{"id":174065,"date":"2025-11-05T17:09:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T08:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=174065&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T08:09:45","slug":"kanmon-kaikyo-candle-night-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/kanmon-kaikyo-candle-night-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanmon Kaikyo Candle Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Set against the Kanmon Straits, which can be crossed in just five minutes, one of Japan\u2019s largest candle events lights up the area with 30,000 candles. In the Moji Port (Mojiko) area, a Christmas market offers festive goods and food. To mark the event\u2019s 14th year, Kanmon Kisen, the ferry connecting Karato (Shimonoseki) and Mojik\u014d, will operate one hour later than usual\u2014last departures at 22:30 from Shimonoseki and 22:50 from Mojiko.<\/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\/11\/fn_kanmonkaikyo-illumination_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C1136&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kanmon Kaikyo Candle Night, \u95a2\u9580\u6d77\u5ce1\u30ad\u30e3\u30f3\u30c9\u30eb\u30ca\u30a4\u30c8\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1136\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-174033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_kanmonkaikyo-illumination_2025_cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_kanmonkaikyo-illumination_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C243&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_kanmonkaikyo-illumination_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C831&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_kanmonkaikyo-illumination_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C623&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 11\/15 (Sat.), 11\/16 (Sun.) 2025<br \/>\n\u2022 17:30~21:00<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/viewer?mid=1_b7T-lLukRomtj-APpQC6YggScU&#038;hl=ja&#038;femb=1&#038;ll=33.95661451540654%2C130.94566485&#038;z=14\" target=\"_blank\">Kanmon Kaikyo Area Map<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/kkcn.jp\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kkcn.jp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mojiko Area<br \/>\n\u2022 Mojiko Retro Shinsui Hiroba, Harbor deck, Sakae-machi Gintengai (only on 11\/15), Premier Hotel Mojiko<\/p>\n<p>Shimonoseki Area<br \/>\n\u2022 Karato Area (Shimonoseki City Hall Civic Plaza, Kameyama Hachimangu Shrine, Former Shimonoseki British Consulate, Tanaka Kinuyo Bunka-kan, Shimonoseki Nanbu-cho Post Office, Former Miyazaki Shokan, Karato Harete Yokocho)<br \/>\n\u2022 Shimonoseki Station Ekimachi Plaza (Daimaru Shimonoseki Store and Seamall Shimonoseki), Civic Activity Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Set against the Kanmon Straits, which can be crossed in just five minutes, one of Japan\u2019s largest candle events&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":174033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174065","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","event-type-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/174065","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=174065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}