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Atago Shrine Fire Festival 2013 – Report

Thursday Dec. 5, Atago Shrine in Fukuoka’s Nishi-ku let off a billowing cloud of smoke as part of proceedings of its annual Fire Festival. The Shinto festival invites visitors to p...

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“HAFU” Survey Results

Dec. 15, feature-length HD documentary film, “Hafu – the mixed-race experience in Japan” will have its Kyushu premier screening at KBC Cinema in Tenjin. The 87-min. long film follow...

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Wednesdays at Watts’

Last week we dropped by Watts’ Cafe in Yakuin (next door to the new Bon Repas supermarket). As luck would have it, it was a Wednesday and that meant all of their American Craft bee...

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December 2013 Fukuoka Now Magazine

This month's winter cover girl Benedicte from Paris poses with a pair of skates, as Fukuoka welcomes world champion skaters to town for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Dece...

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Papio Ice Arena

So you didn’t qualify for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Fukuoka? No worries! Head to Fukuoka’s year-round skating rink Papio Ice Arena to practice and have fun on the ice...

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Chonnakarn Akrapreedee

This month we checked in with Chonnakarn Akrapreedee, who landed her first job with Thai Airways International in 2000, following a short stopover at Star Alliance in Frankfurt. Sh...

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Spend Christmas in a Historic Church

　Christmas originated as a religious event, with families celebrating the holiday together by going to mass at church. Some people might think you cannot enter a church if you are ...

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The Grizzly Folk Release Album Recorded in Fukuoka

Wassailing is traditional English folk singing, usually performed door-to-door around Christmas time. It is a festive style that psychedelic ensemble The Grizzly Folk are rather fo...

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