{"id":103408,"date":"2017-10-02T15:16:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T06:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=103408&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2017-10-02T15:16:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T06:16:35","slug":"week-long-event-at-shofukuji-temple","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/week-long-event-at-shofukuji-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Week-long Event at Shofukuji Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shofukuji Temple is a popular tourist destination in Fukuoka frequently referred to as the first Zen temple in Japan. One of the temple\u2019s most famous former abbots is the Edo period monk Sengai, who was well known for his charming, <em>kawaii<\/em> paintings and illustrations. To mark the anniversary of Sengai\u2019s passing on October 7, 1837, Shofukuji is hosting a series of special events this Autumn, including special viewings of the temple\u2019s most prized possessions, open air tea ceremonies, and sutra transcriptions. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shofukuji-2017-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-103409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shofukuji-2017-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shofukuji-2017-001.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shofukuji-2017-001.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shofukuji-2017-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shofukuji: Week Long Event to Celebrate the Life of Sengai <\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 10\/1 (Sun.) ~ 10\/7 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 Viewing temple\u2019s prized possessions: 10\/4 (Wed.) ~ 10\/7 (Sun.) (13:00 ~ 14:30)<br \/>\n\u2022 Open air tea ceremony: 10\/7 (Sun.)  ~ 10\/8 (Mon.) (10:00 ~ 15:00)<br \/>\n\u2022 Sutra transcription: 10\/1 (Sun.) ~ 10\/8 (Mon.) (08:00 ~ 15:30)<br \/>\n\u2022 \u00a51,000 (viewing temple\u2019s prized possessions) (application required) \/ \u00a5500 (open air tea ceremony) \/ \u00a51,500 to \u00a52,000 (sutra transcription)<br \/>\n\u2022 Shofukuji Temple<br \/>\n\u2022 6 Gokushomachi, Hakata-ku<br \/>\n\u2022 092-291-0775 (Shofukuji Temple)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gokusho.info\/info\/eventinfo\/2017\/10\/sengai2017.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.gokusho.info\/info\/eventinfo\/2017\/10\/sengai2017.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shofukuji Temple is a popular tourist destination in Fukuoka frequently referred to as the first Zen temple in Japan. One of the temple\u2019s most famous former abbots is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27918,"featured_media":103409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-103408","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-type-exhibition","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/103408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27918"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}