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Jul 26, 2022 Local News
World’s First Netflix Animation Production Zone in KidZania Fukuoka
Netflix’s first animation production studio for kids worldwide will open in KidZania Fukuoka on July 30. The collaboration would allow kids to explore the world of stop motion anim...
May 31, 2022 Now Reports
Tokoin Temple: Once a Treasure Trove of Cultural Assets
Tokoin Temple is said to have been built in 806 by Saicho (aka Dengyo Daishi). Originally a Tendai temple where Saicho preached, it became a Zen temple for a time before becoming a...
May 12, 2022 Event
Bar Walk Fukuoka
Bar-hop and explore a total of 50 shops across Hakata, Tenjin, Daimyo, Imaizumi, Nishijin and more! Using the map which comes with your ticket, hop from bar to bar and enjoy drinks...
May 10, 2022 Food & Drinks
Wolfgang’s Steakhouse Fukuoka
Yearning for a good steak? Then look no further than Wolfgang’s Steakhouse, a New York icon now open in Fukuoka. Wolfgang’s uses only USDA Prime Black Angus beef, ...
Apr 19, 2022 Now Reports
LaLaport Fukuoka Grand Opening on April 25!
Kyushu’s newest large-scale shopping, entertainment, education, and athletic complex, LaLaport Fukuoka, opens to the public on Monday, April 25, 2022, at 10:00. It became the 17th ...
Mar 28, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka’s Newest Bridge’s Sign By Television Personality Tamori
Popular TV celebrity, Tamori san, took the role of writing a new bridge sign for the renovated Haruyoshi Bridge in central Fukuoka. One of his old high-school mates offered the rol...
Jan 21, 2022 Local News
New Hakata Ward Office Opens May 6
The new Hakata Ward Office will open on May 6. The recently completed ten-story building has a total floor space of 15,200 m2 and features a warm wooden interior. Cutting-edge tech...
Nov 10, 2021 Local News
Rakugo Cafe In Hakata
A rakugo cafe, ‘Shoan,’ opened in Hakata Ward this fall. As one of the few cafes featuring Japan’s traditional storytelling entertainment, the shop welcomes...
Nov 10, 2021 Event
The Kyushu Basho
For two weeks in November the streets of Fukuoka are made more exciting by the odd glimpse of the rikishi (wrestlers), their hulking mass, elegantly fanned top-knot...
Oct 11, 2021 Local News
Ganesha Installed Inside Yoshizuka Little Asia Market
A statue of the elephant-headed Hindu god, Ganesha, has come to Yoshizuka Ichiba Little Asia Market in Fukuoka City. The Indian-made stone statue weighs 1.3 tons and will become a ...
