{"id":150256,"date":"2022-11-28T11:38:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T02:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=150256&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-11-28T11:38:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T02:38:24","slug":"eat-namako-mochi-on-new-years-eve-at-hakozaki-shrine","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/eat-namako-mochi-on-new-years-eve-at-hakozaki-shrine\/","title":{"rendered":"Eat Namako Mochi on New Year\u2019s Eve at Hakozaki Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visit Hakozaki Shrine on Dec. 31 to see one of Japan\u2019s New Year traditions, the mochitsuki. 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 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 Hakozaki Shrine every New Year to pound <em>mochi<\/em> flour together.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-150257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fn_hakozaki-shrine-namako-mochi_2021_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C927&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Eat Namako Mochi on New Year\u2019s Eve at Hakozaki Shrine, \u7b65\u5d0e\u5bae\u306e\u306a\u307e\u3053\u9905\u3064\u304d\" width=\"1400\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fn_hakozaki-shrine-namako-mochi_2021_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fn_hakozaki-shrine-namako-mochi_2021_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fn_hakozaki-shrine-namako-mochi_2021_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fn_hakozaki-shrine-namako-mochi_2021_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 12\/31 (Sat.)<br \/>\n\u2022 Start: 19:00~<br \/>\n\u2022 Hakozaki Shrine<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/MTeZKcYLRigjPhCE9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1-22-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"tel:092-641-7431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">092-641-7431<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hakozakigu.or.jp\/omatsuri\/#winter2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.hakozakigu.or.jp\/omatsuri\/#winter2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit Hakozaki Shrine on Dec. 31 to see one of Japan\u2019s New Year traditions, the mochitsuki. Mochitsuki is when rice is pounded to make mochi (rice cakes). The mochi at this festival are in the shape of namako (sea cucumbers)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":150257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-150256","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-higashi-ku","event-type-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/150256","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=150256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}