{"id":73472,"date":"2014-12-22T16:34:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T07:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=feature&p=57249"},"modified":"2017-06-13T12:48:15","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T03:48:15","slug":"january-2015-fukuoka-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/january-2015-fukuoka-now\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2015 Fukuoka Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first issue of 2015 kicks off with a look at Fukuoka\u2019s Tastiest Markets – namely \u201cDepachika\u201d, the basement floors of Fukuoka\u2019s four large department stores. On the Snapshot page our intern from New Zealand, Tomo Greer files a report from a Women\u2019s Blindfolded Sumo event and \u201c5th Avenue\u201d, a New York Style Steakhouse in Imaizumi is our featured gourmet destination. Our feature interview is with Bobby Judo who is breaking ground quickly in both local and national media as a bilingual television and radio personality. Read our the full interview and see some of his videos on our website too. January\u2019s event calendar page is chock-a-block with things to do and see, and we also include an announcement for Fukuoka Now\u2019s next big social event – \u201cFukuoka Now\u2019s Valentine Party!\u201d on Feb. 13. Pick up a hard copy at all the usual spots or download the PDF. For even more goodies – access the Fukuoka Now website. Happy New Year!<\/p>\n

Expand the viewer below to browse the magazine\u2026<\/p>\n

Feature: Depachika Guide<\/a>
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Feature: Countdown and New Year’s Guide<\/a>
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In Fukuoka: Bobby Judo<\/a>
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Feature: Women\u2019s Blindfolded Sumo<\/a>
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Gourmet: 5th Avenue<\/a>
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Fukuoka City Bulletin: January 2015<\/a>
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Fukuoka Topic: Tenmangu: The Origin of Tenjin’s Name<\/a>
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Special Event: Fukuoka Now\u2019s Valentines Party<\/a>
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Also recently published:<\/strong>
\nKyushu Ski & Snowboard Mini-Guide<\/a>
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Nengajo \u2013 How to Make a Japanese New Year\u2019s Card<\/a>
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Hiking Guide: Kaya-san<\/a>
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The first issue of 2015 kicks off with a look at Fukuoka\u2019s Tastiest Markets – namely \u201cDepachika\u201d, the basement floors of Fukuoka\u2019s four large department stores. On the Snapshot page our intern from New Zealand, Tomo Greer files a report from a Women\u2019s Blindfolded Sumo event and \u201c5th Avenue\u201d, a New York Style Steakhouse in Imaizumi is our featured gourmet destination. Our feature interview is with Bobby Judo who is breaking ground quickly in both local and national media as a bilingual television and radio personality. Read our the full interview and see some of his videos on our website too. January\u2019s event calendar page is chock-a-block with things to do and see, and we also include an announcement for Fukuoka Now\u2019s next big social event – \u201cFukuoka Now\u2019s Valentine Party!\u201d on Feb. 13. Pick up a hard copy at all the usual spots or download the PDF. For even more goodies – access the Fukuoka Now website. Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"57249","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","location-fukuoka-city","en-US"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/193-vicky-cover-001.jpg?fit=640%2C474&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99163,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73472\/revisions\/99163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}