A grand festival dedicated to Ebisu, the god of prosperous fishing and business. Browse 300 stalls with festival foods and other goods (including lucky charms), or enter the fukubiki – a lottery where everyone is guaranteed a prize! Geisha walk in formal black kimono at the kachi-mairi parade at 15:00 on Jan. 9.
• 1/8 (Mon., hol.) ~ 1/11 (Thu.)
• 10:00~
• Free
• Toka Ebisu Jinja Shrine
• 7-1 Higashikoen, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
• 092-651-1563
• http://www.tooka-ebisu.or.jp/newyear.htm
