![\"Sakurai](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fn_sakurai-futamigaura-shimenawa-festival_2022_cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&ssl=1\")
<\/p>\nOne of the most frequently visited spots in Itoshima is Meoto-iwa in Futamigaura. Often referred to as the husband and wife rocks are just out of sea just off of a sandy beach. Each year, a ceremony is held on a Sunday in late April or early May to replace the shimenawa (straw garland) that connects the two rocks of Meoto-iwa. This year the ceremony takes place on May 1. Measuring 30 m in length and weighing 1 ton, the Shimenawa requires the strength and coordination of 60 men to hang. Work on the shimenawa begins around 9:00, and from around 15:30, about 60 men walk along the ebbing sea and climb up to the rocks to hang the sacred rope.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u2022 5\/1 (Sat.) One of the main tourism spots in the Itoshima region is Meoto-iwa in Futamigaura. Every year, a ceremony is held on one Sunday in late April \u2013 May to replace…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":146264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-146263","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-itoshima","event-type-culture","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/146263","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=146263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Preparation of the shimenawa<\/em> 9:00~12:00, hanging of shimenawa<\/em> 15:30~16:30
\n\u2022 Free to visit
\n\u2022 Meoto-iwa, Shima Sakurai, Itoshima<\/a>
\n\u2022 http:\/\/sakuraijinja.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Sakurai](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fn_sakurai-futamigaura-shimenawa-festival_2022_cl-002.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&ssl=1\")
<\/p>\n![\"Sakurai](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fn_sakurai-futamigaura-shimenawa-festival_2022_cl-003.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&ssl=1\")
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"