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Attack the Castle – August 2015
Over 70 Japanese-language students and foreign residents braved the fierce August heat to transform into ninjas and join the attack on Fukuoka Castle. The event is designed to teac...
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Isla de Salsa 2015 – Saturday Report
Fukuoka Now’s new Editor and dance enthusiast, Jess McHugh, shook her hips to the international beats of Isla de Salsa yesterday. Here’s her insider’s guide: Salsa, tango, bellydan...
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Teriha Spa Resort – Largest Spa in Kyushu
Onsen are great (once you get past the nakedness of it all), a wonderful tradition to experience; but there is another aspect of the Japanese bathing world which less tourists are ...
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Fukuoka International Ballet Festival 2016 – First Report
Those who love pliés and pirouettes will be happy to hear that something very special is in the works. Last week, internationally seasoned ballet professionals Frank van Tongeren a...
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San-sui Mizudashi Coffee
Finding a great cup of coffee in Fukuoka is not hard, but have you tried mizudashi coffee (Dutch coffee)? Water collected daily from the Wakasugi mountain spring is dripped...
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Udon Wasuke
Fukuoka’s claim to be the birthplace of Japanese udon noodles is subject to debate, but when it comes to goboten udon (udon noodles with burdock tempura), there’s no question: Fuku...
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Aug 2015 Fukuoka Now
Fukuoka is beginning to sizzle (or rather, steam) as the temperature rises, so Fukuoka Now’s 200th issue focuses on kakigori: the perfect sweet treat for beating the heat. Whether ...
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Learn about the Beginning of Rice Cultivation at the Itazuke Ruins
Not far from the airport, in the middle of a residential neighborhood in Hakata Ward, sits a small park-like facility. Surrounded by greenery, what looks like a regular park at fir...
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Yoshizuka Unagiya
In Japan, there is an age-old custom of eating eel when the heat hits. In Fukuoka, the locals know that if you want good eel, you have to go to Yoshizuka. Founded in 1873, Yoshizuk...
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This Month in Fukuoka – August
Welcome to Fukuoka Now! Since 1998 our team of local experts have been introducing the best of Fukuoka to the world.
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