Nightlife

Feb 27, 2019 Food & Drink

The Roam Bar

Last fall, the Roam Bar opened its spacious bar and lounge in the chic Shirogane neighborhood. Owner Hiroshi Wada, a master mixologist, offers gorgeous cocktails designed to evoke ...

Dec 19, 2018 Food & Drink

Como Es

Como Es is a music cafe and bar that recently opened in Imaizumi. Inside the renovated 50-year-old house, shop manager Yosuku Nishida's record collection of 20,000-plus LPs feature...

Dec 18, 2018 Food & Drink

Yokaban NY

Stephen Lyman (right), a Japanese government recognized shochu (Japan's indigenous spirit) ambassador from New York, recently relocated to Fukuoka to continue his mission to suppor...

Oct 26, 2018 Food & Drink

Merican Barber Shop Fuk

Merican, located down a dark and twisting stairway, bills itself as a modern-day speakeasy. But wait, it’s a barber shop too?! Walk through the old-school barber shop and there’s a...

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

Coyote Ugly Saloon Fukuoka　

For a boot-stomping, rip-snorting good time, look no further than the legendary Coyote Ugly. ...

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

Two Dogs

If you come from the States you are probably used to a glut of sports bars. Hooters, Pluckers,...

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

Tribe

There are many doors in Fukuoka. Some lead to mundane smoky pachinko halls were elderly folks send balls flying about in the machine with dry amusement. Some lead to steamy rooms w...

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

Yukusu

Fukuoka is one of only a handful of locales in Japan with a thriving natural wine culture, and excellent wines are readily available. At the same time, Japanese wines made from dom...

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

Kebab Bar Ampoules

When one thinks of a kebab joint, Ampoules isn’t what typically what comes to mind. Like many warm windows in Daimyo, this place is easy to walk past....

May 29, 2017 Food & Drink

Jazz Club Kingfish

At Kingfish, located on Kokutai-doro, you can enjoy live jazz, over 300 kinds of whisky, and over 100 different cocktails. The club is a sister shop of a music studio in Tenjin....

Jan 24, 2017 Food & Drink

Kotani Saketen

In business for 65 years, Kotani Saketen is a Daimyo based kakuuchi - a liquor shop that lets you drink what you’ve bought right in the store. You can enjoy 20-plus types of shochu...

Nov 28, 2016 Food & Drink

Bar Leichhardt

Walking into Bar Leichhardt is a similar experience to stepping onto the set of a Bond film. The atmosphere is one of...

Oct 28, 2016 Food & Drink

Wall

Located in the jungle of eateries and apparel shops that is Daimyo, Wall derives its name from its "Vertical Garden” wall decoration. Created on commission by the French modern art...

Sep 19, 2019 Food & Drink

Stand Bar Bem

After winning several awards, Japanese whisky now has a stellar global reputation and the number of craft distilleries is on the rise. At BEM, on a narrow back street in Daimyo, yo...

Aug 28, 2019 Food & Drink

Sake no Kyushu

Located in the basement of JR Hakata City, this standing bar specializes in Kyushu sake. Open 10 am to 11 pm, the bar attracts a regular crowd and sake fans from near and far. The ...

Apr 25, 2019 Food & Drink

Bar Kitchen

Not far from Oyafuko-dori sits Bar Kitchen, with its amazing wall of nearly 3,000 bottles of liquor and a counter made from a 9.5-meter plank of ginkgo. Owner Tomoyuki Oka liked wh...

Jan 31, 2019 Food & Drink

Bar Sebek

Nestled in a tiny alley in Nakasu, Sebek is run by award-winning bartender Makiko Otsu. Her creativity abounds in the tourbillon, which features cognac, black tea and rose syrup, a...

Jun 26, 2018 Food & Drink

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,...

Feb 27, 2018 Food & Drink

Hearts Field

If you like whisky, then you’ll want to stop by Hearts Field, a traditional whisky bar in the basement on Kokutai-doro Ave. in Tenjin. Yuji Kasai has been tending the bar since...

Oct 26, 2017 Food & Drink

Dreieck Park

Dreieck Park is a chic, modern bar next to Triangle Park, not far from Tenjin (dreieck is German for triangle). Step inside, ...

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

Bar Oscar

Bar Oscar is one of Fukuoka’s most well-known authentic bars. Owner and bartender Shuichi Nagatomo, who trained at a famous bar in Tokyo...

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

Off Broadway

Imagine doing something for a quarter of a century, after all that time you'd be pretty good at it right? Off Broadway has been serving up tasty bites and providing a great atmosph...

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

C.C.CAFE　

Remember back to when you were in college and you scored a cool pad with a bunch of chill guys off Craigslist and you would just hang out and chill and play Super Smash Bros on the...

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

Sando Wine Ko

Near Kushida Shrine sits Ko, a funky wine bar opened two years ago by a sommelier couple. Kenichiro used to work as a wine importer, and his wife Junko, a local, was a sommelier in...

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

Kamata Seisakusho

Kamata Seisakusho is nestled among famous temples and shrines a short walk from Hakata Station. Using the name of the ironworks his grandfather ran, owner Takahiro Kamata has been ...

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

Araki Daimyo Honten

Tucked away on the second floor of a funky old building full of eateries and bars in Daimyo is Araki, whose calling card is wine paired with tempura....

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

Todoroki Saketen Yakuin Stand

Last March, the boutique liquor shop Todoroki Saketen added a kakuuchi (standing bar) area called Yakuin Stand...

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

The Craic and Porter

Owner Mike Charron is a longtime Fukuoka resident who worked in food service for decades and then took it upon himself to open his own Irish bar....