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Jun 29, 2017 Local News
Huge Art Installment Outside New Hostel in Fukuoka
WeBase Hakata is set to open on July 14 as one of the biggest hostels in Kyushu. The 9-storey building will have 164 beds and offers reasonable...
Jun 28, 2017 Now Reports
Munenori Kawasaki Interview in Fukuoka 2017
Munenori Kawasaki of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks gave his first interview in English since returning to Japan on June 22nd at the Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome to Fukuoka Now. Kawasaki, who...
Jun 27, 2017 Event
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine Summer Tenjin Festival
Celebrate the birth of Tenjin-sama, Shinto god of literature. Children march with mikoshi (portable shrines) and walk through woven hoops...
Jun 27, 2017 Event
Tobata Gion Oyamagasa
A traditional festival with over 210 years of history. Huge floats 10m tall and 2.5t are carried through the town at day, changing to...
Jun 27, 2017 Event
Sakagura de Hiya Garden
Enjoy sake tasting, including sake-based cocktails at this summer festival for adults inside this historic sake brewery in Hakata. Desserts such as...
Jun 27, 2017 Event
Festa di Spumante Fukuoka 2017
Summer gets off to a fizzy start this year! Try 53 different sparkling wines from 10 countries as well as still wine and beer. Famous Fukuoka...
Jun 27, 2017 Event
Tanabata Festival
On the occasion of this festival in which Japanese look to the stars and make wishes, a calligraphy performance takes place. Using a massive brush, calligraphy is drawn on Japanese...
Jun 27, 2017 Food & Drinks
Pietro Centrale
Is it salad or spaghetti? Well, it’s both! This dish of cold noodles on a bed of crispy vegetables is the original creation of Pietro Centrale in Tenjin. You can top the dish with....
Jun 27, 2017 Food & Drinks
Awabar
Awabar—which serves only carbonated drinks— is located inside the Fukuoka Growth Next startup incubator which opened this spring inside the...
Jun 27, 2017 Food & Drinks
Coffee County Fukuoka
Takaaki Mori opened Coffee County in Kurume in 2013 after spending time in Central America with coffee growers, and he returns once a year to maintain his ties with them. Last fall...