{"id":173350,"date":"2025-09-30T15:11:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=173350&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-09-30T15:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:14:14","slug":"nakasu-festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/nakasu-festival-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Nakasu Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This vibrant festival takes place in Nakasu, Kyushu&#8217;s largest entertainment district. Nakasu&#8217;s main street will be transformed into a pedestrian paradise, lined with around 60 food and drink stalls. Highlights include the &#8220;Nakasu Kunihiro Onnamikoshi,&#8221; where 500 women carry a portable shrine through the streets, starting from Kunihiro Shrine, and the &#8220;Oiran Dochu,&#8221; featuring four women dressed in elaborate Oiran costumes parading slowly through the town.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct 30, as a pre-festival event, the &#8220;Hashigozake Taikai&#8221; pub crawl will be held. Participants can visit three participating establishments, including well-known clubs and long-standing venues in Nakasu. Tickets are available on the day for \u00a54,000 near Deai Bridge, or in advance for \u00a53,000 via Lawson Ticket.<\/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\/08\/fn_nakasu-festival_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nakasu Festival, \u4e2d\u6d32\u307e\u3064\u308a\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fn_nakasu-festival_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fn_nakasu-festival_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fn_nakasu-festival_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fn_nakasu-festival_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 10\/30 (Thu.) ~ 11\/1 (Sat.)<br \/>\n\u2022 17:00~23:00 (10\/30: 19:30~)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/rMdyUDSkU4GiM4Dq6\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nakasu Area, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakasumatsuri.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.nakasumatsuri.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kyushu Live &#8211; Nakasu Festival 2023)<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qE1F_fe1W4w?si=NmPWRQLMpf_nV_W2\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This vibrant festival takes place in Nakasu, Kyushu&#8217;s largest entertainment district. Nakasu&#8217;s main street will be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173350","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nakasu","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/173350","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=173350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}