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(English) Sumo Style Talk Event
(English) his sumo themed talk event is held by free paper company Club King to promote their upcoming business project “Dictionary Club Fukuoka School”. The goal of the new project is to discover and develop next generation leaders in Fukuoka. Two main guest speakers at the event are famous celebrity “brain scientist” Kenichi Mogi, and Japanese illustrator/actor Lily Franky. Mogi comes from the east of Japan, Franky comes from the west – and thus the event is “sumo themed”, including a sumo stage. A and C Seating is already sold out – so grab your B Seating tickets while they last!
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(English) “DESIGNING?” Exhibition
(English) The 9th annual “DESIGNING?” exhibition starts in Fukuoka City this weekend, with the motto “Design leads the town better”. This year’s theme is “time” and participants have each interpreted this in their unique spaces for the viewer’s enjoyment. See an array of artworks at select galleries and shops at twenty spots in Fukuoka City until May 19. The event’s main venue is Kego Park in Tenjin, where you can catch talk events, workshops, cafes and and an open-space library until May 13.
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(English) Haruyoshi Yoichi Food Festival
(English) Following last year’s success, this local gourmet event expands to two locations on Watanabe-dori for 2013! Drink, eat, dance and enjoy the festival atmosphere on Sunday May 12. The first location (Denki Building) includes the exciting Haruyoshi Teppan Battle, in which 11 food booths compete for the grand prize of ¥100,000. Sample delicious fried foods from the booths for ¥500, and cast your vote to help decide the winning booth. At a second location (Sun Selco Hiroba) you can enjoy food booths, stage events and live performances.
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(English) Tsushima Fair at Bayside Place
(English) Bayside Place is honoring Tsushima Island for Golden Week, with a two-day “Tsushima Fair”. Tsushima Island is an island of the Japanese archipelago situated in the middle of the Tsushima Strait, and part of Nagasaki Prefecture. Come down to Bayside to enjoy barbecued seafood including fresh oysters and abalone from Tsushima. There’s a “Tsushima Tonchan Butai” B-1 Grand-Prix featuring delicious grilled pork, and you can learn a thing or two about fish preparation from the tuna cleaning show. Taste Tsushima’s locally brewed sake, meet Tsushima’s mascot character “Shimahiko”, and don’t miss Tsushima Moko Daiko’s drum performance!
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(English) JR Hakata City Golden Week
(English) Golden Week at JR Hakata City is great for families with lots of fun activities on offer. Tokyu Hands is holding handicraft workshops: ukulele making (4/27 (Sat.) ~ 4/29 (Mon.), ¥1,000) and leather animal (¥200) or wool accessory (¥300) making (5/5 (Sun.) ~ 6 (Mon.). The MUJI store on the sixth floor of JR Hakata City also offers handicraft workshops, where children can make shopping bags for their mums in time for Mother’s Day (4/28 (Sun.), 5/5 (Sun.) 13:00~, ¥150). Head to the “Tsubame-no-mori Hiroba” rooftop garden to see the limited time “Koinobori Matsuri”, in which 100 carp-shaped streamers from Tsuetate Onsen, Oguni, Kumamoto will be displayed (4/23 (Tue.) ~ May 6 (Mon.)).
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(English) Riverain Walk
(English) Twenty-three restaurants in the Nakasu-Kawabata area participate in this gourmet event, including British Pub MORRIS’ HIPPO, Brooklyn Parlor HAKATA and Jojoen and more! You can buy a pack of three food/drink tickets for ¥1,500 from all participating restaurants, as well as from Hakata Riverain and a special counter inside eeny meeny miny mo. Trade in your tickets for special menu items at each participating shop and enjoy the buzzing gourmet atmosphere.
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(English) Goldenmomochi 2013 Local Brand Beer Festival
(English) This annual festival is a beer lover’s dream! A showcase of top brews from many local breweries across Kyushu including Yufuin Beer from Oita and Marine Beer from Okinawa. Also available are international award winning Kyushu beers, and limited edition beers that are exclusive to the festival! The festival runs over Golden Week, and also includes food stalls with festival foods such as yakitori and edamame- that will perfectly complement your beer!
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(English) May 2013 Fukuoka Now Magazine
(English) The May issue of Fukuoka Now features a guide to Motorbiking in Kyushu by local bike lover Greg O’Keefe. Meanwhile, there’s red meat, wine and good times waiting for you at this month’s featured restaurant – Bistrot Robert et Louise, and Australian reader Shayne Bowden gets some things off his chest in this month’s Dodesho opinion column “Notes from an Overstayer”. We also chat to Yu Ping Tseng – General Manager of China Airlines in Kyushu/Yamaguchi, report on KLM’s first non-stop flight from Amsterdam to Fukuoka, and point you in the direction of our extensive online Hakata Dontaku Guide.
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City Bulletin May 2013
(English) Selected news topics by Fukuoka Now from Fukuoka’s Shisei Dayori.
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ユーピン・セン
チャイナエアラインの九州山口地区の責任者、ユーピンの専攻は金融。同級生の大半が台湾の銀行やセキュリティ関連の職に就く中、彼の選択は異色だった。航空業界に大した興味をもつことなく航空会社に就職したものの、これまでの14年間は「興味とダイナミック」の連続だったという。経済分析部門や、航空機の販売を行う機材管理部門で経験を積んだ後、2年前に九州山口地区の支店長として来福。金融にはじまり、航空機など多様な実績に基づく知識を活かし、福岡のチームを率いている。現在の関心は、お客様と密接な関係を築くためのオンラインでの販売促進。九州と台北の文化的なつながりを活性化させるために、両地域をつなぐ修学旅行用チャーター便のプロジェクトにも取り組んでいる。外国人として住まう”福岡”で、素晴らしい人間関係を築けていることが嬉しいと語るユーピン。福岡だけでなく、鹿児島、宮崎にも路線をもつチャイナエアラインの顔として、更なる縁を繋いでくれるに違いない。
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