{"id":118159,"date":"2019-02-19T11:57:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T02:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=118159&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2020-02-28T15:45:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T06:45:04","slug":"shichifuku-hoshi-festival-4","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/shichifuku-hoshi-festival-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Shichifuku Hoshi Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Shichifuku Hoshi Festival is an annual springtime ritual 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 including Eisa dances (Okinawan folk dance), and wadaiko 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><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shichifuku-coll.jpg?resize=970%2C728&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"728\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shichifuku-coll.jpg?w=970&amp;ssl=1 970w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shichifuku-coll.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shichifuku-coll.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>CANCELLED<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis event has been cancelled for reasons related to the outbreak of COVID-19<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 3\/8 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 10:00~14:00 (approx.)<br \/>\n\u2022 Free<br \/>\n\u2022 Nomiyama Kannonji Temple<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/dPHGaJY3vQ7A9pp48\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">227-4 Haginoo, Sasaguri-machi, Kasuya, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"tel:092-947-6384\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">092-947-6384<\/a> (9:00~21:00)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomiyamakannonji.com\/hosimaturiweb\/abouthoshimaturi.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nomiyamakannonji.com\/hosimaturiweb\/abouthoshimaturi.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Shichifuku Hoshi Festival is an annual springtime ritual in which a service is held to ward off evil and protect worshippers from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27918,"featured_media":118160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-118159","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\/118159","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=118159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}