{"id":121122,"date":"2019-05-24T14:45:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T05:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=121122&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2019-06-07T18:05:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T09:05:50","slug":"hakozaki-shrine-ajisai-festival","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/hakozaki-shrine-ajisai-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Hakozaki Shrine Ajisai Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s festival at Hakozaki Shrine promises 3,500 <em>ajisai<\/em> (hydrangea) flowers of over 100 different kinds &#8211; a summer scene you definitely don\u2019t want to miss! You can also get a \u00a5100 discount off your \u00a5300 ticket if you decide to visit the lily garden, which is set to display a total of 5,000 lilies of 30 different kinds. While viewing the gardens tune in on Jun. 8, 9, 15 and 16 for mini concerts courtesy of a string quartet and the Seinan Jo Gakuin University orchestra. If you have a sweet tooth, why not pop round to popular local bakery \u201cFull Full\u201d for a selection of bread and pastries? Finally, don\u2019t forget to visit the neighboring Ekoin Temple during the Bodaiju Festival at 11:00 on Jun. 2 (Sun.) for a chance to view <em>bodaiju<\/em> (linden) flowers for free.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hydrangea-hakozakigu-005.jpg?resize=1400%2C927&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"927\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-110417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hydrangea-hakozakigu-005.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hydrangea-hakozakigu-005.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hydrangea-hakozakigu-005.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hydrangea-hakozakigu-005.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 6\/1 (Sat.) ~ 6\/30 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 9:30~17:00<br \/>\n\u2022 \u00a5300 (Free for JHS and under if accompanied by guardian)<br \/>\n\u2022 Hakozaki Shrine<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/YSi2NzEZzCSLR66K9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">1-22-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"tel:092-641-7431\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">092-641-7431<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hakozakigu.or.jp\/news\/212.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hakozakigu.or.jp\/news\/212.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s festival at Hakozaki Shrine promises 3,500 ajisai flowers of over 100 different kinds &#8211; a summer scene you definitely don\u2019t want to miss! You can also get a \u00a5100 discount off your \u00a5300 ticket if you decide to visit the lily garden, which is set to display a total of 5,000 lilies of 30 different kinds. While viewing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27918,"featured_media":110417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-121122","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-higashi-ku","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/121122","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=121122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}