How to make friends in Fukuoka

We have been talking about loneliness when you are abroad, let's now talk about how to make friends (locals or expatriates) when you're living in Fukuoka :top:

Which are your best tips to meet people and to make friends in Fukuoka??

Thanks in advance for your participation

it is very hard if u dont speak japanese, but i know there are few pubs where american go so it might be easy to find western or japanese people able to speak english... i think one had a funny name like... happycoock LOL