{"id":299,"date":"2008-07-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-07-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-02T00:00:00","slug":"fukuoka-worlds-best-shopping-city-one-of-the-most-liveable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genkijacs.com\/blog\/fukuoka-worlds-best-shopping-city-one-of-the-most-liveable\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka world\u2019s best shopping city, one of the most liveable!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Japan Times reports<\/a> that London magazine Monocle named Fukuoka as the best city in the world for shopping! Reasons include the compactness of the central shopping district, the big selection of brand names, and the closeness to Asia.
Fukuoka was also chosen as the city with the 17th highest quality of life in the world \u2013 and only the second city in Japan, after Tokyo! Cities were ranked on a variety of factors, including friendliness, safeness, cleanliness, transport and more. Fukuoka is on this list for the first time, perhaps showing how much its profile has grown in recent years. As if you needed another reason to come here!
The original article is for Monocle subscribers only, unfortunately, but if you happen to be one of those, click here to read Fukuoka\u2019s entry!<\/a><\/p>\n

Alternatively, the article seems to be available as a PDF here<\/a>, although perhaps not for long…<\/p>\n

A couple of choice quotes:
\u201cFriendly, cosmopolitan Fukuoka is tiny in comparison to Tokyo, but it beats the Japanese capital hands down with its cuisine and shopping.\u201d
\u201cthese days it\u2019s all about Fukuoka\u201d<\/p>\n

It’s nice to hear that everyone else is finally catching up with what we knew years ago!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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