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Apr 21, 2023 Event
Marine World Night Aquarium
Marine World is open until 9 pm throughout Golden Week. Observe the night time activities of 20,000 (350 varieties) fish and sea creatures from...
Apr 18, 2023 Event
Hakozaki Shrine Flea Market
The annual antique fair at Hakozaki Shrine takes place every month, except for January and September. Over 200 stalls are set up along...
Apr 11, 2023 Local News
Fukuoka Police Look to Recruit Talent to Combat Cybercrime
As cybercrime continues to increase and the securing of investigators with specialized skills becomes a challenge, the prefectural police headquarters held an event at Fukuoka Inst...
Apr 7, 2023 Local News
100-Yen Breakfast Initiative Supports Students
As the nation faces increasing levels of inflation, Fukuoka Institute of Technology in Fukuoka City has launched an initiative to provide students with affordable breakfast options...
Mar 17, 2023 Event
Uminonakamichi Flower Picnic 2023
Head to Uminonakamichi to behold approximately 70,000 colorful tulips, 1.2 million nemophilas that create a vast blue carpet-like landscape, 1600 cherry trees and 150,000 nanohana ...
Feb 9, 2023 Event
Hakozaki Shrine Flea Market
This antique fair is held annually at Hakozaki Shrine every month (except Jan. and Sep.). Peruse over 200 stalls lined up at the 700 m approach to the shrine for secondhand furnitu...
Dec 19, 2022 Event
Tama Seseri
For over 600 years, two teams of loincloth-clad men have braved the winter cold to scramble for possession of an 8 kg wooden ball, which, if they touch it, will give them good luck...
Nov 29, 2022 Event
Hakozaki Shrine Flea Market
This antique fair is held annually at Hakozaki Shrine every month (except Jan. and Sep.). Peruse over 200 stalls lined up at the 700 m approach to the shrine for secondhand furnitu...
Nov 28, 2022 Event
Winter Peonies in Hakozaki Shrine
Enjoy the fuyu-botan (winter peonies) at the Shin-en Flower Garden of Hakozaki Shrine. Approximately 200 beautiful and colorful flowers are currently in bloom! The popular flower g...
Nov 28, 2022 Event
Eat Namako Mochi on New Year’s Eve at Hakozaki Shrine
Visit Hakozaki Shrine on Dec. 31 to see one of Japan’s New Year traditions, the mochitsuki. Mochitsuki is when rice is pounded to make mochi (rice cakes). The mochi at this festiva...
