{"id":120831,"date":"2019-05-08T13:48:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T04:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=120831&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2019-05-08T13:48:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T04:48:10","slug":"ajisaka-poppy-festival-2","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/ajisaka-poppy-festival-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ajisaka Poppy Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This beautiful festival grew out of the actions of a citizens group called the Ajisaka 21 Association, who as a means of revitalizing the local area, began planting poppy seeds on a member\u2019s farmland. The best time to see these flowers is May, when as many as one million poppies spring into bloom. Come this month for a chance to pick up local goods and specialities from the area, as well as a children\u2019s sketch competition on Saturday.<\/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\/05\/ajisaka-poppy-2019-03-01_15-35_162.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-120832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ajisaka-poppy-2019-03-01_15-35_162.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ajisaka-poppy-2019-03-01_15-35_162.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ajisaka-poppy-2019-03-01_15-35_162.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.ogori.fukuoka.jp\/3492\/3114\/3115\/254259\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ogori City<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 5\/11 (Sat.) ~ 5\/12 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 10:00~17:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Ajisaka Poppy Garden (close to the Ajisaka Post Office)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/6PpiJxHdkf3FV6ei8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">366 Mitsuyuki, Ogori City, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"tel:0942-72-4008\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">0942-72-4008<\/a> (Ogori City Tourist Association)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.ogori.fukuoka.jp\/205\/211\/1871\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.city.ogori.fukuoka.jp\/205\/211\/1871<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This beautiful festival grew out of the actions of a citizens group called the Ajisaka 21 Association, who as a means of revitalizing the local area, began planting poppy seeds on a member\u2019s farmland. The best time to see these flowers is May, when as many as one million poppies spring into bloom. Come this month for a chance to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27918,"featured_media":120832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-120831","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\/120831","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=120831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}