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Ancient Egypt in Torino in Fukuoka city
Egyptian collection such as sculptures, mummies and papyrus form Torino, Italy.
Entrance : Adult 1300yen/ Collage and High school student 1000yen/ Junior high and Elementary school student 600yen
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Fukuoka Art Museum
15min by subway from Hakata Station
Central Asian Films in Fukuoka city
Five Central Asian films will be on the show with Japanese and English subtitles.
Fee : Adult 500yen/ College and High school student 400yen/
Junior high and Elementary school student 300yen
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Fukuoka City Public Library
About 20min by subway from Hakata Station.
Super Flea Market at Yahoo Dome
One of the biggest flea market in Kyushu with more than 1500 shops.
Open for 9th to 11th of Jan, 10:00 - 17:00
Entrance : Advance 500yen Door 700yen
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about 20 away by subway from Hakata Station
Toka Ebisu Festival in Fukuoka city
A popular festival to pray to gods of prosperity and good luck.
There are about 300 shops offering food and goods.
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By JR, get off at Yoshizuka Station, one stop away from Hakata Station.
About 30min on foot from Hakata Station
Pompii Exhibition in Fukuoka city
Discover the luxurious life of ancient Romans.
There are elaborate bathtubs, wall paintings, mosaic art sculptures, ceramics and so on.
Fukuoka City Museum is located about 20min away by subway from Hakata Station.
Tama Seseri
This is a 500 year old festival that young men are divided into two teams and fight over an 8-kiro-huge-wooden-ball.The outcome is believed to determine the fate of next year’s harvest and catch of fish
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By JR, get off at Hakozaki Station.
Time 1pm～2pm.
Oniyo in Kurume city.
Every year on January 7th the Daizenji precinct of Kurume City is engulfed in a controlled conflagration that is the Oniyo Fire Festival. The residents gather amidst a cascade of sparks, flames and fireworks at Tamatare Shrine to watch the Shinto priest and the men of the town exorcise the evil spirits and bestow luck, fertility and prosperity on the inhabitants. In a tradition that dates back 1900 years, the six neighborhoods surrounding the shrine construct huge torches and parade them between the holy waters of the Arai river and the shrine in order to chase the devil from the town.
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By JR, get off at Kurume Station and take Nishitetsu bus no.15 to Miyamae.
By Nishitetsu train, get off at Daizanji Station and 5min walk.
| 3 Feb | Setsubun Festival Kushida shrine - Fukuoka City | |
| 11 Feb ～ | Cirque du Soleil-Corteo - Chihaya | |
| 14 Feb-28 Feb | Nagasaki Lantern Festival - Nagasaki city | |
| 28 Feb | Baseball Match- Hawks vs Busan Lotte - Fukuoka City |
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