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Dec 23, 2022 People
Kohji Baba – Enriching the lives of locals
Yamasue is a mentaiko company whose headquarters and factory are located in Itoshima City. Company president Kohji Baba enthusiastically states that "more can be done to enhance th...
Sep 22, 2022 Events
Itoshima Impressionist Exhibition 2022 Chihiro Miyata Painting Exhibition
A solo exhibition by Chihiro Miyata, a landscape painter depicting Itoshima, will be held at the "Kozai no Mori (former Nishihara Residence)," a historical building ...
Aug 1, 2022 People
Chihiro Miyata – Portrait of an Itoshima Landscape Painter
With every painting, Miyata expands her horizons, and that’s what keeps her going. Mt. Kaya standing majestically beyond the waving wheat fields. The wind-rippled sea of Funakoshi....
Aug 1, 2022 Places
Artistation itoshima
Artistation Itoshima is an art gallery in front of JR Chikuzen-Maebaru Station that opened in September 2021. The owner, who runs an advertising agency and...
Jun 1, 2022 Made In Itoshima
The Forest Pot by moqu c0mo
The “Forest Pot” is a simple-looking flowerpot hollowed out of a tree standing in the forest. It is made by Yuichi Komoda of “moqu c0mo,” a woodworking artist and lumberjack who ta...
Jun 1, 2022 People
Yuichi Komoda
moqu c0mo (Moku Como)
Yuichi Komoda is the owner of the woodworking studio moqu c0mo. Using cedar and cypress logs with the bark still attached, he creates his Forest Pots, flowerpots hollowed out with ...
Nov 10, 2021 Now Reports
Exploring Itoshima’s Fishing Villages – Uotabi Tour #1
Beautiful ocean and bountiful mountains. Located about 30 minutes by car from downtown Fukuoka City, the Itoshima Peninsula on the western edge of Fukuoka Prefecture is home to a w...
Nov 4, 2021 Made In Itoshima
Jizakana Bank
Jizakana Bank is an ongoing project in Itoshima to ensure that everyone in society can continue enjoying fresh, delicious local fish. (Jizakana means local fish in Japanese.) In or...
Oct 29, 2021 Food & Drink
Oshi no Chiitama
A new eatery featuring “salt noodles” opens on October 29th, just three minutes on foot from JR Chikuzenmaebaru Station, the gateway to Itoshima. If you read the restaurant’s name,...
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...
