{"id":165533,"date":"2024-09-05T15:52:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T06:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=165533&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-09-05T15:53:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T06:53:14","slug":"hojoya-2024","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/hojoya-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Hojoya at Hakozaki Shrine: A Celebration of Life and Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Counted among the three major festivals of Hakata, alongside the springtime Hakata Dontaku and the summer Hakata Gion Yamakasa, the Hojoya Festival is an event held to \u201ccherish all forms of life, abstain from killing, and give thanks for autumn\u2019s bounty.\u201d Rooted in rituals that have been performed at Hakozaki Shrine for over 1,100 years, the festival takes place annually from September 12th to 18th.<\/p>\n<p>The festival\u2019s grandeur is further heightened by over 500 stalls that line both sides of the approximately 1km-long approach to the sea from the main shrine. This striking spectacle ranks the Hojoya as one of the most magnificent festivals in Kyushu.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/hojoya-guide\/\">Hakozaki Shrine Hojoya Guide 2024<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nFor more information on the festival\u2019s origin, highlights, and schedule, please visit the guide.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_148492\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148492\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fn_hojoya-showcase_2022_cl-001.jpeg?resize=1400%2C927&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hojoya Festival Hakozaki Shrine, \u7b65\u5d0e\u5bae\u653e\u751f\u4f1a\u5927\u796d\" width=\"1400\" height=\"927\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fn_hojoya-showcase_2022_cl-001.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fn_hojoya-showcase_2022_cl-001.jpeg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fn_hojoya-showcase_2022_cl-001.jpeg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fn_hojoya-showcase_2022_cl-001.jpeg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-148492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph provided by Fukuoka City.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 9\/12 (Thu.) ~ 9\/18 (Wed)<br \/>\n\u2022 Hakozaki Shrine<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/wgo7NDFxEc2KbkNM6\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1-22-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hakozakigu.or.jp\/omatsuri\/houjoya\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hakozakigu.or.jp\/omatsuri\/houjoya\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kyushu Live &#8211; Hakozaki Shrine Hojoya Festival 2023<\/strong> (Sep. 12, 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\/QdCgeaAXocU?si=5ZPS9mE_uknW1zc1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Counted among the three major festivals of Hakata, alongside the springtime Hakata Dontaku and the summer Hakata Gion Yamakasa, the Hojoya Festival is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":148492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-165533","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-higashi-ku","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/165533","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\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}