Get ready to turn up your summer in Fukuoka! There are heaps of parties and great beachside festivals coming up this month - the Daimyo Summer Party on Aug. 22, X on the Beach on Aug. 24, Isla de Salsa on Aug. 30,31, and Sunset Live on Sep. 5,6,7. The August featured restaurant is Gorm’s Yakuin - where Italian pizza meets Scandanavian fusion. Stop by for a tasty pizza and stay to soak up the cool atmosphere with Danish design influences. Or if you need something a little cooler, it’s time to hunt down one of Japan’s favorite summer sweets, kakigori for a moment of sweet and cool relief! For the uninitiated,kakigori is a shaved ice dessert flavored with everything from syrup to condensed milk, fruits, and more. Check out our full online guide for 13 of Fukuoka’s best kakigori shops. This month’s model Luba from Russia shops for fruit on this issue's cover, making us think “Sweet! It’s summer in Fukuoka!”
