Articles

Gouter Cafe

Lunches, Dinners and Sweets Imagine having a friend who lives in a funky renovated two-story apartment where there’s always cool music playing and something yummy on the stov...

Yakushima, Kagoshima

Yakushima’s Deep Forests “Where’s the concrete?” was my first thought as the breathtaking river valley view lay below me. I had come to believe that Japan w...

Meals on Wheels

Fukuoka’s Yatai Fukuoka City can be proud of many things; spicy mentai-ko, those soaring Hawks, and without question the ubiquious yatai (mobile food stalls) that pop-up all ...

Shinseikai Binro no Yoru

Taiwanese Treat With so much attention focused on mainland China’s economic and social resurgence, it seems as though Taiwan has been pushed into the shadows. However, when i...

Foxy Boxer

Mai Yanagawa Mai Yanagawa The first time I saw Mai she had tears in her eyes. Standing on stage at an Australian Consulate function she was bidding farewell to a superior with her ...

Bagel & Bagel

Bagels and Beyond After years of apprenticing at bakeries in America, Bagel & Bagel owner Hiroki Hayashi realized that to bake a good bagel you needed “cold country̶...

King of Commercials

Jean Christian Bouvier I first met Jean-Christian back in 1999 when he was preparing the launch of his first CM Festival in Fukuoka. He came into our office waving his hands all ov...

Kuju, Oita

Cool Hot Springs and a Carpet of Lavender Finally tsuyu (rainy season) is over and the real Kyushu summer begins. Looking for a way to escape the city heat? Then take a trip to the...