{"id":175754,"date":"2026-01-27T13:20:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=175754&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-02-12T18:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:13:17","slug":"setsubun-at-iimori-shrine-26","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/setsubun-at-iimori-shrine-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Setsubun at Iimori Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Established in 1786, Iimori Shrine is a historic site with cultural assets including its main hall and stone guardian dogs, designated as prefectural and municipal cultural properties. On Setsubun, bean-throwing ceremonies are held at 11:00 and 19:00.<br \/>\nThose who participate in the yakuyoke prayer (\u00a55,000 and up) receive a box of fukumame containing a lottery ticket for a chance to win lucky items. During the event, demons appear from the nearby mountain and gently tap visitors with bamboo rods\u2014a ritual said to ensure a year of good health.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159499\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fn_setsubun-iimori-shrine_2024_cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C997&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Iimori shrine - Setsubun Festival, \u98ef\u76db\u795e\u793e \u7bc0\u5206\u8ffd\u96e3\u796d\" width=\"1400\" height=\"997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fn_setsubun-iimori-shrine_2024_cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fn_setsubun-iimori-shrine_2024_cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fn_setsubun-iimori-shrine_2024_cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C729&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fn_setsubun-iimori-shrine_2024_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C547&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Setsubun events: Feb. 3, 2026 (Tue)<br \/>\n\u2022 Mamemaki (bean throwing): 11:00~, 19:00~<br \/>\n\u2022 How to participate in the bean-throwing event: Free entry<br \/>\n\u2022 Otafuku gate: There is one on-site<br \/>\n\u2022 Location: <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/dfUv2SjHiu2Mca6E8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">609 Iimori, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Official website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iimorijinja.jp\/2setubun.files\/h040203setu.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.iimorijinja.jp\/2setubun.files\/h040203setu.htm<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/iimori-shrine-keeper-ancient-rituals\/\">Iimori Shrine: Keeper of Ancient Rituals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Established in 1786, Iimori Shrine is a historic site with cultural assets including its main hall and stone guardian dogs&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30291,"featured_media":159499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-175754","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nishi-ku","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/175754","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=175754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}