Now Reports

May 2014 Fukuoka Now

Golden Week is about kick off here in Fukuoka and to help you get the most out of your holidays Fukuoka Now has stuffed the new May 2014 issue with lots of things to do and places ...

• #Art & Culture
• #Fukuoka City

Silvio Carannante

Necessity is the mother of invention, or so the saying goes, and that helps to explain how Silvio Carannante now spends his days growing vegetables in Fukatsu, Fukuoka. Silvio came...

• #People
• #Fukuoka City

Fukuoka Kau Kau: MING

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...

• #Shopping
• #Hakata

Ginza Bacana Joia Hakata

In the mood for some churrasco (Brazilian barbecue)? Ginza Bacana, a long-running Brazilian steakhouse in Tokyo, opened a shop in Fukuoka called Joia Hakata. Here, the sweet aroma ...

• #Food & Drink
• #Guide
• #Meat
• #Fukuoka City
• #Hakata
• #Hakata-ku

Honorary Consul for Canada in Fukuoka

On November 19, 2013 Michisada Kamata was appointed as Canada’s Honorary Consul in Fukuoka, and the Consulate headed by an Honorary Consul was opened on the 3rd floor of the Denki ...

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• #Fukuoka City

Fukuoka Anpanman Children’s Museum in Mall – Opens!

The fifth in all of Japan (following Nagoya, Sendai, Kobe and Yokohama) and the first in Kyushu, Anpanman Museum opens in Fukuoka on April 18, 2014. The space is huge, about 8,790 ...

• #Art & Culture
• #Fukuoka City
• #Nakasu

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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