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 in the kachimairi parade (Jan. 9 afternoon.)
写真提供:福岡市
• 1/8 (Wed.) ~ 1/11 (Sat.)
• 10:00~23:00 (approx.)
• Free
• Toka Ebisu Shrine
• 7-1 Higashi-koen, Hakata-ku
• 092-651-1563
• http://www.tooka-ebisu.or.jp/newyear.html
Originally published in Fukuoka Now Magazine (fn253, Jan 2020)