[ 2012/03/19 to 2012/04/17. ] Day time? Night time? Doesn’t matter! Atago shrine is a popular place to view cherry blossoms any time!! The trees are lightened up at night. On April 8th (Sun.), there will be poetry reading and picture scroll displays!! [caption id="attachment_6124" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Atago Sakura Festival"][/caption] Venue: Atago Shrine Period: March 19th (Mon.) – April 17th (Tue.) Admission: Free Access Take a subway from Hakata [...] ...

[ 2012/03/17 to 2012/04/08. ] About 300,000 tulips will be displayed for celebrating its 20th anniversary!! Other event attractions include rare tulip exhibition, flower market and more. Don’t miss this annual tulip festival!!! [caption id="attachment_6118" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Huis Ten Bosch Grand Tulip Festival"][/caption] Venue: Huis Ten Bosch Period: March 17th (Sat.) – April 8th (Sun.) Time varies by date. Admission: 3000yen Access By train – Take JR limited train [...] ...

[ 2012/02/04 10:30 AM to 2012/03/25 7:30 PM. ] This is an annual exhibition is for the connection between people with disabilities and the community through art. Especially this year, the portraits, picture diaries and video works were created for the result of the artists’ communication with those in the affected Tohoku area. [caption id="attachment_6100" align="aligncenter" width="212" caption="Able Art 2012 Life Map-note"][/caption] Venue: Gallery Artelier, B2F Hakata [...] ...

[ 2012/03/09 9:30 AM to 2012/03/13 4:30 PM. ] HAYABUSA was an unmanned spacecraft to return a sample of material from a small asteroid named Itokawa to Earth. This special exhibition is for the successful return of Hayabusa capsule. You can watch “Hayabusa capsule”as the actual size, “Panel Remarks” and a model of “Hayabusa” Don’t miss this special exhibition!!! Venue: Fukuoka Science Museum in Kurume City. Date: March 9th [...] ...

[ 2012/02/21; 7:00 PM; ] Richard Street who is an original member of The Temptations will take the stage and perform worldwide hits from The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gay and more. This great live music will attract you!! Venue: Fukuoka Sun Palace Hotel & Hall Date: February 21st (Tue.) Start: 19:00 Admission A: 5500yen, B: 5000yen, C: 4500yen Access Take a bus #99 or #88 from “Hakata [...] ...

[ 2012/02/17 10:00 AM to 2012/02/18 5:00 PM. ] About 30 thousand people join this annual event. This huge handcraft fair displays of items made from paper, cloth, glass as well as a fashion show, talk show, lectures and so on. Don’t miss the event if you are a person who likes making things yourself!! Venue: Marine Messe Fukuoka Date: February 17th (Fri.) – 18th (Sat.) Time: 10:00 – [...] ...

[ 2012/02/10 10:00 AM to 2012/02/12 4:00 PM. ] The exhibition of Japanese and Western antiques will be held by licensed dealers!! Also you can have your own antiques valued by experts. Valuations are limited to 20 people. Venue: Fukuoka Convention Center Date: February 10th (Fri.) – 12th (Sun.) Time: 10:00 – 17:00 (~ 16:00 on 12th.) Admission: Free Access Take a bus #88 at Hakata-eki center biru mae E and get [...] ...

We had a great ehoumaki (roll Sushi) party on 3rd Feb 2012. Thanks everyone for joining our Party!! I hope you guys had a great time. ...

[ 2012/02/10 2:45 PM to 2012/03/31 2:45 PM. ] Dream line Ferry have a special cheap price event between Busan and Fukuoka from Feburary 10th to March 31st!!! Dream line Ferry Depart Busan 9am → Arrive Hakata 12:15pm (3 hours and 15 minutes) Fare: 69000 KRW (weekdays) or 92000 KRW (weekends) + oil surcharge 20000 KRW (round way) Depart Hakata 2:45pm → Arrive Busan 6:00pm (3 hours and [...] ...

[ 2012/02/03; 11:30 AM; ] Setsubun literally means seasonal division. On 3rd of February, it’s said that this is the beginning of spring. Japanese people throw roasted beans on this day to cleanse all evils away and bring good luck!! The bean throwing festival takes place at Atago Shrine. Find a gold or silver bean hidden among those thrown!! Let’s join this event and get [...] ...