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Jun 9, 2020

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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May 29, 2020

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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May 11, 2020

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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Mar 30, 2020

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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Mar 30, 2020

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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Oct 11, 2019

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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Oct 26, 2017

Interview: Mr Vincent Gadaud, Executive Chef, ANA Crowne Plaza Fukuoka

Fukuoka Now sat down with Vincent Gadaud, the new Executive Chef at the ANA Crowne Plaza Fukuoka to learn more about his past and his plans for the restaurants and cafes inside the...

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Jul 21, 2017

Guide to Japanese life and language written by Anne Crescini

Anne Crescini has lived in Japan for over 16 years and works primarily in research and education as an associate professor at Kitakyushu University. Having previously lived in Kita...

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