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Bar Sebek

Nestled in a tiny alley in Nakasu, Sebek is run by award-winning bartender Makiko Otsu. Her creativity abounds in the tourbillon, which features cognac, black tea and rose syrup, a...

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Yorgo

After honing his chops in Tokyo and France, Kazuma Kawase moved to Fukuoka in 2014 to open Yorgo, where he turns ordinary ingredients into exquisite a la carte dishes. The appetize...

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Wagashi Ensa

Ensa specializes in a unique combination of Japanese sweets and liquor. Owners Nobuaki and Chika Yamashita serve up a delicious ichigo daifuku, a juicy strawberry wrapped in subtly...

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Valentine’s Day & Chocolate Gifting in Japan

Foreigners first brought chocolate to Japan when the country was still mostly closed off to the rest of the world, and it has traced a unique path since then. Chocolate’s role in V...

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Opening Night Report – Tiger Yuki Habitat – Familiar Introduction

What a night! The opening of the Tiger Yuki Habitat, at Two Dogs sports bar, was brilliant! As I approached the bar at about nine o’clock, people were spilling out into Oyafuko-dor...

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Como Es

Como Es is a music cafe and bar that recently opened in Imaizumi. Inside the renovated 50-year-old house, shop manager Yosuku Nishida's record collection of 20,000-plus LPs feature...

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Buta Soba Tsukiya

In Sep. 2018, chicken and soy sauce ramen purveyor Shinasoba Tsukiya opened a new tonkotsu ramen restaurant, Buta Soba Tsukiya. However the soup is not the milky white kind you’re ...

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• #Hakata
• #Nakasu

Étoile Coffee

After working for four years at specialty coffee shop Honey Coffee, Minako Yamaguchi opened this shop to offer the unique combination of coffee and Japanese sweets, which are typic...

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