{"id":149577,"date":"2022-10-31T19:25:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T10:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=149577&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-11-01T13:23:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T04:23:48","slug":"2022-saga-international-balloon-fiesta","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/2022-saga-international-balloon-fiesta\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Saga International Balloon Fiesta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saga\u2019s balloon festival is the largest in Asia with 96 local and international hot air balloons of all colors, shapes and sizes taking to the sky. Check out animal-shaped and other unique balloons at the Balloon Fantasia, and stay until night for the La Montgolfier Nocturne balloon light up. At the &#8220;Balloon Classroom,&#8221; held every day during the festival, visitors can learn how balloons work by launching an actual balloon with a pilot and crew using a burner to inject hot air into the balloon (13:00-14:00, no reservation required). The &#8220;Umakamon Market&#8221; will also be open, offering a variety of fresh agricultural and marine products and specialties from Saga.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fn_saga-balloon-festa_2022_cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C931&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2022 Saga International Balloon Fiesta\" width=\"1400\" height=\"931\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-149578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fn_saga-balloon-festa_2022_cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fn_saga-balloon-festa_2022_cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fn_saga-balloon-festa_2022_cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fn_saga-balloon-festa_2022_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welcomekyushu.jp\/gallery\/?mode=detail&#038;id=4981\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyushu Tourism Promotion Organization Photo Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 11\/1 (Tue.) ~ 11\/7 (Mon.) *Balloon competition is Nov. 2~5<br \/>\n\u2022 7:00~17:00 (Night mooring: Nov5 and 6, 18:30~19:15)<br \/>\n\u2022 Free viewing<br \/>\n\u2022 Kase Riversite, Saga City<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/g.page\/SagaIBF?share\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2598 Morita, Nabeshima-machi, Saga City<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"tel:0952-29-9000\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">0952-29-9000<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sibf.jp\/en\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/sibf.jp\/en\/<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Kyushu Live: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4MZp2ep17mE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/4MZp2ep17mE<\/a> (live streaming: 11\/2 6:30~)<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4MZp2ep17mE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fn_saga-balloon-festa_2022_cl-002.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2022 Saga International Balloon Fiesta\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-149579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fn_saga-balloon-festa_2022_cl-002.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fn_saga-balloon-festa_2022_cl-002.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fn_saga-balloon-festa_2022_cl-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/fn_saga-balloon-festa_2022_cl-002.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welcomekyushu.jp\/gallery\/?mode=detail&#038;id=4986\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyushu Tourism Promotion Organization Photo Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saga\u2019s balloon festival is the largest in Asia with 96 local and international hot air balloons of all colors, shapes and sizes taking to the sky. Check out animal-shaped and other unique balloons at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":149578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-149577","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-saga-city","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/149577","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=149577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}