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Fukuoka Food Event and Media Tour
Fukuoka City is slowly but surely making a name for itself as culinary city. Many factors contribute to this including it’s location on the bountiful Sea of Japan, its temperate cl...
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Nanakusa no Sekku – Report
Today, the 7th of January is Nanakusa no Hi. Nanakusa refers to seven herbs or seven grasses that are eaten together on this day as okayu (rice porridge) for good health for the re...
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“HAFU” Special Screening in Fukuoka – Report
On Dec. 15, Fukuoka Now hosted Kyushu’s premiere screening of documentary film, “Hafu – the mixed-race experience in Japan” at KBC Cinema to a sold out audience of 150. The sc...
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Hakata Tomyo Watching 2013 Report
Report and photos by Sarah Burne James for Fukuoka Now. With a few locations scribbled onto our crumpled map, and not quite sure what to expect, we wandered out of Hakata station t...
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Oktoberfest 2013 Report
Report and photos by Katie Forster for Fukuoka Now. On Saturday evening we headed to the opening weekend of Fukuoka’s yearly Oktoberfest in search of good beer and the possibility ...
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Yamakasa is in Full Swing – Photo Report
Jesse Kirkwood is Fukuoka Now’s reporter on the scene this year’s Yamakasa festival. Summer is here, you may have noticed, and so is the awesome spectacle of the Hakata Gion Yamaka...
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Lobster and More! Canada Food Tasting
Canadian lobster tail, high quality Canadian pork, beef and pancakes…. yummmmm! This week Fukuoka Now staff attended a tasting session for food to be served at the Fukuoka Ca...
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Beer Air 2013 – Special Report
Last night (5/10) Fukuoka Now staff attended the pre-opening event for “Beer Air” – the fabulous outdoor beer garden located on the 4th floor observation deck at Fukuoka Airp...
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IKEA Fukuoka Celebrates 1st Anniversary with Breakfast!
Today Kyushu’s first IKEA store celebrated it’s first year in business! From all accounts it’s seems to have done very well. IKEA announced something new too – breakfast! Beg...
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Tasting Monitors Wanted!
Fukuoka Food Monitor Event – March 2013 Fukuoka Now is helping to produce an event in which resident foreigners will be polled to learn more about the kinds of Japanese foods...
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