Now Reports

HK Express x Fukuoka Now – WIN Trip to Hong Kong!

Hong Kong’s only low-cost carrier HK Express announced a new flight from Hong Kong to Fukuoka commencing April 10, 2014. They are promoting Fukuoka as an “emerging hotspot on the A...

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Fukuoka Tower Report

The sleek triangular structure of Fukuoka Tower is the international symbol of Fukuoka, lighting up the city’s skyline as one of its most instantly recognisable landmarks. The 234m...

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European Food Fair at Hilton with KLM

Tomorrow, April 1, Kyushu’s connection to Europe strengthens with the commencement of KLM’s additional Tuesday nonstop flight to Amsterdam, and with the start of a European F...

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Hakata Sennennomon Gate

In 1242, Enni Ben'en (posthumous name: Shouichi Kokushi) founded Jotenji Temple, a place with deep ties to Hakata-ori textiles and the presumed origin of the Hakata Yamakasa festiv...

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April 2014 Fukuoka Now

Finally! The winter is over and it's time to set sail on Hakata Bay for a fresh air adventure! This month we learn about sailing in Fukuoka from Linda Saza, a long-time Fukuoka res...

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Fukuoka Kau Kau: Don Quijote

Fukuoka is a compact city bursting with trendy boutiques, big department stores and everything in between; it’s a shopper’s paradise. We gave a foreigner a budget and a number of i...

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Jaap Mulder

Jaap Mulder first sailed into Hakata bay with his wife Marijke in 1989, as part of a yacht race during Yokatopia Expo from Auckland, Fukuoka’s sister city in New Zealand. The pair,...

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Fukuoka Food Event and Media Tour

Fukuoka City is slowly but surely making a name for itself as culinary city. Many factors contribute to this including it’s location on the bountiful Sea of Japan, its temperate cl...

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