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Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Good Time Memories
Itoshima is a popular destination for urbanites to stretch their bodies and refresh their minds. Images of its coastline, rice fields, and mountains should last for days, but for t...
Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Shanti
Since the mid-eighties, Masato Sakoda has journeyed around Asia collecting and trading antique beads. In January 2018, Masato and his French wife moved their workshop and gallery f...
Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Wild Mart
Few places are more appropriately named! Built by hand by the owner Masato Yamakita and his friends ten years ago, the shop/cafe is located on a forested hillside overlooking farm ...
Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Kawakubo Saketen
The only hint of what awaits inside is a large and precariously hung grape vine. This stark white building, without any signboards, is where Toyochika Kawakubo’s father once ran a ...
Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Small Valley Dessert Company
Located high up a narrow valley along a seldom traveled road in Nijo-mitsuyoshi, Nobuko Itabashi has been baking homemade pies and cakes for sixteen years. Using recipes adopted an...
Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Hanatolife
It’s very fitting indeed for this second generation framer’s shop to be located in such a picturesque location. The sight of this two-story building with its spacious green yard an...
Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
110 West
Tucked back in a corner of Itoshima Picnic Village, immediately across from Keya no Oto sits Miwa Nakamura’s old American camping trailer. Inside are displays of her dried fruits a...
Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Toraya Meat Center
What? Tiger sightings reported in Itoshima? Itoshima Now ventured out along Route 49 in Suenaga to follow up. Sure enough, we found a life-size tiger next to a sign advertising Tor...
Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Katsuki Vege Stand & Oki Labo
Years ago Yusuke Oki left the city for Shima-kuga, Itoshima where he grows dozens of varieties of vegetables on rented fields. In June 2018, after a successful crowdfunding campaig...
Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Sun Shop
Shopping for Itoshima specialty products is not only convenient here but supports a worthy cause. All the products in this shop located on the second floor of JR Chikuzen-Maebaru S...
