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Apr 25, 2019 Food & Drinks
Hanagen Daimaru Fukuoka Tenjin
Hanagen, located inside Hakata Daimaru department store, is a soba specialist. The shop removes the black hull and only uses the soft inner seed of the buckwheat. This makes for a ...
Apr 25, 2019 Now Reports
Sailor Uniforms and the Maypole Dance
Until not very long ago, almost all Japanese schoolgirls wore sailor fuku, or uniforms modeled after sailor suits. But did you know that these uniforms are thought to have originat...
Apr 25, 2019 Now Reports
Itoshima Now! May 2019
Enjoying the variety of ceramics made and used here is a highlight of living in Kyushu. But have you ever seen how earthenware is made? Or wanted to try making something by yoursel...
Apr 25, 2019 Food & Drinks
Bar Kitchen
Not far from Oyafuko-dori sits Bar Kitchen, with its amazing wall of nearly 3,000 bottles of liquor and a counter made from a 9.5-meter plank of ginkgo. Owner Tomoyuki Oka liked wh...
Apr 25, 2019 Food & Drinks
Fukuchan Ramen Taguma Honten
Now in its 43rd year, Fukuchan is one of the city’s most famous ramen joints. Ask a local and many will say Fukuchan is their favorite. Despite its location in a residential neighb...
Apr 25, 2019 Food & Drinks
Oishi Koriya Tenjin-minami
Owned and operated by a long-standing local ice-maker, Oishi Koriya offers extraordinary kakigori (shaved ice). The shop uses ice frozen slowly over 72 hours into extremely hard, p...
Apr 25, 2019 Food & Drinks
Yakitori Inada
Located near Sumiyoshi Shrine, Inada prides itself on good yakitori and good service. Sit at the counter or grab a seat in a horigotatsu or private room. When he went solo in 2014,...
Apr 24, 2019 Now Reports
Golden Week in Fukuoka 2019 Event Guide
No plans for spending Golden Week in Fukuoka? Well never fear, because the Fukuoka Now staff have selected the best events and activities for Golden Week this year. Stay tuned for ...
Apr 19, 2019 Now Reports
Can hotels take a photocopy of my ID?
A few weeks ago I received a question from a reader. According to him when non-Japanese check into a hotel in Japan, hotel staff ask to copy their ID. “This is reasonable for a non...
