{"id":174400,"date":"2025-11-17T10:45:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T01:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=174400&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-11-17T10:52:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T01:52:31","slug":"kokura-christmas-market-castle-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/kokura-christmas-market-castle-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Kokura Christmas Market &#038; Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hakata and Tenjin Christmas Market, a beloved winter tradition, is also coming to Kitakyushu. Two venues, the historical Murasaki River Waterside Square and the modern Senba Square, are connected by Ogai Bridge, transformed into a dazzling tunnel of lights. Simultaneously, the Murasaki River Night Spectacle and Kokura Illumination will light up the holiday season in Kitakyushu. At the Kokura Castle Christmas Market, limited-edition mugs featuring castle and Christmas motifs will also be available.<\/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_christmas-advent_2025_cl-009.jpg?resize=972%2C549&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Christmas Advent, \u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u30a2\u30c9\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\" width=\"972\" height=\"549\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-174158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_christmas-advent_2025_cl-009.jpg?w=972&amp;ssl=1 972w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_christmas-advent_2025_cl-009.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fn_christmas-advent_2025_cl-009.jpg?resize=768%2C434&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 972px) 100vw, 972px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 11\/21 (Fri.) ~ 12\/25 (Thu.)<br \/>\n\u2022 17:00~22:00 (Sat., Sun. and hol., 12:00~22:00)<br \/>\n\u2022 Murasaki River Shinsui Square (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/WGrQsJLxErs5PZmw6\" target=\"_blank\">1-1 Muromachi, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka<\/a>),  Senba Square (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/iEJ1N4g7iKviZgvH6\" target=\"_blank\">3-10 Senbamachi, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka<\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/kitakyushu-christmasmarket.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kitakyushu-christmasmarket.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hakata and Tenjin Christmas Market, a beloved winter tradition, is making its debut in Kitakyushu. Two venues, the historical&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":174158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174400","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/174400","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=174400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}