{"id":121046,"date":"2019-05-24T19:14:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T10:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=121046&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2019-05-24T19:14:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T10:14:11","slug":"yobuko-tug-of-war-5","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/yobuko-tug-of-war-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Yobuko Tug of War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This 420-year-old event is a tug of war between teams of Yobuko citizens using a 200 m long rope. A land team win means a good harvest, while a beach team win means a good catch. Everyone is welcome to join in (it\u2019s best out of three)! The main event is on Jun. 2, and the children\u2019s version is on Jun. 1.<\/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\/01-yobuko-1.jpg?resize=1400%2C973&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"973\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/01-yobuko-1.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/01-yobuko-1.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/01-yobuko-1.jpg?resize=768%2C534&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/01-yobuko-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 6\/1 (Sat.) 13:00~ (children), 6\/2 (Sun.) 12:30~ (Shinto ritual), 13:00~ (adults)<br \/>\n\u2022 Free<br \/>\n\u2022 6\/1: Yobuko Citizens\u2019 Center, 6\/2: in front of San Shrine<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/NuCWmG24E1aouB9k7\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yobuko, Karatsu City, Saga<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"tel:0955-53-7165\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">0955-53-7165<\/a> (Yobuko Citizens\u2019 Center)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karatsu-kankou.jp\/events\/detail\/421\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.karatsu-kankou.jp\/events\/detail\/421\/<\/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\/05\/01-yobuko-2.jpg?resize=1400%2C1879&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1879\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/01-yobuko-2.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/01-yobuko-2.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/01-yobuko-2.jpg?resize=768%2C1031&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/01-yobuko-2.jpg?resize=763%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 420-year-old event is a tug of war between teams of Yobuko citizens using a 200 m long rope. A land team win means a good harvest, while a beach team win means a good catch. Everyone is welcome to join in (it\u2019s best out of three)! The main event is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27918,"featured_media":121047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-121046","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-karatsu","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/121046","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=121046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}