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Oct 26, 2018 Food & Drinks
Hanagen Honzenan
On the 10th floor of Kitte Hakata is a laid-back soba restaurant called Hanagen Honzenan. The noodles are carefully crafted every morning from soba flour milled in-house and delive...
Oct 26, 2018 Now Reports
Itoshima Now! November 2018
This two-story wooden building constructed in approximately 1897 served as the primary residence for the Mitsuiki family. The structures, including the main residence, warehouses, ...
Oct 26, 2018 Food & Drinks
Merican Barber Shop Fuk
Merican, located down a dark and twisting stairway, bills itself as a modern-day speakeasy. But wait, it’s a barber shop too?! Walk through the old-school barber shop and there’s a...
Oct 26, 2018 Food & Drinks
Chai Tea Heron
Located on the first floor of an old apartment building, Chai Tea Heron specializes in the spiced milk tea called chai. Owner Kunihiro Takei, who also runs a curry shop, opened the...
Oct 26, 2018 Food & Drinks
Barba Bianca
Gofukumachi still retains much of its old charm, including the renovated 120-year-old house that Barba Bianca calls home. Longtime chef and sommelier Kazuya Okubo uses seafood sour...
Oct 16, 2018 Now Reports
A Paulownia Wood Man’s Cave
Today we happened to pass by Takumi Gallery, located on the 2nd floor of the ACROS Building in Tenjin. Near the entrance we noticed some wooden items and tools and decided to see w...
Oct 12, 2018 Now Reports
Gaggan Anand and Tsuyoshi Fukuyama – GohGan Fukuoka opening 2021
In January 2018, the Ayutthaya Kizuna Ekiden road race was held to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral ties between Japan and Thailand. In this uniq...
Oct 9, 2018 Now Reports
Fukuoka City National Strategic Special Zone (2) “Tax Reduction for Startups”
In the United States, where the corporation tax rate used to be the highest among the OECD countries, a bill slashing it from 35% to 21% was passed in December 2017. France, which ...
Sep 27, 2018 Now Reports
October 2018 Fukuoka Now
Fall in Fukuoka not only brings blue skies but also Hakata Akihaku, a two-month long autumn festa with over twenty events taking place within Hakata Ward. Check our website for det...
Sep 27, 2018 Now Reports
Hakata-ori Textiles Turn 777
According to one theory, Hakata is the birthplace of the woven textiles in Japan. The industry is said to have begun after a merchant named Mitsuda Yazaemon brought back weaving te...