{"id":168414,"date":"2025-01-16T10:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T01:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=168414&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-02-14T15:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T06:32:06","slug":"yamaga-romantic-lantern-festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/yamaga-romantic-lantern-festival-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Yamaga Romantic Lantern Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The charming and traditional townscape of the Buzen Highway is adorned with objects made of Japanese umbrellas and bamboo, creating an enchanting world illuminated by thousands of candle lights. In addition, at the Yachiyoza Theater, a designated Important Cultural Property, a collaborative stage performance titled \u2018Yamaga Style Story\u2019 featuring traditional Yamaga drums and the Yamaga Lantern Dance takes place. (start at 20:30~21:30 \/ \u00a51,000 \/ free for under ES)<br \/>\nAt the main venue, the Sakura-yu Multipurpose Plaza, food stalls offering warm dishes will be in operation.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168405\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fn_yamaga-romantic-lantern-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Yamaga Romantic Lantern Festival,\u3000\u5c71\u9e7f\u706f\u7c60\u6d6a\u6f2b\u30fb\u767e\u83ef\u767e\u5f69\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fn_yamaga-romantic-lantern-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fn_yamaga-romantic-lantern-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fn_yamaga-romantic-lantern-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fn_yamaga-romantic-lantern-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2\/7 (Fri.) ~ 3\/1 (Sat.) *Fri. &amp; Sat. only<br \/>\n\u2022 Light up: 19:00~22:00 (lights start at 17:30)<br \/>\n\u2022 Buzen Highway (main venue: <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/Bf2RwWQBargDMyov8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yachiyoza<\/a>~<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/kqa7SQ6S8Urg2C4X7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sakurayu<\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/E3pLeZBszVH7yMcHA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yamaga, Yamaga City, Kumamoto<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/yamaga100.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/yamaga100.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>WIN TICKETS TO THE YAMAGA STYLE STORY<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter for a chance to win tickets to the Yamaga Style Story at the venue. We\u2019re offering tickets to 5 lucky pairs 10 individuals in total)!<\/span><br \/>\n>> <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/GAe9oioisRpmCBL97\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to apply<\/a> (application deadline: Feb. 17th, 12:00 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168406\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fn_yamaga-romantic-lantern-festival_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=1400%2C930&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Yamaga Romantic Lantern Festival,\u3000\u5c71\u9e7f\u706f\u7c60\u6d6a\u6f2b\u30fb\u767e\u83ef\u767e\u5f69\" width=\"1400\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fn_yamaga-romantic-lantern-festival_2025_cl-002.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fn_yamaga-romantic-lantern-festival_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fn_yamaga-romantic-lantern-festival_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fn_yamaga-romantic-lantern-festival_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The charming and traditional townscape of the Buzen Highway is adorned with objects made of Japanese umbrellas and bamboo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":168405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-168414","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-yamaga","event-type-festival","event-type-stage","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/168414","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=168414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}