{"id":156282,"date":"2023-08-28T13:41:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T04:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=156282&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-09-11T16:09:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T07:09:33","slug":"hakozaki-shrine-hojoya-festival-2","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/hakozaki-shrine-hojoya-festival-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hojoya at Hakozaki Shrine: A Celebration of Life and Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Counted among the three major festivals of Hakata, alongside the springtime Hakata Dontaku and the summer Hakata Gion Yamakasa, the Hojoya Festival is an event held to &#8220;cherish all forms of life, abstain from killing, and give thanks for autumn&#8217;s bounty.&#8221; Rooted in rituals that have been performed at Hakozaki Shrine for over 1,100 years, the festival takes place annually from September 12th to 18th.<\/p>\n<p>This year features the &#8220;Divine Procession,&#8221; known as &#8220;Gojinko,&#8221; held every two years (on odd-numbered years). On September 12th and 14th, approximately 500 local parishioners will partake in this lavish procession. Much of the ritual remains unchanged since the Edo period, offering spectators a scene akin to a living tapestry.<\/p>\n<p>The festival&#8217;s grandeur is further heightened by over 500 stalls that line both sides of the approximately 1km-long approach to the sea from the main shrine. This striking spectacle ranks the Hojoya as one of the most magnificent festivals in Kyushu.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/hojoya-guide\/\">Hakozaki Shrine Hojoya Guide 2023<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nFor more information on the festival&#8217;s origin, highlights, and schedule, please visit the guide.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_148492\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148492\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fn_hojoya-showcase_2022_cl-001.jpeg?resize=1400%2C927&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hojoya Festival Hakozaki Shrine, \u7b65\u5d0e\u5bae\u653e\u751f\u4f1a\u5927\u796d\" width=\"1400\" height=\"927\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fn_hojoya-showcase_2022_cl-001.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fn_hojoya-showcase_2022_cl-001.jpeg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fn_hojoya-showcase_2022_cl-001.jpeg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fn_hojoya-showcase_2022_cl-001.jpeg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-148492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph provided by Fukuoka City.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 9\/12 (Tue.) ~ 9\/18 (Mon., hol.)<br \/>\n\u2022 Hakozaki Shrine<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/Vc9FqDoqHVNpEDZj6\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1-22-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hakozakigu.or.jp\/omatsuri\/houjoya\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hakozakigu.or.jp\/omatsuri\/houjoya\/<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hakozakigu.official\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hakozakigu.official\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kyushu Live &#8211; Hojoya Festival &#8211; The 1st Night &#038; Gojinko Procession &#8211; 2023 (Sep. 12, 2023 17:30~)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/QdCgeaAXocU?si=5ZPS9mE_uknW1zc1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/QdCgeaAXocU?si=5ZPS9mE_uknW1zc1<\/a><\/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\/QdCgeaAXocU?si=5ZPS9mE_uknW1zc1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Counted among the three major festivals of Hakata, alongside the springtime Hakata Dontaku and the summer Hakata Gion Yamakasa, the Hojoya Festival is an event held to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":156127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-156282","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-higashi-ku","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/156282","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=156282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}