{"id":162540,"date":"2024-04-26T18:40:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T09:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=162540&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-04-26T18:40:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T09:40:45","slug":"hakata-dontaku-8","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/hakata-dontaku-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Hakata Dontaku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate Golden Week in Fukuoka with the annual &#8216;Hakata Dontaku&#8217; festival, a vibrant tradition that draws up to two million spectators over two days. Derived from the Dutch word &#8216;Zondag,&#8217; meaning &#8216;holiday,&#8217; Dontaku is one of Japan&#8217;s most prominent festivals. The festivities begin with the historic &#8216;Hakata Matsubayashi,&#8217; which has an 840-year legacy. The celebration features the Three Lucky Gods riding horses, joined by a children&#8217;s procession, visiting over 150 commercial and corporate locations across the city. Moreover, 39 designated performance stages throughout Fukuoka host an array of events, transforming the city into a festive hub.<br \/>\nFor more comprehensive details, refer to the Fukuoka Now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/hakata-dontaku\/\">Hakata Dontaku Guide 2024<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_153069\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153069\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153069\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fn_hakata-dontaku-showcase_2023_cl-002.jpeg?resize=1400%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hakata Dontaku, \u535a\u591a\u3069\u3093\u305f\u304f\u6e2f\u307e\u3064\u308a\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fn_hakata-dontaku-showcase_2023_cl-002.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fn_hakata-dontaku-showcase_2023_cl-002.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fn_hakata-dontaku-showcase_2023_cl-002.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fn_hakata-dontaku-showcase_2023_cl-002.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-153069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo provided by the City of Fukuoka<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 5\/3 (Fri., hol.), 5\/4 (Sat., hol.)<br \/>\n\u2022 Free viewing<br \/>\n\u2022 Fukuoka City (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dontaku.fukunet.or.jp\/event_map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map<\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dontaku.fukunet.or.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.dontaku.fukunet.or.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kyushu Live &#8211; Dontaku Parade 2023 &#8211; Fukuoka streets come alive! (May 3, 2023)<\/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\/PS6WGIaJ3eo?si=sKcU15DEpv8j_DrF\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate Golden Week in Fukuoka with the annual &#8216;Hakata Dontaku&#8217; festival, a vibrant tradition that draws up to two million spectators over two days. Derived from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30040,"featured_media":153069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-162540","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/162540","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=162540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}