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<\/p>\nThe Pizza Festival unites Italy and Fukuoka through a shared love of celebration and fresh, natural ingredients. Under the direction of owner Tomohide Shitama of Pizzeria Da Gaetano\u2014which carries on the tradition of a historic pizzeria from Ischia Island, the birthplace of pizza\u2014some of Japan\u2019s top pizzaioli will gather to bake authentic Neapolitan pizzas in Italian wood-fired ovens using ingredients imported from Naples. Five types will be available, including Margherita, Quattro Formaggi, and Montanara (fried pizza), priced \u00a51,500\u2013\u00a52,500. Eight popular Italian restaurants from Fukuoka will also serve food, along with Italian wine and draft beer.<\/p>\n
A hands-on \u201cPizzeria Experience\u201d for elementary school children will be held Oct. 18\u201319 from 15:30 to 16:30 (same-day registration from 15:00 \/ \u00a53,000 \/ limited to 10 participants per day).<\/p>\n
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\u2022 10\/16 (Thu.) ~ 10\/19 (Sun.) The Pizza Festival unites Italy and Fukuoka through a shared love of celebration and fresh, natural ingredients. Under the direction of owner…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173624","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-chuo-ku","event-type-festival","event-type-food-drink","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/173624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 16:00~22:00 (10\/18: 11:00~22:00, 10\/29: 11:00~21:00) *L.O. 30 min. before closing
\n\u2022 Free entry
\n\u2022 Fukuoka Daimyo Garden City Plaza
\n\u2022 2-6-50 Daimyo, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka<\/a>
\n\u2022 https:\/\/pizzafes.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Japan](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_japan-pizza-festival_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=1270%2C1802&ssl=1\")
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