Japan Travels: Profiling some of our favorite places we have visited in Japan.
Cafe CQT
焼き菓子カフェ クリコット
Cafe CQT (Kurikotto) - Located in an old apartment building now filled with artist and retail spaces. The cafe was having a gallery show of Glasswork by Izumi Morikuni (盛國泉 ガラス) who’s work we had bought 2 years ago. This time we bought a glass Cat, Bear and Bird. Kuriko the original shop corgi dog passed away last year. The new shop dog is named Kokage!
Date Visited: Nov 2016 (previous visit 2014)
Website: cqt0515.blog28.fc2.com (blog in Japanese only)
叙々苑 ＫＩＴＴＥ博多店
Jojoen Hakata is located in the KITTE building next to Hakata Station. It is an upscale Yakiniku Restaurant featuring private booth seating and if you are lucky or early, window seating. We had a light lunch with Jo-Karubi - Special Boneless Beef Short Rib and Jo-Rosu - Special Beef Ribeye. Expensive but well worth it!
Date Visited: November 2016
Website: www.jojoen.co.jp
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Rhino in Hakozaki, Fukuoka is a store that sells items by local artist and crafts people.
Date Visited: November 2016
Website: rhinofukuoka.net (Japanese)