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Report! New Open Espressamente Illy

On Jan. 18 a brand new and very stylish cafe opened inside “Tenjin Chikagai” Fukuoka’s huge underground shopping mall. Beside the snazzy interior we noticed that Espressamente Illy...

Exclusive! Pre-open Report – Gold’s Gym Hakata Fukuoka

On January 18 the very first branch of the world-famous Gold’s Gym opens in Fukuoka, and today Fukuoka Now was given a special pre-open tour. It’s the first Gold’s Gym in Kyushu, a...

Internship at Fukuoka Now – Report by Tomo Greer

Not many university students can say without hesitation, that they managed to land a perfect internship over the break. Sometimes the gap between what you imagined of your internsh...

Coming of Age Day / Seijin no Hi

You may wonder why every teenager in town is walking in the same direction wearing a traditional kimono or a suit. In fact, they do so because today is Seijin no hi (Coming of Age ...

Nanakusa no Sekku – Report

Today, the 7th of January is Nanakusa no Hi. Nanakusa refers to seven herbs or seven grasses that are eaten together on this day as okayu (rice porridge) for good health for the re...

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January 2014 Fukuoka Now Magazine

We’re kicking off 2014 in style, with our cover model Roksana sharing the cover with the Audi R8, ahead of the Fukuoka Motor Show 2014 this month. Inside, we taste from the range o...

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Quin Arbeitman

“I like to get people’s emotions growing - that’s what happens to me when I start playing,” says Quin Arbeitman, a regular performer on the Fukuoka jazz scene. Piano is his instrum...

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Become a Tourist in Your Own Country

I have been studying in Fukuoka for over two months now, on the ‘Japan in Today’s World’ course at Kyushu University. I jumped at the chance to spend a year here because Japanese c...

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