{"id":108244,"date":"2018-03-08T18:17:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T09:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=108244&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2018-03-08T18:17:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T09:17:45","slug":"shichifuku-hoshi-festival-2","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/shichifuku-hoshi-festival-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Shichifuku Hoshi Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Shichifuku Hoshi Festival is an annual springtime ritual that takes place at the Nomiyama Kannonji Temple, in which a service is held to ward off evil and protect worshippers from misfortune. Pray for sound health, and try to catch the beans, good luck charms and <em>mochi<\/em> which are thrown to the crowd! Enjoy the street performances and <em>wadaiko<\/em> drum shows too. Don\u2019t miss the parade in which participants march around the temple grounds with the Shichifukujin (seven gods of luck, played by costumed volunteers) as well as the children\u2019s parade.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 3\/11 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 10:00~<br \/>\n\u2022 Free entry<br \/>\n\u2022 Nomiyama Kannonji Temple<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/WnDJ3e4eAP42\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">227-4 Hagio, Sasaguri-machi, Kasuya-gun<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 092-947-4423 (9:00~17:00), 092-947-6384 (19:00~17:00)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomiyamakannonji.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nomiyamakannonji.com\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/%E4%B8%83%E7%A6%8F%E5%AE%9D%E9%8A%AD%E3%81%BE%E3%81%8D.jpg?resize=1400%2C933\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-108245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/%E4%B8%83%E7%A6%8F%E5%AE%9D%E9%8A%AD%E3%81%BE%E3%81%8D.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/%E4%B8%83%E7%A6%8F%E5%AE%9D%E9%8A%AD%E3%81%BE%E3%81%8D.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/%E4%B8%83%E7%A6%8F%E5%AE%9D%E9%8A%AD%E3%81%BE%E3%81%8D.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/%E4%B8%83%E7%A6%8F%E5%AE%9D%E9%8A%AD%E3%81%BE%E3%81%8D.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/002.jpg?resize=1000%2C667\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-108246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/002.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/002.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/002.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Shichifuku Hoshi Festival is an annual springtime ritual that takes place at the Nomiyama Kannonji Temple, in which a service is held to ward off evil and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27918,"featured_media":108245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-108244","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/108244","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=108244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}