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Nov 25, 2014 Event
Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship
Top runners incl. Patrick Makau (Kenya) a former world record holder participate alongside Japan’s best and other international guest runners in the 68th edition. Two groups run th...
Nov 25, 2014 Event
Atago Shrine Fire Festival
Atago Shrine’s biggest event of the year. Purify the body and ward off misfortune by completing a ritual that involves writing a wish on paper, throwing it onto a bonfire and walki...
Nov 20, 2014 Event
Yanagawa Kotatsu Bune
Yanagawa is referred as Japan’s Venice because of its long course of canals in which gondolas travel. The boatmen offer interesting commentary and sometimes sing songs as the scene...
Nov 19, 2014 Now Reports
Fukuoka’s First LGBT Rainbow Parade
Openness and Equality in Fukuoka On Nov 16, an estimated 1,000 people gathered in Reisen Park in Central Fukuoka for the city’s first LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) ...
Nov 18, 2014 Event
Bakuon Movie Festival 2014 in Fukuoka
The concept of this festival is simple: the films are played loud, and chosen because they sound good (“bakuon” means “explosive sound”). It began with one producer’s curiosity; wh...
Nov 18, 2014 Event
Daimyo Winter Party 2014
Ampoules is back with a pre-holiday bash in Daimyo, featuring the international DJ unit "DasTroy" on second floor dance zone. Meanwhile on the first floor Heineken girls and Ampoul...
Nov 18, 2014 Event
Famous Label Wine Fair at Daimaru Hakata
Head up to the 8th floor of Daimaru Hakata in Tenjin to the Wine Fair by Enoteca. 200 kinds, and more than 5,000 bottles of wine will be displayed. Taste wine Enoteca recommends fo...
Nov 18, 2014 Event
Rainy Day Dream / Photography and Video Exhibition
One very rainy day last May, a group three professional photographers and one videographer (English, Japanese and Malay) went with the idol group Stilo Kramelo to the 100-plus year...
Nov 17, 2014 Event
Christmas Market in Hikari no Machi Hakata
For the second consecutive year a Christmas Market will be set up in front of near Hakata Station with European-style Christmas decorations, live musical performances, hot wine & f...
Nov 17, 2014 Event
Kukai Gekijo
“Kukai” means Sky and Sea, the universe and the earth that go on without boundaries. But it is also the name of a famous Buddhist image maker, whose tales have been passed on for m...