{"id":74602,"date":"2013-07-25T14:55:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T05:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=feature&#038;p=40447"},"modified":"2017-06-13T12:49:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T03:49:11","slug":"august-2013-fukuoka-now-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/august-2013-fukuoka-now-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2013 Fukuoka Now Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weather&#8217;s hot and so are Fukuoka\u2019s summer parties! August kicks off summer party season, and we&#8217;ve got the lowdown on this year&#8217;s biggest events: our <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/summerparty\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thai-style Summer Poolside Party<\/a> in Hakata on Aug. 9, <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/event\/isla-de-salsa-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\">Isla de Salsa<\/a> at Seaside Momochi on Aug. 24 &amp; 25, and <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/sunsetlive\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sunset Live<\/a> in Itoshima on Sep. 6, 7 and 8! We check out a newly opened <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/food\/chaga-shoten-nishijin-ten\/\" target=\"_blank\">tsukemen noodle joint in Nishijin<\/a> &#8211; perfect for a hot summer night, and this month&#8217;s jointly authored dodesho piece &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/feature\/alien-asian\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alien Asian<\/a>&#8221; explores the complexities and frustrations of life as an Asian gaikokujin in Japan. Meanwhile, we&#8217;re putting out the call for applicants for the next <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/gaikokujin-star-tanjo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gaikokujin Star Tanjo<\/a> talent show and party &#8211; maybe you or your friend should <a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/gaikokujin-star-tanjo-apply\/\" target=\"_blank\">audition<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Expand the viewer below to browse the magazine\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html#3209099\/4171442\" height=\"454\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather&#8217;s hot and so are the parties in Fukuoka this summer!  August kicks off summer party season, and we&#8217;ve got the info on this year&#8217;s biggest events: the Thai-style Summer Poolside Party in Hakata on Aug.9, Isla de Salsa at Seaside Momochi on Aug.25 &#038; 25, and Sunset Live at Itoshima on Sep. 6, 7 and 8! We check out a newly opened tsukemen noodle joint in Nishijin &#8211; perfect for a hot summer night, and this month&#8217;s jointly written dodesho piece &#8220;Alien Asian&#8221; explores the complexities and frustrations of life as an Asian gaikokujin in Japan. Meanwhile, we&#8217;re putting out the call for applicants for the next Gaikokujin Star Tanjo talent show &#8211; do you have what it takes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"40447","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74602","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\/2013\/07\/fn176-web-top-banner.jpg?fit=650%2C420&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74602","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=74602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99194,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74602\/revisions\/99194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}