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The Yamakasa Happi

It’s no wonder that everyone who sees the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival thinks it’s terrific. Older men clad in business suits who seem so tired of life, and young people too, seem...

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I’d like to teach the world to surf

"Nihon de no mokuteki wa nan desu ka?"... I confess to being lost for words recently when a Japanese colleague asked me this deceptively simple question. Did he mean professionally...

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Go to Goto

Searching for the Simple Life? Located 80km off the coast of Nagasaki city, Fukue-shima is a perfect place for a detox from the city. By Marika Galadza

New Multicultural Milestone – Fukuoka Masjid

This month Fukuoka Now reports on a significant landmark of internationalization in Fukuoka: the opening of Kyushu's first mosque, Fukuoka Masjid and Al-Nour Islamic Cultural Cente...

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A Wife Less Ordinary

It began with a light, deceptively superficial conversation on an evening soon after I started working... by Scott Burke

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Kabuki Comes To Town

Hakata-za is a big favorite not only of Fukuoka City residents, but its popularity has spread throughout Kyushu and extends to the rest of the country. Located in Shimokawabata-cho...

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Shita-gokoro

Shitagokoro, the sister shop of "Fridge", a popular Italian restaurant-bar in Haruyoshi, is a highly recommended example of a new breed of izakaya that blends great food with moder...

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A Nation of Food Otaku

I come from a country where culinary sophistication amounts to adding chives to your potatoes and where a jam sandwich is considered a perfectly acceptable lunch. by Chris Wood...

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