{"id":174714,"date":"2025-12-08T10:25:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T01:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=174714&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:48:51","slug":"fukuoka-santa-walk-in-chihaya-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/fukuoka-santa-walk-in-chihaya-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Santa Walk in Chihaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This annual charity event invites participants to walk through the city dressed as Santa Claus. Now in its ninth and final year, the event raises funds for Fukuoka Children&#8217;s Hospital. Joining the two-hour parade in Santa or other Christmas-themed attire directly supports the cause. A costume plan is available for those who prefer to join without bringing their own outfit.<\/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\/12\/fn_fukuoka_santa-walk_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Santa Walk in Chihaya\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-174705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_fukuoka_santa-walk_2025_cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_fukuoka_santa-walk_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_fukuoka_santa-walk_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_fukuoka_santa-walk_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 12\/14 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 Reception at 12:20, starts at 13:00, ends at 15:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Meeting place: Gardens Chihaya, Chihaya Park<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/SThX9hVrkKwj4Ux48\" target=\"_blank\">3-6-37 Chihaya, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Entry fee: \u00a5500 for ES students and older (bring your own costume), \u00a51,000 (costume fee included), free for preschool children (costumes not provided)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyusan-u.ac.jp\/J\/santa\/03.html\" target=\"_blank\">Advance reservation required<\/a> (capacity of 200)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyusan-u.ac.jp\/J\/santa\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.kyusan-u.ac.jp\/J\/santa\/index.html<\/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\/12\/fn_fukuoka_santa-walk_2025_cl-002.jpg.jpg?resize=1400%2C928&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Santa Walk in Chihaya\" width=\"1400\" height=\"928\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-174706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_fukuoka_santa-walk_2025_cl-002.jpg.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_fukuoka_santa-walk_2025_cl-002.jpg.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_fukuoka_santa-walk_2025_cl-002.jpg.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fn_fukuoka_santa-walk_2025_cl-002.jpg.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This annual charity event invites participants to walk through the city dressed as Santa Claus. Now in its ninth and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30291,"featured_media":174705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174714","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-higashi-ku","event-type-community","event-type-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/174714","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\/30291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}