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May 31, 2017Now Reports
Boat Race Fukuoka Experience
A fifteen-minute walk from the Tenjin subway station, the entrance to a lesser known Japanese known as boat racing lies. It’s one of the few legal forms of gambling in Japan and si...
May 30, 2017Now Reports
June 2017 Fukuoka Now
Hope you are hungry - because in this month’s edition of Fukuoka Now we have lots of tasty information for you! Have you wanted to try Kobe beef? This month we introduce Ryuen Nish...
May 29, 2017Now Reports
Fukuoka’s Hydrangeas
Did you know that the hydrangeas that bloom during the rainy season in June and July are native to Japan? People have enjoyed these flowers since olden times, and they are even men...
May 29, 2017Now Reports
Funanorikomi – June Kabuki Canal Procession
Under a sunny sky today, the kabuki actors along with invited VIP paraded down the Naka River while fans cheered on from the riverbanks. The procession began at Seiryu Park and end...
May 24, 2017Now Reports
Fukubiru Shibafu Beer Garden – 2017 Report
The beer garden at the rooftop of Fukuoka Building, “Fukubiru Shibafu Beer Garden” is one of the city’s longest-standing beer gardens. And on May 18, Fukuoka Now ...
May 19, 2017Now Reports
Custard Cream Apple Pie Store “Ringo” Opens In Tenjin
Bake Inc. the Hokkaido-based company behind the wildly successful brand “Bake” cheese tarts, will open a new shop, also in Fukuoka’s Tenjin Chikagai (underground shopping center) f...
May 16, 2017Now Reports
Stephane Camus
On Wednesday, April 12 Fukuoka Now attended the launch event for Ikkyu Tea, a Fukuoka-based company founded in March 2016 with the sole aim of selling Kyushu green tea and promotin...
Apr 26, 2017Now Reports
May 2017 Fukuoka Now
Japanese national holidays including Showa Day, Constitution Memorial Day, Greenery Day and Children’s Day are all lumped near the first week of May and for many it’s truly a Golde...
Apr 25, 2017Now Reports
Come See the New and Improved Marine World Uminonakamichi
Marine World Uminonakamichi, the only aquarium in Fukuoka Prefecture, reopened on Apr. 12 after undergoing renovations. Previously, the aquarium showcased fish and other ocean life...
Apr 25, 2017Now Reports
Ippudo Stand – Some Sake with your Ramen?
Ippudo is back in Tenjin – and it’s got a new flavor. Devotees of the brand’s trademark ramen needn’t worry: the revamped Nishi-dori branch still serves steaming bowls of Shiromaru...