{"id":75685,"date":"2013-02-25T15:47:55","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T06:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?p=33657"},"modified":"2016-04-01T01:34:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T16:34:16","slug":"kumamon-makes-appearance-at-japan-halal-expo-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/kumamon-makes-appearance-at-japan-halal-expo-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumamon Makes Appearance at Japan Halal Expo in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon, Fukuoka Now reported on Japan&#8217;s first ever Halal Expo held inside ACROS Fukuoka, Tenjin. The event featured displays of Japanese Halal foods including ramen, soba, udon, gyoza, curry, miso, shoyu, dango, pudding, pasta, amazake (non-alcoholic) and more! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-3.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" title=\"halal fair 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-3.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-4.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-4.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" title=\"halal fair 4\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-4.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-4.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-018.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-018.jpg?resize=640%2C478\" alt=\"\" title=\"halal fair 018\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-018.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-018.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When at around 1:30 pm the crowd flocked to one side of the hall, one of Japan&#8217;s biggest &#8220;celebrities&#8221; and Kumamoto Prefecture mascot, Kumamon made a guest appearance! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-2.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" title=\"halal fair 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-2.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-1.jpg?resize=576%2C768\" alt=\"\" title=\"halal fair 1\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-1.jpg?w=576&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-1.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The star helped out at the booth, offering samples of halal foods to the crowd, and posed for photos with a few lucky fans. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-020.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-020.jpg?resize=640%2C478\" alt=\"\" title=\"halal fair 020\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-020.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-020.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Halal Expo and Forum, access the organizers\u2019 website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halalbusiness.or.jp \" target=\"_blank\">www.halalbusiness.or.jp <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Japan Halal Forum &#038; Expo 2013<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 2\/25 (Mon), 10:00~16:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Free<br \/>\n\u2022 ACROS Fukuoka<br \/>\n\u2022 Expo: Cultural Gallery\/ 2F, 11:00~16:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Forum: Conference Room #608\/ 6F, 10:00~12:00<br \/>\n\u2022 1-1-1,Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City<br \/>\n\u2022 090-3799-1144<br \/>\n\u2022 info@halalbusiness.or.jp<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halalbusiness.or.jp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.halalbusiness.or.jp<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon, Fukuoka Now reported on Japan&#8217;s first ever Halal Expo held inside ACROS Fukuoka, Tenjin. The event featured displays of Japanese Halal foods including ramen, soba, udon, gyoza, curry, miso, shoyu, dango, pudding, pasta, amazake (non-alcoholic) and more! When at around 1:30 pm the crowd flocked to one side of the hall, one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":33659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"33657","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,4914],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-others","location-fukuoka-city","location-tenjin","en-US"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/halal-fair-020.jpg?fit=640%2C478&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75685","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\/6391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85002,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75685\/revisions\/85002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}