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Sushi Taro

When Japanese visit Fukuoka, sushi tops their “to eat” list. Fish here is abundant, extremely fresh and reasonably priced. Increasingly, more foreign visitors are also coming to sa...

• #Food & Drink
• #Guide
• #Sushi
• #Fukuoka City
• #Hakata-ku

Michael Hall

Michael Hall is one of Fukuoka’s long time residents, moving to the city some 35 years ago. Over the last few years he has funnelled his passion for agriculture into the the explor...

• #People
• #Fukuoka Prefecture
• #Hakata

World Hobby Festival 2017 Report

The World Hobby Festival, WHF for short, brought the excitement of the hobby and game worlds to Fukuoka last Sunday (Feb. 12). The event, held in the monstrously large Yahuoku! Dom...

• #Others
• #Festival

Interview with a Sento Expert: Masami Usagawa

By day, Masami Usagawa is a Korean-Japanese translator and interpreter living in Fukuoka. She also has a fascinating second life: one in which she has visited over one thousand sen...

• #Art & Culture
• #Fukuoka City

Sulbing a Korean Shaved Ice Cafe from Busan Opens in Tenjin

The Korean dessert cafe Sulbing opened Feb. 3 on the B2F floor of Vioro Tenjin, Fukuoka. This is the cafe's second shop in Japan, following the opening of its shop in Harajuku, Tok...

• #Food & Drink
• #Tenjin

Jeremy Brown

Jeremy Brown is an Australian graphic designer who moved to Fukuoka in March 2016 with his wife Hiromi and son Kenji. Prior to his new life in Fukuoka, he lived and worked in Brisb...

• #People
• #Fukuoka Prefecture

February 2017 Fukuoka Now

It's all about islands this month, as we feature five of Kyushu's islands, all replete with nature and adventure and with direct connections to Fukuoka. February is the month of fr...

• #Art & Culture
• #Fukuoka Prefecture

Ishidobashi Shiratsugu

An oasis amid the bustle of the city, Ishidobashi Shiratsugu is a cozy Japanese restaurant nestled amongst the temples in a district not far from Hakata Station. The youthful owner...

• #Food & Drink
• #Hakata