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![Fukuoka City - Right Time, Right Place](https://i0.wp.com/www.fukuoka-now.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/fn_tofee-park_2020_WEB-001.jpg?fit=285%2C190&ssl=1)
Jul 15, 2022Now Reports
Fukuoka City – Right Time, Right Place
I consider myself lucky. Thirty-two years ago, I interviewed for an IT job which I assumed would be in Tokyo. But when they called me back for a second interview and...
![Former Takamiya Residence of the Kaijima Family: A Traditional Building Brought back to Life, 現代に蘇った旧高宮貝島家住宅](https://i0.wp.com/www.fukuoka-now.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fn283-fukuoka-topic.jpg?fit=232%2C190&ssl=1)
Jul 1, 2022Now Reports
Former Takamiya Residence of the Kaijima Family: A Traditional Building Brought back to Life
This April, Takamiya Minami Garden opened in a quiet residential area near Nishitetsu Takamiya Station. Within the lush green grounds sits the former Takamiya Residence of the Kaij...
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May 31, 2022Now Reports
Tokoin Temple: Once a Treasure Trove of Cultural Assets
Tokoin Temple is said to have been built in 806 by Saicho (aka Dengyo Daishi). Originally a Tendai temple where Saicho preached, it became a Zen temple for a time before becoming a...
![Western-style architecture in Nishijin that conveys the spirit of education, 教育の精神を伝える西新の洋風建築](https://i0.wp.com/www.fukuoka-now.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/fn281-fukuoka-topic.jpg?fit=213%2C190&ssl=1)
Apr 28, 2022Now Reports
Western-style architecture in Nishijin that conveys the spirit of education
Seinan Gakuin was founded in 1916 by American Baptist missionary C.K. Dozier. The Seinan Gakuin University Museum (Dozier Memorial Hall) is an invaluable piece of Western architect...
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Apr 19, 2022Now Reports
LaLaport Fukuoka Grand Opening on April 25!
Kyushu’s newest large-scale shopping, entertainment, education, and athletic complex, LaLaport Fukuoka, opens to the public on Monday, April 25, 2022, at 10:00. It became the 17th ...
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Mar 24, 2022Now Reports
The Hibaru Cherry Trees: A Testament to the Will of the People of Fukuoka
There is a widely known story about the famous Hibaru cherry blossoms in Minami Ward. Until the early 1980s, the area was inconvenient for traffic because of its narrow, winding st...
![Inn The Park Fukuoka spherical tents / ドーム型テントなど海沿いの泊まれる公園、INN THE PARK 福岡](https://i0.wp.com/www.fukuoka-now.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/fn_uminonakamichi-SKY_2022_WEB-005.jpg?fit=253%2C190&ssl=1)
Mar 15, 2022Now Reports
Hikari To Kaze No Hiroba Gate – New Recreation Center in Uminonakamichi Seaside Park, Fukuoka
Located on a vast 350-hectare site about 6 km east to west of Fukuoka’s city center, a new stay-and-play recreation center offers visitors the opportunity to relax, learn, and play...
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Feb 24, 2022Now Reports
Kyushu’s First Gundam Statue
The LaLaport Fukuoka shopping park, which will open in April, is LaLaport’s first large-scale commercial facility in Kyushu. It is located in Hakata Ward on the former site of the...
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Dec 22, 2021Now Reports
New 24.8-meter High Gundam Statue Unveiled at LaLaport Fukuoka
On December 22, the head of the newest full-sized Gundam statue was attached to the third full-scale Gundam statue in Japan and first in Japan. Fukuoka Now attended the installatio...
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Dec 21, 2021Now Reports
Momochi Now – Seaside Momochi Winter Illuminations
Fukuoka Tower, which catches the sun's light and creates infinite expressions depending on the time and weather, with the magnificently ship-shaped Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk and the ...