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Fukuoka City’s First Swimming Beaches
All of us enjoy sea bathing with friends and family during Summer vacations. The best beaches for swimming in Fukuoka that come to mind are Nokonoshima, Ikinomatsubara, and Obaru i...
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The Yamakasa Happi
It’s no wonder that everyone who sees the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival thinks it’s terrific. Older men clad in business suits who seem so tired of life, and young people too, seem...
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Kabuki Comes To Town
Hakata-za is a big favorite not only of Fukuoka City residents, but its popularity has spread throughout Kyushu and extends to the rest of the country. Located in Shimokawabata-cho...
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Fukuoka City by Numbers
Did you know that a new municipal directory is published every year to coincide with the start of the business year on April 1? It presents an overview of the most up-to-date stati...
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The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
On March 6, 1999, the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum opened in the Hakata Riverain Center Building, next to the Hakata-za playhouse. It is the first art museum in the world to systematic...
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Fukuoka’s First Foreign Scholars
It’s not unusual today for people in junior high school or high school to travel to foreign countries for study, but do you know who the first people in Fukuoka were to study abroa...
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Anthologizing Fukuoka’s History
In the Edo Period an ancient “kin'in” or golden seal which symbolized a diplomatic relationship between Japan and China was discovered in Fukuoka. The seal, which has been made a N...
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Strolling through Daimyo
In 2003, young people used to flock to the Daimyo district. So many people from throughout Kyushu were there on weekends it was as if they were holding a festival. In the five year...
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Geisha to Grace Hakata-za’s Stage
The Japanese term for the office in which geisha are hired is kenban. These offices are located all over the country, but the recent decline in the number of geisha has resulted in...
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Sadaharu Oh – Oh-tsukaresamadeshita!
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh broke into the Japanese major leagues with the Yomiuri Tokyo Giants in 1959 and retired as a player in 1980 after hitting 868 home runs.
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