{"id":173853,"date":"2025-10-30T13:46:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T04:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=173853&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:49:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T04:49:26","slug":"tagawa-coalmine-festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/tagawa-coalmine-festival-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tagawa Coalmine Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate the history and culture of \u201cTanko-bushi,\u201d a folk song rooted in coal mining, at the annual Tanko-bushi Festival. This event has been captivating audiences since 2006. With around 40 food and drink vendors setting up shop, there\u2019s something for everyone. The festival turns magical on the evening of the 1st with a Candle Night, illuminating the venue with a soft, ethereal glow. The highlight of the festival is the \u201cMass Tanko-bushi Dance,\u201d scheduled for 15:30 on the 2nd. Participants dance in unison against a backdrop featuring iconic elements from the song\u2019s lyrics, such as \u201cKawaradake,\u201d \u201cTwo Chimneys,\u201d and \u201cTateko Tower.\u201d Don\u2019t miss this stunning spectacle.<\/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\/10\/fn_tagawa-coalmine-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=960%2C1010&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tagawa Coalmine Festival\" width=\"960\" height=\"1010\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_tagawa-coalmine-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_tagawa-coalmine-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=285%2C300&amp;ssl=1 285w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_tagawa-coalmine-festival_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C808&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 11\/1 (Sat.), 11\/2 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 11:00~20:00 (11\/2: ~17:00)<br \/>\n\u2022 Free entry<br \/>\n\u2022 Tagawa City Sekitan (Coal) Memorial Park<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/FhYiKJUB31pt41Y4A\" target=\"_blank\">2734-1 Ita, Tagawa City, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joho-tagawa.jp\/coalmine\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.joho-tagawa.jp\/coalmine\/<\/a><\/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\/10\/fn_tagawa-coalmine-festival_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tagawa Coalmine Festival\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_tagawa-coalmine-festival_2025_cl-002.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_tagawa-coalmine-festival_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_tagawa-coalmine-festival_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_tagawa-coalmine-festival_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate the history and culture of \u201cTanko-bushi,\u201d a folk song rooted in coal mining, at the annual Tanko-bushi Festival&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173853","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/173853","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=173853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}