{"id":162716,"date":"2024-05-08T10:04:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T01:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=162716&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-05-08T10:04:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T01:04:52","slug":"wakamatsu-hydrangea-festival-2","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/wakamatsu-hydrangea-festival-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wakamatsu Hydrangea Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hydrangea Festival at Takatoyama Park, one of Fukuoka Prefecture&#8217;s premier hydrangea viewing spots with 74,500 plants, celebrates the peak bloom of hydrangeas. From late May to early June, the native &#8220;Mountain Hydrangeas&#8221; of Japan are showcased, with &#8220;Western Hydrangeas&#8221; taking center stage in mid-June. Throughout the festival, the observatory plaza hosts local gourmet food stalls, food trucks, and a flea market. On June 9th, a free shuttle bus connects Wakamatsu Station and Wakamatsu Ferry Terminal directly to the summit of Takatoyama.<\/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\/04\/fn_hydrangea-guide-takatoyama-park_2024_cl-001.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wakamatsu Hydrangea Festival, \u82e5\u677e\u3042\u3058\u3055\u3044\u796d\u308a\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fn_hydrangea-guide-takatoyama-park_2024_cl-001.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fn_hydrangea-guide-takatoyama-park_2024_cl-001.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fn_hydrangea-guide-takatoyama-park_2024_cl-001.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fn_hydrangea-guide-takatoyama-park_2024_cl-001.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sub-event: 5\/26 (Sun.), 6\/2 (Sun.) 10:00~15:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Main-event: 6\/9 (Sun.), 6\/16 (Sun.) 10:00~16:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Free entry<br \/>\n\u2022 Takatoyama park<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/bPnT5sFmXvMTb4qh7\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sutara, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp\/wakamatsu\/w4100054.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp\/wakamatsu\/w4100054.html<\/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\/04\/fn_hydrangea-guide-takatoyama-park_2024_cl-002.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wakamatsu Hydrangea Festival, \u82e5\u677e\u3042\u3058\u3055\u3044\u796d\u308a\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fn_hydrangea-guide-takatoyama-park_2024_cl-002.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fn_hydrangea-guide-takatoyama-park_2024_cl-002.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fn_hydrangea-guide-takatoyama-park_2024_cl-002.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fn_hydrangea-guide-takatoyama-park_2024_cl-002.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hydrangea Festival at Takatoyama Park, one of Fukuoka Prefecture&#8217;s premier hydrangea viewing spots with 74,500 plants, celebrates the peak bloom of hydrangeas. From late May to early June, the native &#8220;Mountain Hydrangeas&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30040,"featured_media":162717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-162716","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/162716","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=162716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}