{"id":176520,"date":"2026-03-17T16:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T07:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=176520&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T07:15:23","slug":"kurume-azalea-festival-26","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/kurume-azalea-festival-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurume Azalea Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kurume, widely known as a leading azalea-producing region, hosts this annual plant fair, one of Japan\u2019s three major horticultural festivals. Held at a special venue within the Kurume Ryokka Center, south of Michi-no-Eki Kurume, the event attracts thousands of visitors and features around 1 million plants across 30,000 varieties, including Kurume azaleas, garden trees, seedlings, and seasonal flowers. Visitors can also consult directly with growers when selecting plants.<br \/>\nAt the Kurume Azalea Center, dedicated to preserving and cultivating azaleas from around the world, a spring public opening runs from Apr 10\u201326. Approximately 10,000 azaleas representing around 1,000 varieties from Japan and overseas are on display.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fn_kurume-azalea-festival-cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kurume Azalea Festival, \u4e45\u7559\u7c73\u3064\u3064\u3058\u307e\u3064\u308a\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fn_kurume-azalea-festival-cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fn_kurume-azalea-festival-cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fn_kurume-azalea-festival-cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fn_kurume-azalea-festival-cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Apr. 3, 2026 (Fri.) ~ Apr. 19, 2026 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 10:00~17:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Free entry<br \/>\n\u2022 Kurume Ryokka Center<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/q8dxp72WJUF6tKch9\" target=\"_blank\">302-1 Kizuka, Zendoji-machi, Kurume, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/kurume-ryokkacenter.com\/topics\/1842\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kurume-ryokkacenter.com\/topics\/1842\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kurume, widely known as a leading azalea-producing region, hosts this annual plant fair, one of Japan\u2019s three major&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30291,"featured_media":176505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-176520","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kurume","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/176520","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=176520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}