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When traveling on the Nishitetsu Omuta line towards Yanagawa travellers are treated with glimpses of a huge white statue in … More

A neat afternoon at a Whisky conference

Whisky Talk Fukuoka is an annual event, now in its tenth year. It was held on Sunday June 16th and … More

Fukuoka Prefecture is slightly off the tourist track yet it has so many hidden treasures, and Nanzoin Temple (南蔵院) is … More

A version of this article was published in Fukuoka Now, July 2019. Dazaifu is a very important place in Japan … More

Yanagawa is a peaceful canal town 70 km south west of Fukuoka, in the deep south of Kyushu. The town … More

This exhibition was a collaborative exhibition between FAAM, Fukuoka Art Museum and Fukuoka City Museum marking the upcoming Rugby World … More

The bus tour organized by Fukuoka Now on behalf of local governments to Chikugo last Sunday was a brilliant day-out, … More

Hakushu Festival Suijo Paradeis a festival dedicated to the tanka poet and children songwriter, Hakushu Kitahara (1885-1942), who was born … More

The Kougei (crafts) Expo was held the first weekend of November in 2018. This report, my first for the magazine, … More

This was originally published in two separate reports (prose and poetry) for Fukuoka Now in December 2018. It was accompanied … More