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Feb 28, 2017Now Reports
Choun Yamazaki: A Famous Sculptor from Hakata
In the middle of Higashi Park stands a bronze statue of Emperor Kameyama, who ruled in the Kamakura period at the end of the 13th century. When the Mongols invaded, he visited shri...
Feb 28, 2017Now Reports
This Month in Fukuoka: March 2017
Welcome to Fukuoka Now! Since 1998 our team of local experts have been introducing the best of Fukuoka to the world. Here are our This Month picks for the month of March, featuring...
Feb 21, 2017Now Reports
Michael Hall
Michael Hall is one of Fukuoka’s long time residents, moving to the city some 35 years ago. Over the last few years he has funnelled his passion for agriculture into the the explor...
Feb 14, 2017Now Reports
World Hobby Festival 2017 Report
The World Hobby Festival, WHF for short, brought the excitement of the hobby and game worlds to Fukuoka last Sunday (Feb. 12). The event, held in the monstrously large Yahuoku! Dom...
Feb 13, 2017Now Reports
Interview with a Sento Expert: Masami Usagawa
By day, Masami Usagawa is a Korean-Japanese translator and interpreter living in Fukuoka. She also has a fascinating second life: one in which she has visited over one thousand sen...
Feb 3, 2017Now Reports
Sulbing a Korean Shaved Ice Cafe from Busan Opens in Tenjin
The Korean dessert cafe Sulbing opened Feb. 3 on the B2F floor of Vioro Tenjin, Fukuoka. This is the cafe's second shop in Japan, following the opening of its shop in Harajuku, Tok...
Feb 1, 2017Now Reports
Jeremy Brown
Jeremy Brown is an Australian graphic designer who moved to Fukuoka in March 2016 with his wife Hiromi and son Kenji. Prior to his new life in Fukuoka, he lived and worked in Brisb...
Jan 25, 2017Now Reports
February 2017 Fukuoka Now
It's all about islands this month, as we feature five of Kyushu's islands, all replete with nature and adventure and with direct connections to Fukuoka. February is the month of fr...
Jan 25, 2017Now Reports
This Month in Fukuoka: February 2017
Welcome to Fukuoka Now! Since 1998 our team of local experts have been introducing the best of Fukuoka to the world. Here are our This Month picks for the month of January, featuri...
Jan 25, 2017Now Reports
Five Islands a Hop, Skip and a Jump from Fukuoka: Yakushima, Tsushima, Iki, Kamigoto, Shimogoto
There are many islands in Kyushu that lie just a short trip away from Fukuoka by direct ferry or plane. Here are five islands abundant with nature, that show a side of Japan replet...