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Apr 24, 2019 Event
Fukuoka International Ballet Festival Gala Concert 2019
Join Fukuoka International Ballet Festival this summer for a stunning Gala concert guaranteed to delight its audience in the magic of movement. Kyushu-based ballet couple Frank van...
Apr 24, 2019 Event
Ishibashi Bunka Center Spring Rose Fair 2019
The Ishibashi Bunka Center has the largest rose garden in Fukuoka. The peak season lasts for about a month starting in early May with...
Apr 2, 2019 Event
62nd Kurume Azalea Festival
Now in its 62nd year, the Kurume Azalea Festival is said to be one of Japan’s three biggest plant fairs (the other two are held in Kumamoto and Tochigi prefectures). Admire 150 var...
Apr 2, 2019 Local News
Shiseido to Hire 1,000 Workers at Kurume Plant
Shiseido is expected to hire around 1,000 workers, most of whom will be local hires, for a new cosmetics plant it will open in Kurume City. The company plans to hire fresh technica...
Mar 27, 2019 Now Reports
Kurume Kasuri Ai, Ai, Deai (Indigo, Love, Encounter) Festival 2019 – REPORT
Twenty four manufacturers and wholesalers set up stalls offering a variety of Kurume kasuri products on sale at bargain prices. Thousands of fans of this traditional textile browse...
Feb 27, 2019 Now Reports
Kurume Kasuri – A Textile to Treasure
Kurume Kasuri is a traditional textile from the Chikugo region that has been handed down over the generations. It is currently produced in Kurume City, Hirokawa Town (in Yame Distr...
Feb 6, 2019 Local News
Shiseido Announces the Construction of a Large Factory in Kurume
Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd. has announced the construction of a new factory in Kurume City. The factory will be built on a 97,000-square-meter area in Kurume Ukiha Industrial Complex,...
Dec 21, 2018 Now Reports
Kurume Kasuri Discovery Tour Report – Nov. 2018
The Kurume Kasuri Discovery Tour, organized by Fukuoka Now in conjunction with local government offices and the Kurume Kasuri Cooperative Association, set out to introduce this tra...
Dec 14, 2018 Event
Daizenji Tamataregu no Oniyo
This 1,600-year-old tsuina (ceremony to exorcise evil spirits) is one of Japan’s three main fire festivals. After being guarded for seven days, the “devil fire” is transferred to s...
Nov 26, 2018 Event
William Morris Wallpaper Exhibition
William Morris was a nineteenth-century British philosopher, poet, and textile designer. He was known for helping to revive handcrafted designs during the Industrial Revolution whe...