{"id":159480,"date":"2024-01-24T14:03:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T05:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=159480&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-01-24T14:03:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T05:03:52","slug":"naritasan-kurume-setsubun-festival","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/naritasan-kurume-setsubun-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Daihonzan Naritasan Kurume Temple &#8211; Setsubun Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The renowned Naritasan Kurume Temple, famed for its majestic Bodhisattva statue, is endearingly known to locals as &#8216;Narita-san&#8217;. On Setsubun, the temple becomes a hub of spiritual activity with the &#8216; O-Goma-Ku&#8217;, a significant ritual dedicated to attracting good luck and repelling misfortune. A highlight of this festival is the spirited distribution of around 20,000 bags of fortune beans by men and women representing the zodiac year. These aren&#8217;t ordinary beans \u2013 each bag holds a lottery ticket, giving participants a chance to win an array of prizes ranging from modern electrical gadgets to essential household goods.<br \/>\nFukuoka Setsubun Guide 2024 >> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/setsubun-guide\/\">https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/setsubun-guide\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fn_setsubun-naritasan-myoouji_2024_cl-001.jpg?resize=1280%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Setsubun Festival at Naritasan Kurume Bunin Myooji Temple, \u6210\u7530\u5c71\u4e45\u7559\u7c73\u5206\u9662\u660e\u738b\u5bfa \u7bc0\u5206\u4f1a\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fn_setsubun-naritasan-myoouji_2024_cl-001.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fn_setsubun-naritasan-myoouji_2024_cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fn_setsubun-naritasan-myoouji_2024_cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fn_setsubun-naritasan-myoouji_2024_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2\/4 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 Mamemaki (bean throwing): 11:00~ (after o-goma-ku)<br \/>\n\u2022 Daihonzan Naritasan Kurume Temple<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/1wZqN7bQDJa8FCs27\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1386-22 Kamitsu-machi, Kurume City, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurume-naritasan.or.jp\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.kurume-naritasan.or.jp\/ <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The renowned Naritasan Kurume Temple, famed for its majestic Bodhisattva statue, is endearingly known to locals as &#8216;Narita-san&#8217;. On Setsubun, the temple becomes a hub&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30040,"featured_media":159458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-159480","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kurume","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/159480","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\/30040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}