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Nov 18, 2016 Now Reports
Fukuoka Coffee Festival 2016
Early November has brought a crisp, bright canopy of autumn leaves to the city and, last weekend, a similarly striking event, the inaugural Fukuoka Coffee Festival, kicked off at J...
Nov 1, 2016 Local News
UNESCO Recommends Yamakasa and 32 Other Festivals for Intangible Cultural Heritage Status
A UNESCO preliminary review panel announced yesterday, Oct. 31, they are recommending that 33 festivals in Japan receive Intangible Cultural Heritage status. This includes five fes...
Sep 25, 2016 Now Reports
Honjo Kakashi Matsuri – Scarecrow Festival
Today we visited a small village inhabited by scarecrows! As this is the year of the monkey, many monkeys represented too. The festival runs until Oct. 22. The red flower is 彼岸花 “h...
Aug 30, 2016 Now Reports
An Awe-Inspiring Evening: Fukuoka’s First International Ballet Festival is a Big Success
July ended with a real treat for all those who attended one-of-a-kind performances at Fukuoka’s ACROS Symphony Hall and Kitakyushu’s Performing Arts Centre. World-class ballet danc...
Jun 10, 2016 Now Reports
Hakozakigu Shrine Ajisai Festival – Report
As a new intern at Fukuoka Now, I was assigned my first report: exploring the ajisai (hydrangea) festival in the grounds of Hakozakigu Shrine. June to early July mark the rainy sea...
May 25, 2016 Things To Do
Discovering Yame-cha, Shincha and Yame City – A Tea Picking Day Trip
Yame Tea is famous not just in Japan but increasingly throughout the world! In late April, a group of foreign residents from Fukuoka City visited Yuge Seicha, one of Yame City’s mo...
May 17, 2016 Things To Do
Cat Island & Glass Wind Chime Painting Experience Day Trip
Imagine an island where cats reign supreme. Ok, so we could be describing any part of Japan, a country notorious for its appreciation of felines of all stripes. But within easy rea...
Apr 5, 2016 Things To Do
Takenoko Harvesting in Fukuoka
Sakura may be the symbol of spring, but takenoko (bamboo shoots) are commonly regarded as the taste of spring. These chunky shoots are at their best in April (the beginning of spri...
Feb 19, 2016 Now Reports
Fukuoka International Ballet Festival 2016
Beauty, attention to detail and elegance: in a city where these qualities abound it seems only fitting that Fukuoka will play host to an International Ballet Festival this summer. ...
Nov 6, 2015 Now Reports
Hakushu Festival Report 2015
Seventy-seven lantern-adorned boats floating down four kilometers of canals; a whole community coming together with song, dance and festival spirit to honor a homegrown literary le...
