Now Reports

Oktoberfest 2013 Report

Report and photos by Katie Forster for Fukuoka Now. On Saturday evening we headed to the opening weekend of Fukuoka’s yearly Oktoberfest in search of good beer and the possibility ...

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Studio Ghibli Layout Designs

This lunch hour, I had the very special pleasure of attending the opening of “Studio Ghibli Layout Designs: Understanding the Secrets of Takahata/Miyazaki Animation” at the Fukuoka...

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Are you taking Fukuoka for granted?

By the time this goes to press, I’ll be back in Japan after two months in rural USA. Being a freelancer, I go home every year for an extended period, and while I never really got t...

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Flying High with Yoshihide Muroya

On Sep. 4, Fukuoka Now’s Nick Szasz had the ride of his life with Japan’s top aerobatic pilot, Yoshihide Muroya (Red Bull Air Race World Championship Race Pilot 2009~10). The ten m...

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How about some more tolerance?

In Fukuoka, local high school students participate in campaigns to raise awareness of subway etiquette. Student posters are hung on the walls and messages are broadcast throughout ...

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Fukuoka ALT Board Game Group

Four friends on JET in Fukuoka launched a gaming group to let off some steam with fellow ALTs. Their members and 30-game selection both continue to grow and their next meeting is o...

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Hakata Gion Yamakasa 2013 – Report

It is shortly before 5am on Monday 15th July and I am stumbling, camera in sweaty hand, down a narrow street thronged with the bleary-eyed but visibly excited population of Fukuoka...

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Alien Asian

For most Westerners, Japan is the perfect getaway. Its culture could not be more foreign, but its modern and civilised society allows them to feel right at home. But what if a fore...

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