Featured Events in Fukuoka in May 2025 (May Updated)

The “Demon Slayer” anime, which began airing in 2019, is attracting more and more attention with the first chapter of the Infinity Castle Arc to be released on July 18 this year. A large-scale exhibition focusing on the “Hashira” class of characters recently drew 200,000 visitors in Tokyo, and this exhibit will now be coming to “Demon Slayer” Hashira Exhibition “To Infinity Castle" will be held at the Fukuoka City Museum from Thursday, April 24 to Sunday, June 22.

The popular Poop Museum has made its glorious return to Fukuoka, better than ever! “＼”Power up!!”／ Poop Museum FUKUOKA” will be making its return to the city starting from April 18th, 2025. The experience has evolved since visiting Fukuoka last, and plenty of mainstays of the original exhibit as well as brand new and thrilling poo-ventures await you there! Cute and pop art influenced poop-designs will transform your humdrum everyday into a unique and unforgettable experience!

&TEAM, a Japanese-origin global boy group under HYBE MUSIC GROUP's YX LABELS, has unveiled the main visual poster for their first Asia tour concert 『2025 &TEAM CONCERT TOUR "AWAKEN THE BLOODLINE"』. The tour will kick off in Aichi Prefecture on May 10, covering 4 cities in Japan (Aichi, Tokyo, Hyogo, Fukuoka) and 9 Asian cities including Jakarta, Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok, and Hong Kong. The newly released poster features the members standing in front of vibrant red stage curtains with their hoods down, exuding dynamic energy. The nine members are positioned before a pack of wolves, their expressions radiating the "awakening" theme of the tour, symbolizing their determination to face challenges as a stronger team. Since May 2024, &TEAM has released four seasonal-themed works. Their achievements include the winter-themed second albumYukiakari(released December 18), which topped Oricon’s weekly music chart and other rankings, with total shipments exceeding 680,000 copies. The group plans to release their third singleGo in Blind (Tsukiotoko)on April 23, 2025. Through this debut Asia tour, &TEAM aims to solidify their reputation as a performance-driven global act, promising unforgettable stages for fans.

With the guiding theme “Plain, Simple, Useful”, Sir Terence Conran (1931 – 2020) revolutionized the world of design, his comprehensive gaze capturing all aspects of life from the individual, to the urban, and even to society at large. This exhibit seeks to depict Conran as he was through his design philosophy, which played a major role in revolutionizing English lifestyles, and set off a design boom worldwide. This exhibit graced Tokyo’s Station Gallery last year, and migrated to Fukuoka this year on April 19th. In the immediate postwar period Conran began his career as a textile and tableware pattern designer, and in 1964 opened his groundbreaking home styling store “Habitat” which became a massive hit and chain in England, earning him significant fame as an entrepreneur.

The Hakata Dontaku Festival is held on May 3-4 during the busiest Golden Week holiday of the year. Throughout the parade route of the festival, tens of thousands of revelers, dressed in bright traditional costumes, dance through the streets of Fukuoka. During the two days of dancing and parading, an estimated 2 million spectators cheered and cheered for the participants.