{"id":138026,"date":"2020-12-18T16:39:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T07:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=138026&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-01-13T13:28:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T04:28:49","slug":"hatsukoshin-festival-2","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/hatsukoshin-festival-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hatsukoshin Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A New Year custom in which people visit the small Sarutahiko Shrine from early morning to line up and buy monkey masks handmade by Hakata <em>ningyo <\/em>doll makers. The masks are hung in front of houses to ward off evil spirits, as the Japanese word for \u201cmonkey\u201d (<em>saru<\/em>) is a homophone of the word \u201cgo away.\u201d Read more about this unique event here.<\/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\/12\/07-hatsukoshin.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/07-hatsukoshin.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/07-hatsukoshin.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/07-hatsukoshin.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 1\/12 (Tue.), 1\/13 (Wed.)<br \/>\n\u2022 8:00~18:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Free entry (monkey mask: \u00a51,000)<br \/>\n\u2022 Sarutahiko Shrine<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/mZAsrUyLE9ZGxJMA8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">1-1-41 Fujisaki, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"tel:092-823-0089\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">092-823-0089<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/sarutahiko-fukuoka.jp\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/sarutahiko-fukuoka.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: The situation regarding the spread of the COVID-19 virus changes daily. Please follow local authorities&#8217; advice by practicing social distancing, wearing masks, and following other recommended guidelines. By sharing information about events and places to go, Fukuoka Now is NOT encouraging unsafe practices. Practice safe behavior for yourself and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Year custom in which people visit the small Sarutahiko Shrine from early morning to line up and buy monkey masks handmade by Hakata ningyo doll makers. The masks are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":128453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-138026","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-sawara-ku","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/138026","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\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}