{"id":165113,"date":"2024-08-21T17:27:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T08:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=165113&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-08-21T17:27:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T08:27:37","slug":"miyajidake-autumn-festival-2024","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/miyajidake-autumn-festival-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Miyajidake Shrine Autumn Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dating back approximately 600 years, the Miyajidake Shrine\u2019s Autumn Festival is an awe-inspiring event. Celebrated to give thanks for bountiful harvests in the autumn and to pray for agricultural prosperity in the spring, this festival is the shrine\u2019s largest and most elaborate of the year. <\/p>\n<p>One of the highlights is the \u201cGojinkousai\u201d parade, which takes place at 1 p.m. on both the first and final days. Resembling an imperial procession from the Heian period, a chosen \u201cFestival King\u201d dresses in traditional \u201cJuni-Hitoe\u201d (twelve-layer robe) and is carried on a palanquin from Miyajihama Beach to the shrine, a distance of about 2 km.<\/p>\n<p>Mark your calendar for the 22nd, when approximately 1,000 fireworks will illuminate the sky, symbolizing the release of everyday worries and the fulfillment of wishes. Don\u2019t miss this deeply spiritual and visually captivating event.<\/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\/08\/fn_miyajidake-shrine-autumn-festival_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C932&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Miyajidake Shrine Autumn Festival, \u5bae\u5730\u5dbd\u795e\u793e \u79cb\u5b63\u5927\u796d\" width=\"1400\" height=\"932\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-165118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fn_miyajidake-shrine-autumn-festival_2024_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fn_miyajidake-shrine-autumn-festival_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fn_miyajidake-shrine-autumn-festival_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fn_miyajidake-shrine-autumn-festival_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9\/21 (Sat.) ~ 9\/23 (Mon., hol.)<br \/>\n\u2022 13:00~ (fireworks: 9\/22 20:00~)<br \/>\n\u2022 Miyajidake Shrine<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/fiwegUcRiJ7E9A4G7\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">7-1 Miyajimoto-machi, Fukutsu City, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miyajidake.or.jp\/news\/topics\/%e4%bb%a4%e5%92%8c%ef%bc%96%e5%b9%b4%e3%80%8c%e7%a7%8b%e5%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e7%a5%ad%e3%80%8d\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.miyajidake.or.jp\/news\/topics\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dating back approximately 600 years, the Miyajidake Shrine\u2019s Autumn Festival is an awe-inspiring event. Celebrated to give thanks for bountiful harvests in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30040,"featured_media":165118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-165113","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/165113","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=165113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}