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Interview: Masahiro Yamashita, President of Taikai Shuhan.

Tell us about how Taikai Shuzo came to be. About forty years ago, the government initiated policies to help small businesses by making it easier for them to join forces, and in the...

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Bake Cheese Tart Opens in Tenjin, Fukuoka

The newest branch of Bake Cheese Tart is opening right here in Fukuoka (hot on the heels of their first overseas store, which just opened in Hong Kong), and Fukuoka Now was invited...

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La Carne: Fukuoka’s Steak Specialists

Discerning carnivores, your paradise has been built: La Carne specialises in thick, juicy steaks. The emphasis here is on the individual’s quest to find their perfect steak dinner,...

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Umenoma

With elegant high ceilings and an Asian feel, Umenoma serves Fukuoka’s famous Yame green tea and a selection of original sweets. Try the Yame gyokuro, ranked best in...

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Imatomi

Soba, or buckwheat noodles, are light but filling, and there are many places where you can enjoy them— from standing counter bars, to udon shops, to refined specialty shops. This m...

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Wine Experience – Dean & Deluca, Fukuoka

There are so many reasons (and excuses) to drop by the new Dean & Deluca store in the basement of Solaria Plaza in Tenjin, but the other night we found yet another! Once a mon...

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• #Tenjin

Kawaya

Fukuoka is the birthplace of many beloved soul foods, from ramen to motsunabe, but even die-hard locals may not realize that our yakitori is uniquely Fukuokan. What seems normal he...

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Premium Shochu: Drinking the New with the Old

“I find it very difficult to choose which traditions to keep and which to drop,” says Shinichiro Watanabe, the President of Miyazaki’s Kyoya Shochu Distillery. This is ...

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