Now Reports

May 2013 Fukuoka Now Magazine

The May issue of Fukuoka Now features a guide to Motorbiking in Kyushu by local bike lover Greg O'Keefe. Meanwhile, there's red meat, wine and good times waiting for you at this mo...

• #Art & Culture
• #Fukuoka City

Yu Ping Tseng

While his finance-major classmates went on to work in banks and security companies in Taiwan, Yu Ping Tseng holds the title of General Manager of China Airlines’ Kyushu/Yamaguchi b...

• #People
• #Outdoors
• #Fukuoka City

Shofukuji: Japan’s First Zen Temple and the Origin of Tea Culture

　The Fukuoka City Museum is currently holding an exhibit called "The First Zen Temple Shofukuji" until June 16. As the title of this exhibit implies, Shofukuji Temple in Hakata-ku ...

• #Art & Culture
• #Fukuoka Topics
• #Fukuoka City

Notes from an Overstayer

I wonder why the thought of a gaijin being approachable like everyone else is so... foreign. Maybe it’s because they assume I don’t speak Japanese. Maybe it’s because they assume t...

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Bistrot Robert et Louise

Opened in November 2012, Bistrot Robert et Louise serves up lean beef, pork, duck and lamb roasted to perfection in a wood-fired kiln. Owner-chef Kyosuke Harada is a meat-lover, an...

• #Food & Drink
• #Chuo-ku

Leon Keer – 3D Artist in Tenjin

Leon Keer, from from Utrecht, Netherlands, is an accomplished mural artist, best known for his 3D street art. Leon made his Japanese debut in Fukuoka this April (4/4~8), transformi...

• #Others
• #Tenjin

IKEA Fukuoka Celebrates 1st Anniversary with Breakfast!

Today Kyushu’s first IKEA store celebrated it’s first year in business! From all accounts it’s seems to have done very well. IKEA announced something new too – breakfast! Beg...

• #Events
• #Fukuoka City

Report: Rei Shito’s Street Fashion Tips

Rei Shito is one of Japan’s most popular street fashion photographers. Her website STYLE from TOKYO has gained worldwide attention. She takes street snaps of the fashion elite all ...

• #Shopping
• #Outdoors
• #Fukuoka City