{"id":173789,"date":"2025-10-22T11:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T02:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=173789&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:25:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T02:25:52","slug":"shishi-festival-fukuoka-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/shishi-festival-fukuoka-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Shishi Festival Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This new event brings together shishi (lion heads) used in traditional folk rituals from about 30 communities across Fukuoka City. Shishi Festival Fukuoka will be held for the first time, featuring various lion dances and purification performances, along with a special appearance by Ise Daikagura from Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture. Dynamic and colorful dances will be performed in front of Shiomi-yagura Turret and at the north side of Sannomaru Square in Maizuru Park, where a market offering seasonal autumn foods will also be held. The festival celebrates Fukuoka\u2019s traditional culture and the flavors of autumn.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_173792\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173792\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_shishifestival-kashiigu_2025_cl-1.jpg?resize=1400%2C1040&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1040\" class=\"size-full wp-image-173792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_shishifestival-kashiigu_2025_cl-1.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_shishifestival-kashiigu_2025_cl-1.jpg?resize=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_shishifestival-kashiigu_2025_cl-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C761&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_shishifestival-kashiigu_2025_cl-1.jpg?resize=768%2C571&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-173792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u9999\u690e\u5bae\u5949\u7d0d\u7345\u5b50\u697d (Kashiigu Shrine Shishigaku)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 11\/3 (Mon., hol.)<br \/>\n\u2022 10:00~16:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Free entry and viewing<br \/>\n\u2022 Maizuru Park Sannnomaru Plaza, in front of Shiomi-yagura Turret<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/BJpV76VNKKyku8Qm7\" target=\"_blank\">2 Jonai, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/3pm-net.com\/shishifes_fuk\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/3pm-net.com\/shishifes_fuk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_173790\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173790\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_shishifestival-imajuku_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C939&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"939\" class=\"size-full wp-image-173790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_shishifestival-imajuku_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_shishifestival-imajuku_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_shishifestival-imajuku_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C687&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_shishifestival-imajuku_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C515&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-173790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u4eca\u5bbf\u9752\u6728\u7345\u5b50\u821e (Imajuku Aoki Shishimai)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This new event brings together shishi (lion heads) used in traditional folk rituals from about 30 communities across Fukuoka City&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173789","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-chuo-ku","event-type-culture","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/173789","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=173789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}