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<\/p>\nThis is the only yabusame (horseback archery) ritual held in Itoshima. Dedicated annually since 1653, the ceremony prays for a bountiful harvest and the safety of farm horses. Two mounted archers gallop along a 150-meter approach, shooting three targets with white-feathered arrows\u2014a thrilling sight. Following the yabusame ritual, a chigo gyoretsu (children\u2019s procession) takes place.<\/p>\n
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\u2022 10\/18 (Sat.) This is the only yabusame (horseback archery) ritual held in Itoshima. Dedicated annually since 1653, the ceremony prays for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173690","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-itoshima","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/173690","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=173690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 10:30~
\n\u2022 Free viewing
\n\u2022 Sakurai Shrine
\n\u2022 4227 Shima-Sakurai, Itoshima City, Fukuoka<\/a>
\n\u2022 https:\/\/sakuraijinja.com\/event\/niinamesai\/<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Yabusame](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_sakurai-shriine-yabusame_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=933%2C1400&ssl=1\")
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