{"id":169440,"date":"2025-03-17T18:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=169440&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-03-17T18:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:11:26","slug":"kyushu-spring-sake-festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/kyushu-spring-sake-festival-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Spring Sake Festival 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where there\u2019s a crowd, there\u2019s sake\u2014and smiles. For five days, a large-scale sake festival will take place in front of Hakata Station, bringing together 21 breweries from Kyushu and another 21 from across Honshu. Visitors can enjoy a wide range of sake, including event-exclusive varieties, while welcoming the arrival of spring. To try the sake, attendees first purchase a cup (\u00a5100, or a limited-edition original sake cup for \u00a5800), then buy individual pours at each booth using the same cup. Wine and beer are sold in glasses at each respective booth (cups cannot be reused for these). Payment is accepted in cash or via PayPay. Food is also available, with special appearances by Nagahama yatai stall \u201cNagahama no Hiroshi,\u201d kushikatsu and standing bar \u201cShirasu Kujira,\u201d pizzeria \u201cPizzeria da Gaetano,\u201d an oyster bar, and more.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fn_kyushu-sakagura-biraki_2023_cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu Sakagura Biraki \" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-152227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fn_kyushu-sakagura-biraki_2023_cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fn_kyushu-sakagura-biraki_2023_cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fn_kyushu-sakagura-biraki_2023_cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fn_kyushu-sakagura-biraki_2023_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 3\/19 (Wed.) ~ 3\/23 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 15:00~22:00 (3\/19, 21), 12:00~22:00 (3\/20, 22), 12:00~21:00 (3\/23)<br \/>\n\u2022 Free entry<br \/>\n\u2022 JR Hakata Station Plaza<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/NP8bHF9nXXieVsaF7\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1-1 Hakataeki-chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jrhakatacity.com\/newsevent\/detail\/?cd=000458\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.jrhakatacity.com\/newsevent\/detail\/?cd=000458<\/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\/2025\/03\/fn_kyushu-sakagura-biraki_2025_WEB-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C1524&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu Sakagura Biraki, \u4e5d\u5dde\u9152\u8535\u3073\u3089\u304d\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1524\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-169446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fn_kyushu-sakagura-biraki_2025_WEB-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fn_kyushu-sakagura-biraki_2025_WEB-001.jpg?resize=276%2C300&amp;ssl=1 276w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fn_kyushu-sakagura-biraki_2025_WEB-001.jpg?resize=941%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 941w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fn_kyushu-sakagura-biraki_2025_WEB-001.jpg?resize=768%2C836&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where there\u2019s a crowd, there\u2019s sake\u2014and smiles. For five days, a large-scale sake festival will take place in front of Hakata Station&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":152227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-169440","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-hakata","event-type-food-drink","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/169440","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=169440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}