goto
Searching for the Simple Life? Located 80km off the coast of Nagasaki city, Fukue-shima is a perfect place for a detox from the city. By Marika Galadza
Jun 1, 2009 Now Reports
New Multicultural Milestone – Fukuoka Masjid
This month Fukuoka Now reports on a significant landmark of internationalization in Fukuoka: the opening of Kyushu's first mosque, Fukuoka Masjid and Al-Nour Islamic Cultural Cente...
Jun 1, 2009 Now Reports
A Wife Less Ordinary
It began with a light, deceptively superficial conversation on an evening soon after I started working... by Scott Burke
Jun 1, 2009 Now Reports
Kabuki Comes To Town
Hakata-za is a big favorite not only of Fukuoka City residents, but its popularity has spread throughout Kyushu and extends to the rest of the country. Located in Shimokawabata-cho...
May 1, 2009 Food & Drinks
Shita-gokoro
Shitagokoro, the sister shop of "Fridge", a popular Italian restaurant-bar in Haruyoshi, is a highly recommended example of a new breed of izakaya that blends great food with moder...
May 1, 2009 Now Reports
A Nation of Food Otaku
I come from a country where culinary sophistication amounts to adding chives to your potatoes and where a jam sandwich is considered a perfectly acceptable lunch. by Chris Wood...
May 1, 2009 Now Reports
Fukuoka City by Numbers
Did you know that a new municipal directory is published every year to coincide with the start of the business year on April 1? It presents an overview of the most up-to-date stati...