{"id":164575,"date":"2024-07-23T12:06:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T03:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=164575&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-07-23T16:09:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T07:09:06","slug":"maebaru-yamakasa-2024","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/maebaru-yamakasa-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Maebaru Yamakasa &#038; Summer Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a Yamakasa festival in Itoshima too! The Maebaru Yamakasa (Hi-fuse Jizo and Oimatsu Shrine Summer Festival) features floats from nine districts parading energetically through the town with water splashed on them, accompanied by shouts of &#8220;Oisa, Oisa.&#8221; Traditionally, the floats are dedicated to Hi-fuse Jizo on July 24 and Oimatsu Shrine on July 25. However, in 2024, the event will only take place on July 25, starting from 2:30 PM with each float departing every six minutes from in front of the Itoshima Police Station. From 6 PM on both days, Iris Road and the main street near the Meitengai shopping area become pedestrian zones, hosting three beer gardens and numerous street stalls, drawing large crowds.<\/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\/07\/fn_maebaru-yamakasa-festival_2024_cl-002.jpeg?resize=1400%2C928&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Maebaru Yamakasa &#038; Summer Festival, \u524d\u539f\u5c71\u7b20\u30fb\u590f\u796d\u308a\" width=\"1400\" height=\"928\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-164578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fn_maebaru-yamakasa-festival_2024_cl-002.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fn_maebaru-yamakasa-festival_2024_cl-002.jpeg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fn_maebaru-yamakasa-festival_2024_cl-002.jpeg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fn_maebaru-yamakasa-festival_2024_cl-002.jpeg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7\/24 (Wed.), 7\/25 (Thu.)<br \/>\n\u2022 Maebaru district center area (7\/25 14:30~ Yamakasa starts in front of <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/5XpQQnFp4b29uuKK9\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Itoshima Police Station<\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/czLZbPevM7Q5ri5T6\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maebaruchuo, Itoshima City, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/kanko-itoshima.jp\/spot\/maebaruyamakasa\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kanko-itoshima.jp\/spot\/maebaruyamakasa\/<\/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\/07\/fn_maebaru-yamakasa-festival_2024_cl-003.jpg?resize=1400%2C1259&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Maebaru Yamakasa &amp; Summer Festival, \u524d\u539f\u5c71\u7b20\u30fb\u590f\u796d\u308a\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1259\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-164602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fn_maebaru-yamakasa-festival_2024_cl-003.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fn_maebaru-yamakasa-festival_2024_cl-003.jpg?resize=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fn_maebaru-yamakasa-festival_2024_cl-003.jpg?resize=1024%2C921&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fn_maebaru-yamakasa-festival_2024_cl-003.jpg?resize=768%2C691&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a Yamakasa festival in Itoshima too! The Maebaru Yamakasa (Hi-fuse Jizo and Oimatsu Shrine Summer Festival) features floats from nine districts parading energetically through the town with water splashed on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30040,"featured_media":164578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-164575","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-itoshima","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/164575","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=164575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}