FUSAFES (Fukuoka salsa festival)

Enjoy dance shows, workshops, live music, Top DJ at every nights parties, lectures, photograph exhibition, Caribbean food & cocktails!

The Latin Cultural Center Tiempo has been established in 1997. Since then we provided live Caribbean music and cultural exchange events with theme of the salsa rhythm in Japan. With more than 20 years of experience, we have a wide range of events including live, dance and national tours, workshops, seminars, art exhibitions and food-themed events.
We invited musicians and dancers from various countries such as Cuba, Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United States, and Europe to introduce a variety of salsa rhythms and styles.
"Salsa is not bound to be a salsa", and we want to be phenomenon in the way of catching salsa for 22 years.
This is a festival where you can interact through salsa from various angles such as workshops, dance shows, live and art.
More than 10,000 students have passed through our classes, to whom we have transmitted this breadth and love throughout the Caribbean genre. This is reflected in the events that we make weekly where the community of Fukuoka in our parties that we call "Salson" to dance and have fun without differentiation.
This is a weekend where all the salsa-loving artists in Japan and abroad get together in Fukuoka. Let’s enjoy!