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Oct 6, 2021 Food & Drink
Wakamatsu Farm Market & Cafe Rita
This spacious cafe and shop opened this summer in a quiet town at the valley’s base in Itoshima. The renovated warehouse is directly managed by Wakamatsu Farm, which grows fruits a...
Sep 7, 2021 Made In Itoshima
Uniquely Packaged Edamame On Sale In Itoshima
We found something rather cute today in Itoshima along Route 202.A local farmer has set up an old and doorless refrigerator as a self-serve honor-system shop to sell his edamame (g...
Jun 29, 2021 Food & Drink
Santa Monica Itoshima
Earlier this year, we introduced a new burger joint in Keya, Itoshima, and here we go again, but this time not in the town but along the coast. Tucked in along a beach access road ...
Jun 3, 2021 Food & Drink
Yakitori no Hachibei Karaage Takeout Shop
Hachibei, one of Fukuoka’s best-known group of yakitori restaurants with locations in Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills and Honolulu, actually began in Maebaru, Itoshima. While decidedly more...
May 27, 2021 Food & Drink
Shimasoba
Itoshima is well-known for a wide variety of cuisine, but until now, ramen hasn’t been one of them. That might change with the recent opening of Shimasoba. Produced by Itoshima leg...
May 12, 2021 Food & Drink
Fuku Fuku
Fukufuku no Sato, a farmer’s market in Nijo-Fukui, Itoshima City, is known for its wide field of brilliant yellow rape blossoms that attract visitors from afar in spring. This Apri...
Apr 28, 2021 Food & Drink
Ekimae-no Sakanaya san
A three-minute walk from Maebaru Station, a take-out side dish shop specializing in local fish from Itoshima has opened. Appropriately named Ekimae-no Sakanaya san (Fish Shop in Fr...
Apr 9, 2021 Food & Drink
Natty Dread – Itoshima Jerk Chicken Joint Reopens
Good news for jerk chicken and burger fans, Natty Dread, is back! First opened in 2000, Natty has evolved much in two decades, but it retains a solid indie vibe and still serves so...
Apr 1, 2021 About Itoshima
Itoshima – A Great Place to Live in Japan
What better way to find out what living in Itoshima is really like than to speak to others who have made the move? Four people from very different backgrounds who settled here from...
Apr 1, 2021 About Itoshima
Itoshima – One of the Most Liveable Small Cities in the World
Monocle magazine and I agree on a lot of things. Ever since I flipped through its first issue in February 2007, I’ve felt like it’s one of very few Western media that really ‘get’ ...
