Culture Moomin Comic Strips Exhibition: Fukuoka 2021 Kim Bergström The Moomin Comic Strip Exhibition reaches Fukuoka in mid-May of 2021, and will showcase around 280 drawings and sketches of t...
Food Honey Beat Sweets Buffet 2021 Kim Bergström On weekends from June 5th until June 27th, the Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk will be hosting their Honey Beat Sweets Buffet. A vari...
Culture Asian Market Festa 2025 Kim Bergström Asia offers a myriad of exciting destinations to travel to, in part because of all of the delicious cuisines that the region ...
Culture Hakata Temple Tour 2026 Tristan Scholze Hakata has a fine collection of temples and shrines that make for a relaxing day's stroll. Once a year the city lights up the...
Culture Kajiki Spider Fighting Festival 2027 Laura Keating The townsfolk of Kajiki, a town in Aira City, Kagoshima, happily partake in a tradition which reaches back over four-hundred ...
Culture Toronagashi in Sasebo 2027 Mandy Bartok The souls of Sasebo's departed are guided back to their eternal rest by lanterns set afloat on the Sasebo River on the final ...
Culture The Kokura Gion Festival 2027 Rod Walters The Kokura Gion Festival is a frenzy of mid-summer community drumming in northern Kyushu. Get your taiko on!
Culture Kashima Gatalympics 2027 Georgina Young Japan's craziest sporting event held on the mudflats of Kashima.
Culture Kowakamai Dance in Miyama 2027 Mandy Bartok Kowakamai, a 700 year old dance style, is still performed every year on Janaury 20th in southern Fukuoka prefecture.
Culture Hakata Gion Yamakasa 2027 Elizabeth Wormald Fukuoka's most exciting festival: it's 5 am, the streets are packed, and the men are running.
Docchan Festival 2026 Kim Bergström The Docchan Festival is a long-running Saga event known for its mikoshi (portable shrine) performances, and remains one of Im...
Culture Beppu Fireworks Festival 2027 Dieu Huong Do The Beppu Fireworks Festival is a must-see summer event. It is held annually on either the last weekend of July or first week...
Activities Mikaeri Falls Hydrangea Festival 2027 Kim Bergström Every June, Mikaeri Falls in Saga Prefecture transforms into a lush landscape of color for their annual Hydrangea Festival. S...
Activities Air Memorial in Kanoya 2027 Sarah Mitchell Celebrating the JMSDF's 60th anniversary, the 2014 Air Memorial in Kanoya features the exhibition flying of Blue Impulse, JAS...
Culture Disney Cats and Dogs 2022 Kim Bergström From March 9th until March 27th, Fukuoka Mitsukoshi is hosting a Disney Cats and Dogs Exhibition. The full-scale event will i...
