{"id":135044,"date":"2020-08-31T11:32:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T02:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&p=135044&lang=en"},"modified":"2020-08-31T11:51:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T02:51:01","slug":"hojoya-festival-2020","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/hojoya-festival-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Hojoya Festival 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a history of over a thousand years, the Hojoya festival consoles the souls of all living creatures and gives thanks to the autumn harvest. Its street events attract countless visitors from around Fukuoka each year. However, under the impact of the new coronavirus spread, the festival will run only shinto<\/em> rituals amongst the priests and other limited supporters in 2020. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs found in the name of the festival, \u2018hojo (\u653e\u751f: to release captured animals)\u2019 and \u2018ya (\u4f1a: shinto<\/em> ritual),\u2019 the autumn event embraces lives, imposes disciplines against killing them, and appreciates the blessing of the nature. It reminds people of all the unvoiced sacrifices that were made to support human lives. The festival not only completes the joy of autumn in Hakata but also provides a rare opportunity to ponder over those souls.\u201d
\nFall 2020
\nHakozaki Shrine, Kunikazu Tamura<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Ritual schedule<\/strong>
\nSept. 12 (Sat.)\tShonichi-sai<\/em> (\u521d\u65e5\u796d\/first day event), Kenka-sai<\/em> (\u732e\u83d3\u796d\/sweets dedication)
\nSept. 13 (Sun.) Futsuka-sai<\/em> (\u4e8c\u65e5\u796d\/second day event)
\nSept. 14 (Mon.) Mikka-sai<\/em> (\u4e09\u65e5\u796d\/third day event)
\nSept. 15 (Tue.) Hojoya Reitai-sai<\/em> (\u653e\u751f\u4f1a\u4f8b\u5927\u796d\/ the most important ritual for Hakozaki Shrine), Kubara-ke Kuyo Kigan<\/em> (\u4e45\u539f\u672c\u5bb6\u4f9b\u990a\u7948\u9858\/service for lives of flying fish and more), Kenka-sai<\/em> (\u732e\u83ef\u796d\/ flower dedication)
\nSept. 16 (Wed.) Itsuka-sai<\/em> (\u4e94\u65e5\u796d\/fifth day event), Kencha-sai<\/em> (\u732e\u8336\u796d\/ tea dedication)
\nSept. 17 (Thu.) Muika-sai<\/em> (\u516d\u65e5\u796d\/sixth day event), Fukuya Kuyo Kigan<\/em> (\u3075\u304f\u3084\u4f9b\u990a\u7948\u9858\/ Thanksgiving event, service for lives of pollack and more)
\nSept. 18 (Fri.) Nou-sai<\/em> (\u7d0d\u796d\/offering ceremony), Hojoya ritual (sending off baby fish to river)<\/p>\n

\u30fbSep. 12 (Sat.) ~ Sep. 18 (Fri.)
\n\u30fbHakozaki Shrine
\n\u30fb1-22-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka<\/a>
\n\u30fb092-641-7431<\/a>
\n\u30fbhttps:\/\/www.hakozakigu.or.jp\/omatsuri\/houjoya\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With a history of over a thousand years, the Hojoya festival consoles the souls of all living creatures and gives thanks to the autumn harvest. Its street events attract countless visitors from around Fukuoka each year. However, under the impact of the new coronavirus spread, the festival will run only shinto rituals amongst the priests and other limited supporters in 2020…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29304,"featured_media":135043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-135044","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\/135044","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\/29304"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}