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March 2017 Fukuoka Now

It’s the month of March, the leaves are turning green, the blossoms are budding and the smell of spring is in the air! We’ve been running around Fukuoka looking for the best places...

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スタッフ募集 Recruit – Fukuoka Now

Fukuoka Now is always on the lookout for talented and motivated people to join our team. Can you help us create more and better contents to share with people interested in Fukuoka ...

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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...

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Hakata Ratanmen Marutan

Here, in the noodle mecca of Fukuoka, Marutan has created a brand new genre called ratanmen - an original combination of Hakata ramen and tantanmen. The first thing you notice is t...

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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...

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Cafe Brasileiro

Originally opened in 1934 by the state of São Paulo to promote Brazilian coffee, Brasileiro is the oldest cafe in Fukuoka. “Our number one priority is coffee,” says second generati...

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Sushi Taro

When Japanese visit Fukuoka, sushi tops their “to eat” list. Fish here is abundant, extremely fresh and reasonably priced. Increasingly, more foreign visitors are also coming to sa...

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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...

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