Fukuoka Prefecture
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Jan 22, 2013 Event
Hakata Umakamon Market
The Hakata Umakamon Market, a collection of tasty fare from around Fukuoka, kicks off at Iwataya on Jan. 23 and runs through Jan. 29. This year’s theme is “Delicious Hakata!”, and ...
Jan 21, 2013 Event
Rizing Fukuoka
The second half of the season has just launched, and Fukuoka’s pro basketball team is gaining momentum at third place on the ladder! Rizing beat their opponent Miyazaki Shining Sun...
Jan 21, 2013 Event
Shiraito Shuzo Sake Barrel Opening
The Shiraito Sake brewery is one of only a few in Japan still brewing with the traditional method of “Hanegi Shibori”. This barrel opening event includes tastings of the new brews....
Jan 21, 2013 Event
27th Fukuoka International Cross Country
Since 1987, this meet has attracted worldwide professional runners. It also serves as a heat for the 40th World Cross Country Championship. Before the main race, the Uminonakamichi...
Jan 21, 2013 Event
Fukuoka Custom Car Show 2013
Back for its fourth year, this event attracted over 40,000 visitors in 2012. Around 400 tuned-up, modified and customized cars and bikes will be on display at Yahoo! Japan Dome. As...
Jan 21, 2013 Event
Setsubun Festival
Popular since the Edo period, this festival involves the scattering of beans to ward off evil. Stalls line the approach to Kushida Shrine, and Japan’s biggest Otafuku mask greets y...
Jan 21, 2013 Event
February Grand Kabuki
One of the highlights of Hakata’s annual calendar. The humorous daytime performance “Migawarizazen” tells of a man caught cheating by his wife. The evening “Kojo” announces the 6th...
Jan 21, 2013 Event
Antique Fair in Fukuoka
A wide array of antique goods from all over Japan and the world are displayed in this twice annual event. Explore the 1,300㎡ venue– a maze of stalls selling unique relics of the pa...
Jan 21, 2013 Event
Professor by Maud le Pladec
Maud Le Pladec is one of the most important figures of the new generation of French choreographers. She makes dance as one dreams of seeing it: embracing the music, blending with i...
Jan 21, 2013 Event
Fukuoka Dance Fringe Festival ‘The ignition point of dance’ vol. 6
The 6th annual Fukuoka Dance Fringe Festival is a two day extravaganza of Asian contemporary dance. It offers Fukuoka residents a chance to glimpse something of Korea’s cutting edg...
