{"id":175756,"date":"2026-01-27T13:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=175756&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-02-12T18:12:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:12:54","slug":"setsubun-at-munakata-taisha-26","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/setsubun-at-munakata-taisha-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Setsubun at Munakata Taisha Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Munakata Taisha, one of Japan\u2019s oldest shrines and a registered World Cultural Heritage site, holds a Setsubun festival featuring the traditional Mameuchi-shiki, a bean-throwing ceremony to ward off illness and disaster. Shrine priests scatter beans throughout the grounds, and some contain prize tickets for local products from Munakata\u2019s sea and mountains. The event draws many visitors each year.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-175682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fn_munakata-taisya-shrine_2026_cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Munakata Taisha Shrine, \u5b97\u50cf\u5927\u793e\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fn_munakata-taisya-shrine_2026_cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fn_munakata-taisya-shrine_2026_cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fn_munakata-taisya-shrine_2026_cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fn_munakata-taisya-shrine_2026_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C432&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 ceremony): 11:00~<br \/>\n\u2022 How to participate in the bean-throwing event: Free entry<br \/>\n\u2022 Otafuku gate: None<br \/>\n\u2022 Location: <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/wAU9D4nrGrm3wgjG9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2331 Tashima, Munakata City, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Official website: <a href=\"https:\/\/munakata-taisha.or.jp\/hetsu_saiji.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/munakata-taisha.or.jp\/hetsu_saiji.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Munakata Taisha, one of Japan\u2019s oldest shrines and a registered World Cultural Heritage site, holds a Setsubun festival featuring the traditional Mameuchi-shiki&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30291,"featured_media":175682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-175756","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-munakata","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/175756","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=175756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}