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Aug 28, 2014 Now Reports
Darrell Smith
Darrell Smith is Fukuoka’s Piano Man, regularly finding his audience “in the mood for a melody”. Born in Japan to American missionary parents, he spent one year in California for e...
Aug 28, 2014 Local News
Fukuoka City Bulletin September 2014
Selected news topics by Fukuoka Now from Fukuoka’s Shisei Dayori.
Aug 28, 2014 Now Reports
Fukuoka Teams Up with Yokohama on This Year’s Asian Art Triennale
Over the past several years, art exhibitions called triennales have been popping up around Japan. Triennale is an Italian word that means 'once every three years' (English equivale...
Aug 28, 2014 Food & Drinks
Congrats Hakata
With its first floor wrapped in a see-through vinyl curtain, Congrats Hakata feels like a yatai. When we went, we saw all kinds seated around the triangular island counter: chattin...
Aug 28, 2014 Now Reports
The 5th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2014
9/6 (Sat.) ~ 11/30 (Sun.) @ Fukuoka Asian Art Museum “Panorama of the Next World: Breaking out into the Future” http://fukuokatriennale.ajibi.jp/index_en.php First held in 1999, th...
Aug 28, 2014 Now Reports
September 2014 Fukuoka Now
Fukuoka is abuzz with plenty of cultural events this month: there’s the Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale (FT5) which brings over 40 artists from 21 countries and regions to Fukuoka, Nak...
Aug 27, 2014 Event
With The Style 10th Anniversary Event “The Playground”
Stylish Hakata hotel and event venue “With The Style” celebrates its 10th anniversary on 8/28 (Thu.) with an open-house style event dubbed “The Playground”. The entire building com...
Aug 25, 2014 Event
Focus on Asia International Film Festival Fukuoka 2014
A flashy red-carpet opening ceremony kicks off the 24th edition of this yearly film festival in which 39 films from 18 Asian countries and regions are screened over ten days. This ...
Aug 25, 2014 Event
Against 2014 – Fukuoka Extreme Film Festival
Explore the works of Kitakyushu-born film director, screen writer, theorist and actor, Adachi Masao. Screenings of “The Ugly One”, “It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resol...
Aug 25, 2014 Event
Hojoya
This 1,000 year-old festival is one of the “big three” in Hakata and a great way to welcome Autumn. The 1km approach to Hakozaki Shrine is lined with around 500 busy stalls. Locals...