{"id":172642,"date":"2025-08-08T17:50:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=172642&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-08-08T17:50:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:50:49","slug":"sumiyoshi-festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/sumiyoshi-festival-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Sumiyoshi Festival 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Named for the characters meaning \u201cgood to live in,\u201d Sumiyoshi is now home to a diverse community in houses, apartments, and condominiums. Started by local volunteers, this festival brings everyone together at Sumiyoshi Shrine, a long-standing place of welcome. Local eateries serve festival fare, while artists and performers with ties to Sumiyoshi provide entertainment. Spend a relaxed final afternoon of summer in the shrine\u2019s tree-shaded grounds.<\/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\/08\/fn_sumiyoshi-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sumiyoshi Festival 2025, \u4f4f\u5409\u796d\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fn_sumiyoshi-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fn_sumiyoshi-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fn_sumiyoshi-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fn_sumiyoshi-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8\/31 (Sun.) *slight rain or shine, canceled in case of inclement weather<br \/>\n\u2022 12:00~20:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Free entry<br \/>\n\u2022 Sumiyoshi Shrine (south side of the precincts)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/JBpsbioGjiCyrgtt5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3-1-51 Sumiyoshi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sumiyoshimatsuri.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/sumiyoshimatsuri.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Participating shops<br \/>\n\u2022 alta marea<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lavie2247\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LA VIE EN ROSE<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Gutarashan<br \/>\n\u2022 Vitam<br \/>\n\u2022 Yokomichi<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chisaki1015\/?hl=ja\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chisaki<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sept1101\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sept <\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Hareruya<br \/>\n\u2022 Manpukuya<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cafe_currymart\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Curry Mart<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cecicafejapan\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CECI CAFE<\/a><br \/>\netc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Named for the characters meaning \u201cgood to live in,\u201d Sumiyoshi is now home to a diverse community in houses, apartments, and condominiums&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172642","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-hakata-ku","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/172642","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=172642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}