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New Shops Join Canal City Hakata’s Ramen Stadium (And ¥100 Off Coupon!)
Canal City Hakata’s Ramen Stadium has rotated in three new ramen shops onto their premises. The local Daimyo-based restaurant Ganso Tomato Ramen Sanmi, Hakata’s Nagahama Number One...
Hawks’ Uchikawa & Sarfate Close in on Career Milestones
Two Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks star players are closing in on major career milestones. First baseman Seiichi Uchikawa, who was injured for long stretches last year, starts the new seas...
Cases of Bag Snatchings Recorded in Fukuoka
Seven cases of bag snatching were recorded in Chuo-ku, Hakata-ku, and Sawara-ku (Fukuoka City) between 8:20 p.m. and 9:50 p.m. on March 25. All of the victims were women, two of wh...
Hakata Bypass Finally Opens
The Kokudo (National Highway) No. 3 Hakata Bypass has finally opened. Traffic can now pass through the 3.3 km stretch of road connecting the Shimobaru Chuo Kosaten (intersection) t...
Bidding for the Seika Ichiba Site
Fukuoka City is no longer accepting bids from companies and private enterprises looking to purchase the site of the former Seika Ichiba (market). The 8.7 hectare plot of land is lo...
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Might Open in Tenjin
Fukuoka City has announced that a group of private enterprises including Sekisui House and Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. (Nishitetsu) were awarded first refusal in negotiations t...
New Multipurpose Building to Open in Hakata Next Fall
JR Kyushu has announced plans to build a multipurpose building in Hakata Ward, with a luxury version of its Blossom Hotel as the core tenant. Located on Hakata Ekimae-dori Ave. in ...
New American Style Bar & Dance Club in Nakasu – Otafuku
There’s a new nightspot in Fukuoka, and it’s not on Oyafuko-dori or Nishi-dori but over in Nakasu (near the main intersection). We stopped by Otafuku for its opening on March 20. T...
Fukuoka’s La Maison de la Nature Goh Makes Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants
Congratulations to Chef/Owner Takeshi Fukuyama and his staff on the inclusion of their restaurant in the 2018 edition of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants. La Maison de la Nature Goh is l...
Kyudai Selling Naming Rights for New Library
Kyushu University (Kyudai) is selling the rights to name Ito Campus’ Central Library. Companies and private organizations can earn the right to nickname the facility, which officia...