A five-day summer festival is coming to the square in front of JR Hakata Station! The summer festival starts just before evening. In addition to Japanese festival games such as super ball scooping and yo-yo fishing for children, there will be stage performances, including Japanese drumming, dancing, and live music. There will also be food stalls selling traditional festival items such as takoyaki, frankfurter sausages, and shaved ice. To prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the usual obon-dori dance has been canceled.
Can’t go? Join use for a free livestream tour of the event on the opening day, Thursday, July 22 from 18:30 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2Ndqd2y3OOk
• 7/22 (Thu., hol.) ~ 7/27 (Tue.)
• 16:00~22:00
• Free entry
• JR Hakata Station Square
• 1-1 Chuo-gai, Hakata-eki, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
• 092-402-1556
• https://natumaturi.jp/
Time Table
7/22
16:00 Open
16:05 Taiko performance
16:40 Honeys Dance Academy (Softbank Hawks official cheer dance group)
17:10 Uchimizu
17:30 ~ 20:30 Live music
7/23
16:00 Open
16:05 Taiko Performance
16:40 Honeys Dance Academy
17:30 Honeys Dance Academy
18:30 ~ 21:30 Live music
7/24
16:00 Open
16:05 Taiko Performance
16:40 Honeys Dance Academy
17:30 Honeys Dance Academy
18:30 ~ 21:30 Live music
7/25
16:00 Open
16:05 Taiko Performance
16:40 Honeys Dance Academy
17:30 Hakata Minyo Dance
18:30 ~ 21:30 Live music
7/26
16:00 Open
17:10 Uchimizu
17:40 Honeys Dance Academy
18:30 ~ 21:30 Live music
7/27
16:00 Open
16:05 Taiko Performance
17:40 Honeys Dance Academy
18:30 ~ 21:30 Live music
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