Now Reports

Winners’ Gallery : Rizing Tickets

This week, Fukuoka Now gave away TEN double passes to our facebook friends to catch Rizing in their home games on Jan. 5 and 6. Here are just a few of the happy winners! The first ...

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Theater Review! Edaniku at Pomplaza Hall

Edaniku at Pomplaza Hall Review by Matt Perkins, Dec. 2012) Edaniku (Carcass) is an award-winning play by Takuya Yokoyama set in an artisan meat-shop in an industrial district of T...

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Pro Basketball Ticket Giveaway

The first home game of 2013 for Fukuoka’s pro basketball team tips off in January. Rizing Fukuoka will square off against Shimane Susanoo Magic at Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium. Susanoo M...

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TEDxFukuokaWomen

TEDxFukuokaWomen Report by Mary-Rose Shand (Dec. 2012) Last Saturday, December 2, Fukuoka hosted the only TedxWomen event held in Japan, titled “The Space Between”. TEDxFukuokaWome...

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Illumination Photos of Kego Koen (Tenjiin)

Last night we clicked a few shots of the illumination, merry-go-round, and skating rink inside the recently reopened Kego Park in Tenjin, Fukuoka. There was a light drizzle at the ...

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ShimaShima Project

The ShimaShima Project is a non-profit volunteer group set up in October 2012 with the goal to send fresh vegetables from Itoshima to the people of Fukushima. The uniqueness of the...

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Don’t be those guys…

People come to Japan for lots of reasons. Japanophiles, weeaboos, Pokemon trainers, gastronomists who love eating raw foods with minimalist preparation, English Lit majors who’ve r...

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Theater Review: Yukio Suzuki’s ‘Volatile Body Theory’ (揮発性身体論)

Yukio Suzuki’s ‘Volatile Body Theory’ (揮発性身体論) at Edamitsu Theatre Festival: Review Review by Matt Perkins, (Nov. 2012) Once a year the Edamitsu Iron Theatre, a small community the...

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