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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
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
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
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...
Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Maruta Katsugyo
Azuma Tanaka’s father was a fisherman, and their family has run this roadside seafood dinner in Kafuri since 1986. The massive tanks are a temporary home to up to thirty kinds of f...
Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Bench & Mug
Kaori’s cakes look good. So good, you just know they’re going to be scrumptious. Born in Kitakyushu, she spent a few years in Australia’s Gold Coast and then ran her own cafe in Ky...
Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Mori to Coffee
Three years ago Keita Yamada and his wife Saori moved from Hokkaido to Itoshima with the dream of opening a cafe and roasting beans. On Jan. 11 they proudly opened the doors to Mor...
Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Sandwich House
A view of the ocean, a tasty sandwich, and a cup of coffee. It’s the simple things in life that matter. Five years ago Hiroshi Nagahama moved his family and bread shop (Sana Bakery...
Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
Akka Punto Effe – Agriturismo
After renting a plot of land for years to grow vegetables for their Italian restaurant in Fukuoka, Chef Hiroshi Fujita and his wife Hiroko moved their kitchen and home to Itoshima....
Oct 27, 2020Itoshima Now
L’artista
Building upon two years in kitchens in Italy and seven years in another popular restaurant in Itoshima, Ryuhei Tanaka opened his own restaurant in Maebaru on September 1. Using mos...
