{"id":173057,"date":"2025-09-12T10:31:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T01:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=173057&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-09-12T10:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T01:31:15","slug":"daikoku-festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/daikoku-festival-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Daikoku Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toka Ebisu Shrine, famous for its New Year \u201cToka Ebisu\u201d festival where Hakata merchants pray for prosperous business, will host its first autumn cultural festival this year. Dedicated to Ebisu, deity of business success, and Daikoku, deity of good fortune and matchmaking, the event will share Daikoku\u2019s blessings through interactive experiences. Ten food trucks will line the approach, while the shrine grounds feature cultural workshops, exhibitions and sales by artists and creators, live calligraphy, and taiko drumming. At the adjacent Higashi Park lawn, children can receive free haircuts from barbers, alongside music performances, making it enjoyable for families as well.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173038\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fn_tokaebisu-daikoku-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Daikoku Festival, \u3060\u3044\u3053\u304f\u796d\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fn_tokaebisu-daikoku-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fn_tokaebisu-daikoku-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fn_tokaebisu-daikoku-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fn_tokaebisu-daikoku-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 10\/5 (Sun.) *rain or shine, canceled in case of inclement weather<br \/>\n\u2022 9:00~18:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Free entry<br \/>\n\u2022 Toka Ebisu Shrine, Higashi Park Lawn Area<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/5d7LT2xkmUTzxWHp7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7-1 Higashikoen, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tooka-ebisu.or.jp\/news\/daikoku-sai2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.tooka-ebisu.or.jp\/news\/daikoku-sai2025\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173040\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fn_tokaebisu-daikoku-festival_2025_cl-003.jpg?resize=1400%2C935&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Daikoku Festival, \u3060\u3044\u3053\u304f\u796d\" width=\"1400\" height=\"935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fn_tokaebisu-daikoku-festival_2025_cl-003.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fn_tokaebisu-daikoku-festival_2025_cl-003.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fn_tokaebisu-daikoku-festival_2025_cl-003.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fn_tokaebisu-daikoku-festival_2025_cl-003.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toka Ebisu Shrine, famous for its New Year \u201cToka Ebisu\u201d festival where Hakata merchants pray for prosperous business, will host its first&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173057","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\/173057","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=173057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}