A festival for thanking one’s ancestors and fallen soldiers. You can still see rows and rows of beautifully painted lanterns, all 6,000 of which are donated by shrine worshippers.
• 8/13 (Fri.) ~ 8/16 (Mon.)
• Lights on: 18:30~21:00
• Free
• Gokoku Jinja Shrine
• 1-1-1 Ropponmatsu, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka
• 092-741-2555
• http://fukuoka-gokoku.jp/mitama.html
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