{"id":174396,"date":"2025-11-17T10:11:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T01:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=174396&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-11-17T10:11:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T01:11:29","slug":"forest-of-light-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/forest-of-light-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest of Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tenjin Central Park, at the foot of the seasonally illuminated ACROS Mountain, shines with festive lights during winter. A Christmas market is held here, forming part of a connected illumination route that stretches from City Hall Plaza through Kihinkan-mae Plaza and Fukuhaku Deai Bridge all the way to Hakata Station. From Nov 21 to Dec 18, circus performances take place on the outdoor stage at 18:20 and 20:20 (free admission; no shows on Mondays).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-174187\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_christmas-advent_2024_WEB-009.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Christmas Advent, \u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u30a2\u30c9\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_christmas-advent_2024_WEB-009.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_christmas-advent_2024_WEB-009.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_christmas-advent_2024_WEB-009.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_christmas-advent_2024_WEB-009.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 11\/13 (Thu.) ~ 12\/25 (Thu.)<br \/>\n\u2022 17:00~22:00 (Sat., Sun. and hol., 12:00~22:00) *Illumination will be on until 1\/6 (Tue.)<br \/>\n\u2022 Tenjin Central Park<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/w5Y3s4TQsTZRop4F8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka <\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/christmas-advent.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/christmas-advent.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-174186\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_christmas-advent_2024_WEB-007.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Christmas Advent, \u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u30a2\u30c9\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_christmas-advent_2024_WEB-007.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_christmas-advent_2024_WEB-007.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_christmas-advent_2024_WEB-007.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_christmas-advent_2024_WEB-007.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tenjin Central Park, at the foot of the seasonally illuminated ACROS Mountain, shines with festive lights during winter. A Christmas market is held here&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":174187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174396","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-tenjin","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/174396","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=174396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}