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Nov 27, 2014 Event
Hakata Jomonsan Market In Tenjin
JR Fukuoka’s produce market is coming to the city for a day! On Nov. 30th, Fureai Hiroba outside the City Hall will be filled with stalls selling fresh local produce, including fav...
Nov 26, 2014 Event
Exchange Forum for Foreign Students
On Nov. 30, there will be an international exchange forum for foreign students, held at ACROS Fukuoka. The discussion will be run by former exchange students, from China, Cambodia,...
Nov 26, 2014 Event
Women’s Blindfolded Sumo
Ladies, it’s time to test your hidden blindfolded sumo skills at the annual Fuigo Women’s Blindfolded Sumo takes place in Itoshima, on the Dec. 7. The complete lack of vision is no...
Nov 25, 2014 Now Reports
René Redzepi, NOMA in Fukuoka – Interview
Noma, the award winning, genre-fusing, self-reinventing restaurant in Copenhagen made a surprise announcement early this year. On Dec. 20, 2014, the restaurant will temporarily clo...
Nov 25, 2014 Event
Nilssen-Love & Vandermark
Norwegian Jazz drummer maestro Paal Nilssen-Love plays Fukuoka with longtime duo partner, 2012 Chicagoan of the Year, Ken Vandermark (Saxaphone/Clarinet). Contemporary jazz does no...
Nov 25, 2014 Event
Handmade Miscellaneous Goods & Selected Goods Fair 2014
Here’s an idea for the entire family on a winter day! At this exhibition you’ll find a wide array of handmade crafts, woodworks, antique goods and furniture at this two day event. ...
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) ...