{"id":172227,"date":"2025-07-16T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T05:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=172227&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-16T14:08:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T05:08:00","slug":"nogata-summer-festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/nogata-summer-festival-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Nogata Summer Festival 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nogata City&#8217;s summer tradition takes place at Riverside Park, where around 170 food and game stalls line the riverbank. This fireworks festival marks the finale of the Nogata Yamakasa, a traditional event with a history of about 400 years. After the splendid Kakiyama floats race through the city streets, the fireworks are launched, creating a grand and festive atmosphere.<\/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\/07\/fn_nogata-fireworks_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nogata Summer Festival ,\u3000\u306e\u304a\u304c\u305f\u82b1\u706b\u5927\u4f1a\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fn_nogata-fireworks_2025_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fn_nogata-fireworks_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fn_nogata-fireworks_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fn_nogata-fireworks_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 7\/27 (Sun.) *postponed to 7\/30 (Wed.) or 8\/6 (Wed.) in case of inclement weather<br \/>\n\u2022 Nogata Yamakasa 19:00~19:45, Fireworks 20:00~21:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Approx. 6,000 fireworks<br \/>\n\u2022 Free viewing<br \/>\n\u2022 Nogata Riverside Park<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/mFvnVnGn3nJJeKHa7\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1-1-1 Mizohori, Nogata City, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nogata-cci.or.jp\/nogata_natsumatsuri_2025\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.nogata-cci.or.jp\/nogata_natsumatsuri_2025\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nogata City&#8217;s summer tradition takes place at Riverside Park, where around 170 food and game stalls line the riverbank&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172227","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\/172227","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=172227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}