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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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Fukuoka Now Beer Garden Guide 2018

There's no better way to combat the summer heat than knocking back a few icy cold beers with friends at one of Fukuoka’s beer gardens. We’ve made your summer easy, compiling a list...

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Behind the scenes of Kabuki at Hakataza

Learn all about these kabuki terminologies, stage parts, traditions, characters and more, and let's go for kabuki at Hakataza!

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