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Apr 4, 2018 Local News
Canal City Hakata Surpasses 300 Million Visitors
The operating company of Canal City Hakata announced that the facility has welcomed an estimated 314.8 million visitors since it first opened its doors for business in April 1996. ...
Apr 3, 2018 Event
Yame Kurogi Wisteria Festival 2018
The star of the event is the 620-year-old Kurogi fuji (wisteria), a designated National Natural Monument with vines extending for meters. It’s visited by 200,000 people every year!...
Apr 2, 2018 Event
Brötzmann/Leigh Duo Japan Tour 2018
Internationally renowned German saxophonist Peter Brötzmann is back in Fukuoka for two live concerts with American lap steel guitarist Heather Leigh as part of his duo Japan tour. ...
Apr 2, 2018 Local News
New Shops Join Canal City Hakata’s Ramen Stadium (And ¥100 Off Coupon!)
Canal City Hakata’s Ramen Stadium has rotated in three new ramen shops onto their premises. The local Daimyo-based restaurant Ganso Tomato Ramen Sanmi, Hakata’s Nagahama Number One...
Apr 2, 2018 Now Reports
Chikugo Now! Tour Feb. 2018 – Local Craft, Local Goods
After two successful tours to the Chikugo region supported by local governments, we took off for our final day trip to Miyama, Yame, Chikugo and the town of Hirokawa. Local goods a...
Apr 2, 2018 Event
61st Kurume Tsutsuji Festival
Now in its 61st year, the Kurume Tsutsuji (azalea) Festival is one of the biggest plant festivals in Japan. Aside from over 2,000 azalea on show, there will also be flower, plant a...
Mar 30, 2018 Event
Fukuoka Classic Car Meeting 2018
Approximately 200 domestic and overseas vehicles from the Showa era will gather in the Marinoa City for a vintage car event! Visitors are sure to be enthralled by a range of classi...
Mar 30, 2018 Event
Vintage Clothes Market “Tag Goat”
A range of unique secondhand items selected by buyers from 10 of Fukuoka’s most popular vintage stores, including Serpico, Mozaiq, and Marin Ford will be...
Mar 30, 2018 Local News
Hawks’ Uchikawa & Sarfate Close in on Career Milestones
Two Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks star players are closing in on major career milestones. First baseman Seiichi Uchikawa, who was injured for long stretches last year, starts the new seas...
Mar 30, 2018 Local News
Increase in Number of Factories in Kyushu
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced the results of a survey into factories (excluding facilities connected to the electrical industry). An 18.8% rise ...