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The art of kaiseki paired with exclusive flavours of Fukuoka

Unknown to most is that our capital city and Japan’s gateway to Kyushu, Fukuoka, have shared a friendship for 15 years. In honour of this special relationship, head chef Norihisa Maeda at Kinu By Takagi at the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok, is taking diners on a culinary journey to Fukuoka this…

Bangkok Post · Feb 3, 2023

Kyo-ryori classics

Seasonal produce is always a culinary quintessence at Kinu by Takagi, the signature Japanese kaiseki restaurant at Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok.

Bangkok Post · Feb 2, 2023

8 Confirmed Dead in Ship Sinking off Japan and South Korea

A Chinese official said Thursday that eight people have died in the sinking of a cargo ship in waters between Japan and South Korea. Lyu Guijun, the consul general in the western Japanese city of Fukuoka, told state broadcaster CGTN that six of the eight victims were Chinese, The Associated…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 26, 2023

Thai Airways offering special air prices

Thai Airways is offering promotional airfare following the resumption of Bangkok-Fukuoka return flights in its winter 2022/23 schedule starting Oct 30. Flight TG648 departs from Bangkok at 1am and arrives in Fukuoka at 8.10am (local time) and TG649 departs Fukuoka at 11.40am (local time) and arrives in Bangkok at 3.40pm.

Bangkok Post · Sep 28, 2022

Thailand hotels ranked Asia's best

Cape & Kantary Hotels was recently ranked No.1 and No.7 of the Best Beach Resorts in Thailand by Travel & Leisure: Asia's Best Awards 2022, as voted by its readers in which Cape Fahn Hotel on Koh Samui is honoured at No.1 while Cape Kudu Hotel, Koh Yao Noi, is…

Bangkok Post · Jul 20, 2022

Guinness Announces Death Of World’s Oldest Person, 119

Tanaka passed away on April 19 in a hospital in Fukuoka in  southern Japan.

Zenger · Apr 25, 2022

World's oldest person dies in Japan aged 119

A Japanese woman believed to have been the world's oldest person has died aged 119, public broadcaster NHK said on Monday, reporting the death of Kane Tanaka.

Reuters · Apr 25, 2022

World's Oldest Person Dies in Japan at 119

A Japanese woman certified the world's oldest person has died at the age of 119, local officials said Monday. Kane Tanaka was born January 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, the same year the Wright brothers flew for the first time and Marie Curie became the first…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 25, 2022

Company develops app to provide lunches to students

FUKUOKA -- On a mid-March day just before breaking for spring holiday, a large group of students at Fukuoka Futaba School in Fukuoka City's Chuo Ward gathered on the first floor to get their lunches. But they were not in a cafeteria.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Apr 14, 2022

Celebrating with corsages

KYOTO -- Those commuting to a welfare facility for people with disabilities in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, make corsages for those attending school graduations and entrance ceremonies in the spring. They used paper and wires to make the corsages of paper roses in red, pink and white. They first drew petals…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 24, 2022