{"id":143765,"date":"2021-12-13T16:04:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T07:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=143765&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-12-13T16:04:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T07:04:18","slug":"hatsukoshin-festival-4","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/hatsukoshin-festival-4\/","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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/monkey-masks-on-the-front-door-an-old-hakata-tradition\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143767\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fn_sarutahiko-hatsukoshin_2021-cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C844&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fn_sarutahiko-hatsukoshin_2021-cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fn_sarutahiko-hatsukoshin_2021-cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fn_sarutahiko-hatsukoshin_2021-cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C617&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fn_sarutahiko-hatsukoshin_2021-cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C463&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/sarutahiko-fukuoka.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarutahiko Shrine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 1\/7 (Fri.)<br \/>\n\u2022 7:00~18:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Free entry (monkey mask: \u00a51,000)<br \/>\n\u2022 Sarutahiko Shrine<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/44EnrZr78684xszQ8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1-1-41 Fujisaki, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"tel:092-823-0089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">092-823-0089<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/sarutahiko-fukuoka.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/sarutahiko-fukuoka.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143766\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fn_sarutahiko-hatsukoshin_2021-cl-002.jpg?resize=1400%2C838&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fn_sarutahiko-hatsukoshin_2021-cl-002.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fn_sarutahiko-hatsukoshin_2021-cl-002.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fn_sarutahiko-hatsukoshin_2021-cl-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C613&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fn_sarutahiko-hatsukoshin_2021-cl-002.jpg?resize=768%2C460&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/sarutahiko-fukuoka.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarutahiko Shrine<\/a><\/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. 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