{"id":138057,"date":"2020-12-21T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=138057&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2020-12-21T18:39:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T09:39:21","slug":"eat-namako-mochi-on-new-years-eve-at-hakozakigu-shrine-3","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/eat-namako-mochi-on-new-years-eve-at-hakozakigu-shrine-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Eat Namako Mochi on New Year\u2019s Eve at Hakozakigu Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visit Hakozakigu Shrine on Dec. 31 to see one of Japan\u2019s New Year traditions, the <em>mochitsuki<\/em>. Mochitsuki is when rice is pounded to make <em>mochi<\/em> (rice cakes). The <em>mochi<\/em> at this festival are in the shape of <em>namako<\/em> (sea cucumbers). The <em>namako <\/em><em>mochi<\/em> are traditional and were first made after a fisherman from Hakozaki, due to lack of time, brought a sea cucumber instead of a rice cake to the birth celebrations of Emperor Ojin one New Year\u2019s Eve. Ever since, fishermen from Hakozaki assemble at Hakozakigu every New Year to pound <em>mochi<\/em> flour together.<\/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\/12\/DSC_0050.jpg?resize=1024%2C742&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-106036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0050.jpg?resize=1024%2C742&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0050.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0050.jpg?resize=768%2C557&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0050.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 12\/31 (Thu.)<br \/>\n\u2022 Start: 19:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Hakozakigu Shrine<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/DPKEpYgBjtKd2rtF7\" 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\/omatsuri\/#winter2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hakozakigu.or.jp\/omatsuri\/#winter2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><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.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit Hakozakigu Shrine on Dec. 31 to see one of Japan\u2019s New Year traditions, the mochitsuki. Mochitsuki is when rice is pounded to make mochi. The mochi at this festival are in the shape of namako (sea cucumbers)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":106036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-138057","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-higashi-ku","event-type-culture","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/138057","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=138057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}