{"id":118582,"date":"2019-02-28T10:39:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T01:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=118582&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2019-03-28T10:50:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T01:50:21","slug":"fukuoka-castle-sakura-festival-4","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/fukuoka-castle-sakura-festival-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Castle Sakura Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy a picnic under the cherry blossoms at the historic Fukuoka Castle Ruins, which boasts 19 varieties of over 1,000 <em>sakura<\/em> trees. There will also be 90 festival stalls selling tasty local treats. Check out the barbecue zone and street performances at Maizuru Park\u2019s Nishi Hiroba too. The <em>sakura<\/em> along the castle walls and around Maizuru Park will be illuminated at night, with special light ups at the castle tower viewing deck, the Tamon turret and Otaka Yashiki Ruins. The blossoms are worth seeing both in the day and at night! <\/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\/sakura-matsuri-2019-1.jpg?resize=1400%2C1063&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1063\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-matsuri-2019-1.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-matsuri-2019-1.jpg?resize=300%2C228&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-matsuri-2019-1.jpg?resize=768%2C583&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-matsuri-2019-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C778&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/saku-hana.jp\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/saku-hana.jp\/ <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 3\/23 (Sat.) ~ 4\/5 (Fri.) *Schedule subject to change due to blooming conditions<br \/>\n\u2022 10:00~22:00 (light up: 18:00~22:00, last entry: 21:45)<br \/>\n\u2022 Free (special light-up area: one zone \u00a5300, three zones \u00a5600)<br \/>\n\u2022 Fukuoka Castle Ruins, Maizuru Park<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/PGHZQDcwoiu\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1 Jonai, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"tel:092-711-4424\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">092-711-4424<\/a> (weekdays only 10:00~17:00)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/saku-hana.jp\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/saku-hana.jp\/ <\/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\/2019\/02\/sakura-maizuru-mar-29-071.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-maizuru-mar-29-071.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-maizuru-mar-29-071.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-maizuru-mar-29-071.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-maizuru-mar-29-071.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\/2019\/02\/sakura-maizuru-mar-29-085.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118585\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-matsuri-performance.jpg?w=1706&amp;ssl=1 1706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-matsuri-performance.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-matsuri-performance.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/sakura-matsuri-performance.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/saku-hana.jp\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/saku-hana.jp\/ <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy a picnic under the cherry blossoms at the historic Fukuoka Castle Ruins, which boasts 19 varieties of over 1,000 sakura trees. There will also be 90 festival stalls selling tasty local treats. Check out the barbecue zone and street performances at Maizuru Park\u2019s Nishi Hiroba too. The sakura along the castle walls and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27918,"featured_media":118583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-118582","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-chuo-ku","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/118582","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=118582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}