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Yukichi Tanaka: Hakata’s Idea Man

Shudanyamamise: The one time during the Yamakasa festival period that the floats are carried over the Nakagawa River into central Fukuoka. The giant otafuku mask erected at the Sak...

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Doriano Sulis – Chikuzen Biwa Artisan

Doriano Sulis, an Italian-native artisan of Chikuzen biwa (Japanese lute), has launched a crowdfunding project to save the traditional instrument from disappearing due to lack of k...

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Off Broadway – To Be Continued

We met up recently with Luis Matos, who along with his partner Tomoko run Off Broadway, one of the longest-running international bars in Fukuoka. Opened near Suzaki Park in 1993, t...

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Travis Mactier, Canada Kitchen

It turns out, one of his dreams was to operate a food truck. With the support of his wife, friends, and neighbors on February 2 this year, he opened Canada Kitchen on the parking l...

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Catching up with Rick van den Hurk & Carter Stewart Jr.

Like so many other things, Japanese professional baseball is on hold and no one knows when the games will resume and whether they’ll be played in front of fans or in empty stadiums...

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Melisa Acosta Ramirez, CICLO

Despite having moved to Fukuoka only seven months ago, Melisa is already an active member of the city’s international community. Working full-time as a scientist at a company in Ku...

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Andrew McDaniel, Keya Golf Club

It was an internship gig back in 2001 that put Andrew on his first-ever airplane ride and brought him to Japan. He’d studied to be a greenkeeper, but had no idea that one day he’d ...

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David Victor, Brewer at Fukuoka Craft

Fukuoka Craft opened in July of 2017 and has since been serving the public with an impressive lineup of international, domestic, and house-made craft brews. Michigan native David V...

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