Very interesting festival is held in Yanagawa Southern city in Fukuoka Prefecture. Yanagawa is famous for a city of water ways. Music and ceremonies are showed on a floating stage made from canal boats tied together at this festival. Enjoy looking around the stalls on the streets by the canal! a floating stage! Access 50min by Nishitetsu train to Yanagawa station [...] ...

[ 2011/03/19 9:00 AM to 2011/09/30 9:00 PM. ] ONE PIECE is very popular Japanese animation and manga series about the adventures of pirates. There are new restaurant, shop and amusement attraction represent the world of ONE PIECE!! You can enjoy cruising on “Thousand Sunny” which is the pirate ship of the ONE PIECE main characters!! Boarding ticket: 1000yen Let’s have a great adventure in Huis Ten Bosch!! Admission [...] ...

Hakata Dontaku Festival is famous for a lot of parade show. Hakata Machiya Folk Museum offers you the chance to join Dontaku parade!! Let’s experience Japanese festival dance and feel a part of Japanese Cultures!!   Prior booking is essential, and you have to contact the museum again if you cancel it. Ask our staff for booking and cancellation. The [...] ...

Hakata’s brand-new symbol, JR Hakata City has opend!! This is a 12-story (from basement to rooftop) complex department store connected to JR Hakata station. Very convenient to do shopping and eat!! Hundreds of clothing shops and restaurants, a huge book store, a cinema, souvenir shops etc… Tokyu Hands are located on from 1st floor to 5th floor. They offer toys, [...] ...

Beer makers all around Kyushu get gathered in Hakata!! Taste as many kinds of beer as you can!! 700yen for each glass. April 29th – May 8th at Tsubame-no-mori Hiroba, on the rooftop of JR Hakata City. Opening hour : 11am – 7pm. Kyushu Local Beer Fair ...

[ 2011/03/16 10:00 AM to 2011/05/03 8:00 PM. ] Groovisions is the design group in Tokyo. They are active in a variety of media such as music, publishing, product, interior, fashion and the web!! They also produced CD packages and music videos for group such as Rip Slyme. You can see their 200 works created in the last 20 years. This is their first exhibition in Fukuoka!! Don’t miss [...] ...

[ 2011/04/13 10:00 AM to 2011/04/19 6:00 PM. ] Leiji Matsumoto was born in Fukuoka and become a famous creator of anime and manga series. His best known works are “Space Battleship Yamato” and “Galaxy Express 999”. Even if you have never watched his animation, you will enjoy and see the part of Japanese subculture!! Let’s explore the world of Leiji Matsumoto! [caption id="attachment_3841" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Space Battleship [...] ...

[ 2011/06/01; 7:00 PM; 2011/06/02; 7:00 PM; ] Japanese traditional drumming group is coming to Fukuoka in June After touring 17 countries, 400cities!! It’s not only just drumming but ART!! Enjoy their artistic performance and unique music!! Ticket is from 4500yen (door ticket 5000yen). June. 1st and 2nd At Acros Fukuoka Start : 7pm Access 5min walk from Tenjin subway station. [caption id="attachment_3838" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="TAO"][/caption] ...

[ 2011/04/15; 6:00 PM; 2011/04/16; 6:00 PM; 2011/04/17; 1:00 PM; 2011/04/19; 6:00 PM; 2011/04/21; 6:00 PM; ] Postponed baseball season finally starts from April 12th!! Fukuoka Softbank Hawks’ opening game at Yahoo Japan Dome is 15th!! Date Starting Time Apr. 15th 6pm Apr. 16th 6pm Apr. 17th 1pm Apr. 19th 6pm Apr. 21st 6pm Tickets are from 1000yen!! Let's cheer up our local team together!! Access Take a bus No. 44 from Mizuho, the closest bus stop from the hostel, to Yahoo Dome-mae ,about 40min 220yen. On weekends, not so [...] ...

[ 2012/05/03; 2012/05/04; ] This is one of the most popular events during Golden Week in Japan!! About 2million people visit this festival every year!! The main event is a parade. Many different groups join the parade to show variety of dancing, singing. The festival starts from the afternoon to the evening. There is not only a parade but some stage shows and many [...] ...