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Fukuoka Canada Day Party 2018 – Report

July 1st was a sweltering hot summer day in Fukuoka, but down in the basement of Hotel Il Palazzo, it was cool as a cucumber for the Fukuoka Canada Day Party! By the time the natio...

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July 2018 Fukuoka Now

The Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival kicks off on July 1st and to help you enjoy it even more, we prepared a festival guide and a handy map for Oiyama (the climax) on the morning of J...

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Iki Island Summer Adventure!

Any time of year is a good time to visit Iki, but it’s summer, so let’s hit the beaches, and Iki has some of the best in Kyushu. And by best we don’t just mean beautiful, but the s...

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Step Back in Time with a Visit to the Hakoshima Residence

The Karatsu Kaido was a spur line of the Nagasaki Kaido, an Edo era highway that connected modern-day Kitakyushu with Karatsu (Saga Prefecture) via Fukuoka City. There were five re...

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Citadel

With jars of homemade liqueurs lining the counter, Citadel, which opened last April and is fast becoming another Daimyo hot spot, looks like a science lab at first glance,...

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Murata Akasaka Keyaki-dori

Murata, one of the city’s better known purveyors of soba, opened up its second shop on the chic Keyaki-dori Ave. in Akasaka this April. The shop is headed up by second generation o...

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1101sai

This April, Yame Miryokuen, a cooperative of five green tea farmers, opened its own cafe in Otemon, making it one of the few cafes in the city that serves up high-grade green tea d...

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Suiko Sushi

For more than 10 years, Suiko Sushi has offered sushi made from locally-sourced seafood, with a focus on providing seasonal delights. Owner Motohide Midorikawa, a veteran sushi che...

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