{"id":176195,"date":"2026-02-25T20:40:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=176195&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-02-25T21:11:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:11:03","slug":"st-patricks-day-26","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/st-patricks-day-26\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade in Fukuoka 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St. Patrick\u2019s Day, a holiday honoring Ireland\u2019s patron saint, is celebrated worldwide with people dressed in green. In Fukuoka, the festivities take place at Shintencho Shopping Arcade, where the local parade first launched in 2014. On the day, participants wearing green\u2014symbolic of Ireland\u2014march through the covered arcade. After the parade, traditional Irish music performances, including bagpipes and Irish harp, fill the downtown area with lively rhythms.<\/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\/02\/fn_st-patriks-day-parade_2025_cl.jpg?resize=994%2C746&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade in Fukuoka 2025, \u30bb\u30f3\u30c8\u30d1\u30c8\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u30c7\u30fc\u30d1\u30ec\u30fc\u30c9\" width=\"994\" height=\"746\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fn_st-patriks-day-parade_2025_cl.jpg?w=994&amp;ssl=1 994w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fn_st-patriks-day-parade_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fn_st-patriks-day-parade_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u30fbMar. 15, 2026 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u30fb13:00 ~ 15:00 (Parade registration begins from 12:30 on the day)<br \/>\n\u30fbFree entry<br \/>\n\u30fbShintencho Shopping Arcade<br \/>\n\u30fb<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/1ucg23qhrfBdesax7\" target=\"_blank\">2-9 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u30fb<a href=\"https:\/\/celtic.or.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/celtic.or.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Patrick\u2019s Day, a holiday honoring Ireland\u2019s patron saint, is celebrated worldwide with people dressed in green. In Fukuoka&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":176197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-176195","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-tenjin","event-type-community","event-type-culture","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/176195","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}