Now Reports

This Month in Fukuoka – May 2016

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• #Fukuoka Prefecture

Hard Rock Cafe Rocks New Hakata Venue – Pre-Opening Report

Today is Hard Rock Cafe Fukuoka’s sweet sixteenth! After 16 years of rocking out at Hawks Town Mall, the restaurant and bar has moved to the new JRJP Hakata Building, conveniently ...

• #Hakata

Secret Witches Exhibition Report

For the next month, Fukuoka City Museum is playing host to the travelling “Secret Witches Exhibition,” which is continuing its tour of Japan. This exciting and extremely well-prese...

• #Momochi / Nishijin

Kitte Hakata Pre-Opening Report

Fukuoka Now attended a pre-opening event at Fukuoka’s newest shopping complex, Kitte Hakata, which opens to the public on Apr. 21. The 14-story complex will be home to 131 shops, i...

• #Hakata

Shaves & Cuts – Frank’s Chop Shop in Fukuoka

Frank’s Chop Shop, the New York barber with rave reviews from Men’s Journal, ESPN and Time Out New York, has opened its first Asian branch right here in Fukuoka! The barber shop ap...

• #Tenjin

Hawks: Dawn of a Dynasty

Keen to support our hometown heroes the SoftBank Hawks, but don’t know much about baseball? Never fear! Matt Schuellein is here to give you the lowdown on our Pacific League Champi...

• #Momochi / Nishijin

Green Bean to Bar Opens in Tenjin – Fukuoka’s Newest Artisanal Chocolate Shop

Good news for Fukuoka’s chocoholics! Green Bean to Bar opened their chocolate factory-meets-shop-meets-cafe on the first floor of Nishitetsu Tenjin Class on Apr. 1. This is Green B...

• #Tenjin

Dean & DeLuca Celebrates First Anniversary in Fukuoka

Jess McHugh wrote her first report for Fukuoka Now on Dean & DeLuca’s grand opening in Solaria Plaza last year. A year on, she returned to the scene for its first anniversary celeb...

• #Tenjin