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Kimono Rental Experience in Fukuoka

Beautiful, intricate and feminine: kimono is an iconic symbol of Japanese culture. But if you want to buy one of these wearable pieces of art, it could easily set you back thousand...

• #Art & Culture
• #Fukuoka Prefecture

Sunset Live 2016 Report

The power of Sunset Live’s music and vibes kept Typhoon #12 away and, despite the predicted storm, both Saturday and Sunday went down without a single drop of rain...

• #Others
• #Itoshima

Drag Show for Foreigners in Fukuoka

Glitter, feathers and leather - welcome to Fukuoka’s biggest, brashest drag act! On Sep. 6, Fukuoka Now took a group of...

• #Art & Culture

Fukuoka Now: Life as a Freelance Contributor

I arrived in Fukuoka last September as part of a program offered by my university, which involved spending a year learning Japanese at a university in Fukuoka Prefecture. Knowing n...

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• #Fukuoka Prefecture

An Awe-Inspiring Evening: Fukuoka’s First International Ballet Festival is a Big Success

July ended with a real treat for all those who attended one-of-a-kind performances at Fukuoka’s ACROS Symphony Hall and Kitakyushu’s Performing Arts Centre. World-class ballet danc...

• #Art & Culture
• #Festival
• #Kitakyushu
• #Tenjin

Sep 2016 Fukuoka Now

On the cover, shrine maidens paint chanpon (musical toys made of glass) for the Hojoya Festival, one of Fukuoka’s big three...

• #Art & Culture
• #Healthy
• #Fukuoka Prefecture

Grape & Fig Picking in Tanushimaru

The town of Tanushimaru is famous as the birthplace of Kyoho grapes, known as the “king of grapes”. It’s also where the first...

• #Others
• #Kurume

5 Cafe Chihaya

The staff at Masaya Bicycle Works are passionate about three things: high-end bicycles, specialty coffee and tasty cafe food. So it’s no surprise to find hip...

• #Food & Drink
• #Summer
• #Higashi-ku