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Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Yamaboushi – Auberge
Since 2005, Michiyo Kobayashi has served seasonal kaiseki ryori inside a beautifully reformed old Japanese country home located in a very pastoral area of Nijo, Itoshima. Last mont...

Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Forest Adventure Itoshima
Autumn is the best time to enjoy the outdoors, especially in the deep forest, and there’s no better place to play Tarzan and Jane than at Forest Adventure in Itoshima!...

Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Western Marin
Under new management since this year, Western Marin is a one-stop fun spot for marine sports lovers. Rent a glass-bottom kayak, single kayak, tandem kayak, stand up paddleboard...

Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Koko Kobo & Cafe
Perched above the Nijo Parking Area along coastal Route 202, Koko produces original ceramics inside her own studio complete with a kiln...

Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Hideaway Sunset Camp
Kenji Hayashi, the founder of Sunset Cafe, Itoshima’s legendary beach cafe in Futamigaura in the early nineties, breaks new territory this month with the opening of Itoshima’s firs...

Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Analog Craft Chocolate
After 16 years of baking cakes in Kitakyushu, Kenji Nagatomi is focusing on his passion – chocolate. Luckily for us, he opened a shop just steps from Chikuzen-Maebaru Station where...

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
Lion Kitchen One Love
Unless you’re headed for Kafuri Port’s oyster huts, you may never drive past here. But for those who enjoy hummus, tandoori and tempeh, this off-the-beaten-track with a bohemian vi...