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Mar 31, 2014Now Reports
Hakata Sennennomon Gate
In 1242, Enni Ben'en (posthumous name: Shouichi Kokushi) founded Jotenji Temple, a place with deep ties to Hakata-ori textiles and the presumed origin of the Hakata Yamakasa festiv...
Mar 28, 2014Now Reports
April 2014 Fukuoka Now
Finally! The winter is over and it's time to set sail on Hakata Bay for a fresh air adventure! This month we learn about sailing in Fukuoka from Linda Saza, a long-time Fukuoka res...
Mar 28, 2014Now Reports
Fukuoka City Muslim Friendly Restaurant Guide
This guide introduces a number of the Muslim-friendly establishments in the city of Fukuoka, along with maps to help you find them. It is designed to help Muslim visitors enjoy the...
Mar 28, 2014Now Reports
Fukuoka Kau Kau: Don Quijote
Fukuoka is a compact city bursting with trendy boutiques, big department stores and everything in between; it’s a shopper’s paradise. We gave a foreigner a budget and a number of i...
Mar 28, 2014Now Reports
Jaap Mulder
Jaap Mulder first sailed into Hakata bay with his wife Marijke in 1989, as part of a yacht race during Yokatopia Expo from Auckland, Fukuoka’s sister city in New Zealand. The pair,...
Mar 28, 2014Now Reports
Sail Away! Fukuoka
Contrary to popular belief, sailing is not just a rich man’s sport. It can be a very relaxing and affordable pastime… after all, wind is free! Read our full online guid...
Mar 27, 2014Now Reports
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...
Mar 12, 2014Now Reports
Congratulations to Austrian Baker Sailer
March 10 (Mon.) an event was held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Backerei & Konditorei Sailer in Fukuoka. For the unacquainted, Sailer is a truly remarkable Austrian ba...
Mar 12, 2014Now Reports
Ohori Park’s Row Boats, Swans and Mini-Pontoon Boats
Cute Swan shaped paddle boats and old-school row boats are a familiar sight on Ohori Park’s pond. They are still there, but as of last week a new and decisively flashy kind of padd...
Feb 28, 2014Now Reports
March 2014 Fukuoka Now
The warm spring weather encouraged FN to take two trips this month! The first is a short hike at Genko Borui in Imazu. Just minutes from Tenjin, this walking course is full of hist...