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Thai Airways and Tourism Authority of Thailand Celebrate 20 years in Fukuoka

In 1982 Thai Airways began their first regularly scheduled flights between Bangkok from Fukuoka. They now operate a daily flight carrying an ever increasing number of Japanese tour...

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Cool Biz is here!

From May 1, Fukuoka City started “cool biz”- an environmentally friendly cooling solution for summer in Japan. It allows city employees to attend work without ties and jackets, in ...

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LAOX Fukuoka – New Open – Photo Report!

Adding the seemingly endless options of places to shop in this city, LAOX, the famous electronic goods and duty free from Tokyo opened their first store in Kyushu on the 4th floor ...

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NOW Staff Question – How do you deal with gogatsu byou?

When Golden Week is over, a symptom called gogatsu byou – or May blues – often occurs to Japanese people. Don’t worry, it’s nothing serious (or even medical...

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Nishitetsu Stores begin Home Delivery

Nishitetsu Store will launch a new home-delivery service on May 28. If you live in the Minami-ku area of Fukuoka, you can place an order by telephone or online, and your goods will...

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Snapshot! – SCRUM! Fukuoka Touch Rugby!

The Ruamoko Fukuoka Touch Rugby team just kicked off in April 2011 but they already have over 20 regular members of all ages, nationalities and genders. They play at Maizuru Park o...

Snapshot! – Au Revoir Kooza

Inside the Fukuoka Big Top in Hakozaki the latest Cirque du Soleil extravaganza, Daihatsu Kooza, entertained more than 10,000 guests over three months, since its launch on Feb. 9. ...

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Snapshot! – Classifieds’ Poster Boy

John Shiomi, long-time Yame, Fukuoka resident from LA, found a job, over 30 friends and a wife all on the Fukuoka Now Classifieds! We had a chat with John before he moved back to t...

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