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The view from here

17 February 2015

With its outward-looking location facing China and South Korea, a unique local focus and strong sense of civic pride among the city’s residents, Fukuoka’s distinctive media landscape is booming.

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Hidden gems

16 February 2023

The small Japanese town of Yame, and its surrounding countryside, is pulling in visitors with its new inn and craft heritage.

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Slow fashion movement

17 February 2011

Monocle heads to Fukuoka, the main city on Japan’s Kyushu island and famous for its food culture, for our spring menswear dress-up.

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Friendly, cosmopolitan Fukuoka is tiny in comparison to Tokyo, but it beats the Japanese capital hands down with its cuisine and shopping. That’s why itis Monocle’s choice for our best retail city award.

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Wardrobe refresh

17 February 2011

Ohori Park, home to the Fukuoka Art Museum, is the backdrop to our carefully curated show of spring womenswear.

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Piggy in the middle

19 November 2019

After footage of a boar attacking a man in Fukuoka emerged, the city felt compelled to respond. Monocle’s Kenji Hall joins a patrol.

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The Urbanist - The shopping experience

1 December 2011

Searching for great shopping experiences, this week we head from Calgary to Fukuoka, talking to retailers about everything from skyways to doggy dishes.

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Sure shots

11 June 2015

Nothing beats the warm embrace of a bar or café and whether it’s a speakeasy in Singapore or a cosy Torinese institution, we have found the most welcoming ones across the globe.

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Editor’s letter

22 June 2018

We live in stormy times but sometimes a crisis is a good opportunity to change tack and set a new course. How about Zürich, Hamburg or Fukuoka? The captain of our ship weighs up the possibilities.

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Rails and roots

28 January 2016

Kyushu Railway Co (also known as JR Kyushu) – the company that gave Japan its first luxury sleeper, the Seven Stars, in 2013 – continues to show its entrepreneurial verve with its foray into farming. The Fukuoka-based…

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Helsinki’s on a high

8 October 2015

Finnair’s expansion is taking shape. Yesterday it announced two new Asian destinations – Fukuoka and Guangzhou – while also taking delivery of the first of 19 Airbus A350 XWB. It’s all part of a strategy to grow its Asian…

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Working it out

6 June 2016

Fukuoka is Japan’s fifth-largest city and its fastest-growing metropolis. Between now and 2024, 30 new office buildings are expected to be built in the Tenjin central commercial district as the city’s building boom shifts…

Monocle Minute

Home and away

2 October 2015

The Japanese government has invested a lot in attracting visitors from overseas: its goal is to reach 20 million per year by 2020. But a trip to last weekend’s Jata Tourism Expo Japan – a major event on the tourism-industry…

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Work it out

14 December 2015

At Monocle we consider Tokyo, Kyoto and Fukuoka to be among the most attractive places to live in the world. A new survey of non-Japanese workers reveals that living in the country as an employee at a Japanese company is…

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Inside story

7 November 2016

IFFT Interior Lifestyle Living is one of Tokyo’s biggest annual furniture exhibitions and this year’s three-day show, which starts today, is bigger than ever, featuring a record 450 exhibitors from 14 countries. There will…

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Media

15 April 2010

A new look for an old newspaper brings some cheer to the Balkans.