This traditional festival, with 1,200 years of history, gives thanks to the gods for autumn’s harvest. An ox-drawn carriage pulls an ornate mikoshi (divine palanquin/portable shrine), while children wearing traditional kimono with shishigashira (lion mask) and tachi-eboshi (brimless headgear worn by court nobles) walk in a parade together with a marching band, starting at Kushida Shrine and weaving around the Hakata area.
Credit：福岡市
• 10/23 (Mon.) ~ 10/24 (Tue.)
• Autumn Festival: 11:00~ (Mon.), Parade: 14:00~ (Tue.)
• Kushida Shrine and Hakata area
• 092-291-2951 (Kushida Shrine)
• http://hakatanomiryoku.com/akihaku/901.html
