Now Reports

An Awe-Inspiring Evening: Fukuoka’s First International Ballet Festival is a Big Success

July ended with a real treat for all those who attended one-of-a-kind performances at Fukuoka’s ACROS Symphony Hall and Kitakyushu’s Performing Arts Centre. World-class ballet danc...

• #Art & Culture
• #Festival
• #Kitakyushu
• #Tenjin

Sep 2016 Fukuoka Now

On the cover, shrine maidens paint chanpon (musical toys made of glass) for the Hojoya Festival, one of Fukuoka’s big three...

• #Art & Culture
• #Healthy
• #Fukuoka Prefecture

Grape & Fig Picking in Tanushimaru

The town of Tanushimaru is famous as the birthplace of Kyoho grapes, known as the “king of grapes”. It’s also where the first...

• #Others
• #Kurume

5 Cafe Chihaya

The staff at Masaya Bicycle Works are passionate about three things: high-end bicycles, specialty coffee and tasty cafe food. So it’s no surprise to find hip...

• #Food & Drink
• #Summer
• #Higashi-ku

Hakata: A City Built by Merchants

A gateway to the outside world since olden times, Hakata began to flourish as a commercial port city in the middle ages. Hakata began trading with Ming China under a...

• #Art & Culture
• #Fukuoka Topics
• #Fukuoka Prefecture

Mr. & Mrs. Green

If you like fresh veggies, then you’ll love Mr. & Mrs. Green, where salads are the main dishes. A green salad with more than 10 fresh, seasonal vegetables grown in Kyushu serves as...

• #Food & Drink
• #Tenjin

This Month in Fukuoka – September 2016

Welcome to Fukuoka Now! Since 1998 our team of local experts have been introducing the best of Fukuoka to the world. Enjoy!

• #Art & Culture
• #Fukuoka Prefecture

Kiwami Fish Burgers – New, Healthy Itoshima Fast Food

Could this be another hit trend from Itoshima? Well actually, Yui Shibata began selling these fabulous fish burgers seven years ago. Now there are two kinds of burgers to choose fr...

• #Food & Drink
• #Healthy
• #Itoshima