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  Summer Returns to Kitakyushu with UNESCO-listed Floats Festival

  KITAKYUSHU — The Tobata Gion Oyamagasa festival, a 220-year-old event inscribed on the UNESCO Intang...

  July 23, 2023

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  Fukuoka: Triple Waterwheel Starts Operating for This Season

  ASAKURA, Fukuoka — A triple waterwheel in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, that is said to be the oldest...

  July 8, 2023

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  Water Lilies Greet the Day in Fukuoka

  Pale yellow water lilies are delighting passersby in a moat at Maizuru Park in Fukuoka City....

  June 21, 2023

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  Japan In Focus

  Fukuoka: American Grand Master Opens Ninjutsu Dojo

  FUKUOKA — An American man who loves ninja is teaching ninjutsu at a dojo in Fukuoka as a grand maste...

  May 6, 2023

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  Hakata Dontaku Festival Back in Full Swing for 1st Time in 4 Years

  Thousands of performers in colorful costumes parade down the street Wednesday in Fukuoka’s annual Ha...

  May 4, 2023

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  Fukuoka: Residents Recreate Bygone U.S. Base Recipes

  FUKUOKA — Recipes created by the wives of U.S. military personnel have been translated and reproduce...

  March 19, 2023

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  Japan In Focus

  Fukuoka: Cat Captures Hearts of Fans with Dignified Demeanor

  ITOSHIMA, Fukuoka — Monta, a 3-year-old cat living in a mountainous area in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefec...

  February 26, 2023

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  Fukuoka: Splashy Festival to Pray for Protection against Fires

  OMUTA, Fukuoka — A traditional — albeit bizarre — festival featuring participants dousing themselves...

  January 28, 2023

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  Fukuoka: Movie theater screens first film after burning down

  KITAKYUSHU — A long-established Kitakyushu movie theater held a special screening in a hotel in the ...

  December 26, 2022

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  Fukuoka: Market recovering step by step after 2 large fires

  KITAKYUSHU — The Tanga Market in Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu, has had a brick-paved plaza installed ...

  December 24, 2022

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  Fukuoka: Cenotaph rebuilt for victims of Mongol invasions

  FUKUOKA — A stone cenotaph for victims of two Mongol invasions of Japan in the 13th century has been...

  December 17, 2022

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  Fukuoka: Straw T. rex thrills park visitors

  CHIKUZEN, Fukuoka — A massive scarecrow in the shape of a Tyrannosaurus rex is delighting visitors t...

  December 3, 2022

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  JR Kyushu’s Two Stars sightseeing train unveiled

  Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, unveiled the sightseeing train Two Stars 4047 to media at a train ...

  September 17, 2022

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  Japan In Focus

  Firefighter reproduces rescue equipment as paper models

  OMUTA, Fukuoka — Designs for paper models of firefighting vehicles and equipment have been made avai...

  August 6, 2022

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  Endangered sea turtles damaging rare plants

  FUKUOKA — The recent surge in the number of endangered green sea turtles poses serious problems, inc...

  August 6, 2022

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