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- The Fish Heralding Spring’s Arrival
- Shirouo fish or ice goby announce the approach of spring in ...
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- Dreamy Autumn Festival: Hakata Tomyou Lantern Arts Festival
- Every October, Hakata Toumyou Lantern Arts Festival lights u...
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- Hakata’s Autumn Festival - Gokusho Light Up Walk
- The Gokusho area in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka, retains old buildi...
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- Hakata Jocho Meguri Campaign – Come, See and Walk the Town
- Hakata has been active in exchange with continental Asia, an...
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- Fukuoka City or Hakata City?
- In April 1889, the government issued a regulation for munici...
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- June Love Earth Clean-up
- June is Environment Month in Japan, with many environmental ...
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- Urban Landscapes of Fukuoka City
- In 1986, Fukuoka City enacted the legislation that focused o...
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- Fukuoka originated from Okayama Prefecture!?
- There are two names for Fukuoka City, Fukuoka and Hakata, an...
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- Keyaki-dori Avenue, Akasaka - Beautiful Townscape Near the City Center
- The street which runs for about 800 meters from the Gokoku S...
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- Hakata Gion Yamakasa – a Festival that Defines Hakata
- Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival signals the coming of summer i...
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- The Origins of the Dontaku Song
- Hakata Donkatu festival has its own theme song called “Bonch...
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- Hakata-Te-Ippon
- July is the month of the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival, duri...
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- Shudan Yamamise - Expanding Yamakasa’s Appeal
- The Shudan Yamamise (Group Festival Float Display), which st...
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- Geisha to Grace Hakata-za’s Stage
- The Japanese term for the office or agency which owns and ar...
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- Japan’s Only Private-Run Theater Dedicated to Plays
- Hakataza Theater has become a beloved spot in Fukuoka. The t...
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- Sumo Wrestlers Are Coming to Town!
- As the winter draws near to Fukuoka, sumo wrestlers in kimon...
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- A Lovable Local Legend
- Born in Hakata in 1864 at the end of the Shogunate, Otojiro ...
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- Fukuoka City: Where the Robots Roam
- The Robocup event held in Fukuoka City in 2003 gave the firs...
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- Background on Fukuoka’s Asian Month
- Residents of Fukuoka understand just how close we are to oth...
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- Fielding Foreign Tourists’ Questions
- The number of overseas travelers visiting Fukuoka is soaring...
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- Anthologizing Fukuoka's History
- The discovery of “kin’in,” the “golden seal,” in Fukuoka dur...
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- Fukuoka’s Fabulous Fish Market
- Fukuoka is famous throughout Japan for serving tasty seafood...
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- Fresh Delicacies from Land and Sea are the Pride of Fukuoka
- The town known as Fukuoka and Hakata is also popular as a go...
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- Why Food Stalls are So Popular
- “Yatai” food stalls that emerge in Tenjin and along the Naka...
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- Did you know that udon, soba and manju all originated in Hakata?
- Jotenji Temple is known to be where the famous Hakata Gion Y...
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- Creating A Comfortable Transportation System and Unique Communities
- Fukuoka has worked to improve its public transportation syst...
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- Increased Port Calls to Hakata Port by Large-scale Cruise Ships
- The number of foreign visitors to Fukuoka has been growing e...
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- Christmas Lights in Fukuoka
- In December, the streets of Fukuoka shine brilliantly wit...
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- Fukuoka Tower's Statistics are as Easy to Remember as 123 and 234!
- Fukuoka Tower, situated in Seaside Momochi, Sawara Ward, has...
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- A Hakata tradition: monkey masks in the front entrance
- Located in front of the Fujisaki Bus Terminal in Fukuoka Ci...
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- Hakata's Specialty Dish Mizutaki - Inspired by Chinese and Western Cuisine
- When the weather grows cold and the north wind blows, one g...
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