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  2. Fukuoka - Wikipedia

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    Fukuoka (Japanese: 福岡市, Fukuoka-shi, [ɸɯ̥kɯoka ꜜɕi] ⓘ) is the sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. The area has long been considered the gateway to the country, as it is ...

  3. Masanobu Fukuoka - Wikipedia

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    Fukuoka was the author of several books, scientific papers and other publications, and was featured in television documentaries and interviews from the 1970s onwards. [7] His influences went beyond farming to inspire individuals within the natural food and lifestyle movements. He was an outspoken advocate of the value of observing nature's ...

  4. Food history - Wikipedia

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    Food history is an interdisciplinary field that examines the history and the cultural, economic, environmental, and sociological impacts of food and human nutrition. It is considered distinct from the more traditional field of culinary history , which focuses on the origin and recreation of specific recipes.

  5. Natural farming - Wikipedia

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    The system works along with the natural biodiversity of each farmed area, encouraging the complexity of living organisms—both plant and animal—that shape each particular ecosystem to thrive along with food plants. [2] Fukuoka saw farming both as a means of producing food and as an aesthetic or spiritual approach to life, the ultimate goal ...

  6. Itazuke Site - Wikipedia

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    Itazuke Site (板付遺跡, Itazuke iseki) is an archeological site with a late Jōmon period to late Yayoi period settlement located in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.Along with the Nabatake Site in Karatsu, Saga, it is the oldest known rice-growing village site in Japan, and is also the oldest known moated settlement.

  7. Yatai (food cart) - Wikipedia

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    Yatai at a summer festival [1]. A yatai (屋台) is a small, mobile food stall in Japan typically selling ramen or other food. The name literally means "shop stand". [2] [3]The stall is set up in the early evening on walkways and removed late at night or in the early morning hours.

  8. List of Historic Sites of Japan (Fukuoka) - Wikipedia

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    Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref. *Ōzuka Kofun 王塚古墳 Ōzuka kofun: Keisen: Kofun period tumulus (decorated kofun) [4]Ōzuka Kofun: 1: 2631 *Mizuki Castle ruins

  9. Tonkotsu ramen - Wikipedia

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    Tonkotsu ramen (豚骨ラーメン) is a ramen dish that originated in Kurume, [1] [2] [3] Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, and is a specialty dish on the island of Kyushu. The broth for tonkotsu ramen is based on pork bones, which is what the word tonkotsu ( 豚骨/とんこつ ) means in Japanese.