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<\/p>\nVisit one of Itoshima\u2019s captivating attractions, Meotoiwa at Futamigaura, and witness the annual festival where the grand shimenawa rope is replaced. This unique ceremony takes place on a Sunday during the spring tide, between late April and May each year. The shimenawa rope, stretching about 30 meters in length and weighing approximately one ton, is crafted starting at 8:00 AM. By 1:00 PM, around 50 community members make their way across the seabed, exposed by the low tide, to ascend the rocks and hang the new rope. This once-a-year spectacle is not to be missed!<\/p>\n
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\u2022 4\/27 (Sun.) Visit one of Itoshima\u2019s captivating attractions, Meotoiwa at Futamigaura, and witness…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":170279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170297","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-itoshima","event-type-culture","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/170297","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=170297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Preparation of the shimenawa 8:00~12:00, hanging of shimenawa 13:00\u301c15:30
\n\u2022 Free viewing
\n\u2022 Sakurai Futamigaura Meotoiwa
\n\u2022 Shima Sakurai, Itoshima City, Fukuoka<\/a>
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