Fukuoka Now

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Fukuoka NowKyushuFukuoka West Coast 2-Day Itinerary: Nishinoura and Futamigaura The stretch of coastline from Nishiura to Futamigaura, facing the Genkai Sea, is known as Fukuoka’s West Coast. Traditional fishing ports and villages remain part of the landscape...

September 11

Fukuoka NowKyushuTwo Days on Fukuoka’s East Coast: Sea, Island Life and Local Encounters The area stretching from Uminonakamichi to Shikanoshima feels remarkably different from central Fukuoka, even though it is still within the city limits. Cycle along the waterfront...

September 11

Fukuoka NowKyushuCanal City Hakata East Building Reopens: A First Look Inside Canal City Hakata's East Building reopens on Sep 4, 2026 after being closed since May 2023. Across its three floors, 16 stores bring together furniture and interiors, fashion, lifestyle goods, Kyushu…

September 3

Fukuoka NowKyushuA Doctor Between Two Medical Cultures: Dr. Ronald Schlemper on Healthcare in Japan Sixteen years after Fukuoka Now first profiled him, the Dutch-born physician reflects on 22 years at International Clinic Tojinmachi, his new model of care, and what Japan gets right and wrong about…

September 1

Fukuoka NowKyushuFukuoka International School Opens New North Wing in Momochi On Aug 31, 2026, Fukuoka International School (FIS) marked the completion of its new North Wing with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, campus tour and community gathering.

August 31

Fukuoka NowKyushuBOUNCEE by RIHGA Fukuoka Hakata Opens in Gionmachi Fukuoka is a city where younger generations and international visitors mingle, and new shops and services continue to emerge.

August 31

Fukuoka NowKyushuTour de Kyushu 2026 Fukuoka Stage: Tenjin Spectator Guide Saturday, October 10. An international road race will sweep through the streets of Fukuoka and finish right in the heart of Tenjin.

August 26

Fukuoka NowKyushuFrom Fukuoka to Kickstarter: JP Villeneuve Launches Seratone Karaoke JP is the founder and CEO of New Town, and Seratone is the company’s first product, a compact audio device designed to turn speakers you already own into a proper karaoke system.

August 17

Fukuoka NowKyushuBreakfast at Yamaya Sohonten Zen: A Refined Hakata Morning in Shirogane A Refined Fukuoka Morning in Shirogane. Leave home a little earlier than usual and sit overlooking a quiet garden while waiting for rice to finish cooking in a clay pot.

August 10

Fukuoka NowKyushuWhat makes Meiji Park more than just a new park beside Hakata Station Meiji Park sits in the middle of the Hakata Connected area, where the district around Hakata Station is being remade with newer, more earthquake-resistant buildings.

August 8

Day by Day Japan plans a first trip to Japan the way a friend who lives here would: one day at a time, with the trains and the prices written down.

Each route is a real day or weekend: where to go first, how long the walk or the train takes, what the ticket costs and where to eat on the way. Prices come from the operator's or the place's own published fares and carry the date they were checked; where we have not checked a price, the route says so instead of guessing. If it rains, the route has a plan B.

Around the routes sits the week in Japan. Every few hours the site reads the Japanese city and food press and the English-language desks in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Fukuoka, and puts the places they name on one map. Headlines stay in the language they were written in, every story links to its source, and we quote no more than a line.

The routes and notes are written by one editor under a pen name, Sora Nakamura, drafted with AI assistance from checked material and read before they go out. Day by Day Japan is independent: no advertisers, no affiliate links, no bookings.