{"id":73482,"date":"2014-11-28T10:37:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T01:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=feature&#038;p=56320"},"modified":"2017-06-26T18:41:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T09:41:04","slug":"december-2014-fukuoka-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/december-2014-fukuoka-now\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2014 Fukuoka Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter is approaching but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t have fun outdoors, as a group of four Japanese language students from the UK prove. Their mission was to see as much and do as much as they could in Itoshima using a rental car for 12 hours. The result is this month\u2019s feature: Itoshima Adventure &#8211; Winter Edition! Check out their route which included a forest adventure, visit to a traditional salt factory, lunch at the oyster huts, frisbee on the beach and more! Last issue we announced Fukuoka\u2019s first-ever LGBT Rainbow Parade and this issue we follow up with a report complete with many photos. Our interview this month was with Rupert Singleton, a professional photographer who moved to Fukuoka one year ago from Singapore. For your dining pleasure we introduce Toriden, a classy place to enjoy <em>mizutaki<\/em>, one of Hakata\u2019s most traditional dishes. We also present four new guides! Winter Illumination Guide, Itoshima Oyster Hut Guide, Hiking Guide \u2013 Hiko-san and a Rental Bicycle Guide Bicycle. Our regular features such as Fukuoka City Bulletin, and Fukuoka Topic are also worth a peek! This is our last issue for 2014 &#8211; we hoped you enjoyed all the news, events, and topics from Fukuoka (NOW!)<\/p>\n<p>Expand the viewer below to browse the magazine\u2026<\/p>\n<div data-configid=\"0\/10328123\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 454px;\" class=\"issuuembed\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" async=\"true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Feature: <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/feature\/itoshima-adventure-winter-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\">Itoshima Adventure &#8211; Winter Edition!<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/feature\/itoshima-adventure-winter-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56535\" alt=\"fn192-itoshima-rental-car-1578-300x200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fn192-itoshima-rental-car-1578-300x2001.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feature: <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/2014\/11\/fukuokas-first-lgbt-rainbow-parade\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rainbow Parade Photo Report<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/2014\/11\/fukuokas-first-lgbt-rainbow-parade\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56351\" alt=\"lgbt-2014-web-report-007-300x225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/lgbt-2014-web-report-007-300x2251.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Fukuoka: <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/feature\/rupert-singleton\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rupert Singleton<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/feature\/rupert-singleton\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56533\" alt=\"fn192-in-fukuoka-rupert-canon-248\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fn192-in-fukuoka-rupert-canon-2481.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gourmet: <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/food\/toriden\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toriden<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/food\/toriden\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56537\" alt=\"fn192-gourmet-toriden3-300x199\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fn192-gourmet-toriden3-300x1991.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feature: <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/2014\/11\/fukuoka-winter-illumination-guide-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Winter Illumination Guide<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/2014\/11\/fukuoka-winter-illumination-guide-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56352\" alt=\"Hakata-Eki-1-300x198\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hakata-Eki-1-300x1981.jpg?resize=300%2C198\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feature: <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/2014\/11\/itoshima-kakigoya-oyster-hut-guide-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Itoshima Oyster Hut Guide<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/2014\/11\/itoshima-kakigoya-oyster-hut-guide-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56532\" alt=\"kakigoya-itoshima-pre-opening-2014-003-300x225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kakigoya-itoshima-pre-opening-2014-003-300x2251.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feature: <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/2014\/11\/hiking-guide-hiko-san\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hiking Guide &#8211; Hiko-san<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/2014\/11\/hiking-guide-hiko-san\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56353\" alt=\"Picture-1-300x200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Picture-1-300x2001.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feature: <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/2014\/11\/rental-bicycle-guide-for-fukuoka\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rental Bicycle Guide<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/2014\/11\/rental-bicycle-guide-for-fukuoka\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56355\" alt=\"Bicycle\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Bicycle.jpg?resize=300%2C264\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fukuoka City Bulletin: <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/feature\/fukuoka-city-bulletin-december-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">December 2014<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/feature\/fukuoka-city-bulletin-december-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56434\" alt=\"fn192-city-bulletin-main-300x200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fn192-city-bulletin-main-300x2001.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fukuoka Topic: <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/feature\/even-christmas-illuminations-are-eco-friendly\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eco-Friendly Christmas Illuminations<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/feature\/even-christmas-illuminations-are-eco-friendly\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56440\" alt=\"fn192-Fukuoka-topic-300x217\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fn192-Fukuoka-topic-300x2171.jpg?resize=300%2C217\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Event: <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/event\/daimyo-winter-party-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daimyo Winter Party<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/event\/daimyo-winter-party-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56387\" alt=\"Daimyo-Party-300x200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Daimyo-Party-300x2001.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter is approaching but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t have fun outdoors, as a group of four Japanese language students from the UK prove. Their mission was to see as much and do as much as they could in Itoshima using a rental car for 12 hours. The result is this month\u2019s feature: Itoshima Adventure &#8211; Winter Edition! Check out their route which included a forest adventure, visit to a traditional salt factory, lunch at the oyster huts, frisbee on the beach and more! Last issue we announced Fukuoka\u2019s first-ever LGBT Rainbow Parade and this issue we follow up with a report complete with many photos. Our interview this month was with Rupert Singleton, a professional photographer who moved to Fukuoka one year ago from Singapore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"56320","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[5124],"class_list":["post-73482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-outdoors","location-fukuoka-city","en-US"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fn192.jpg?fit=1051%2C757&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73482","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=73482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99165,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73482\/revisions\/99165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}