{"id":177121,"date":"2026-04-15T09:34:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&p=177121&lang=en"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:50:05","slug":"hakata-dontaku-26","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/hakata-dontaku-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Hakata Dontaku"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hakata Dontaku, one of Fukuoka\u2019s biggest Golden Week events, returns with the theme \u201c80 Years Since the Revival of Dontaku: Celebrating Again to Be Japan\u2019s Best!\u201d This year marks 80 years since the festival\u2019s postwar revival. Derived from the Dutch word zondag (holiday), Hakata Dontaku attracts around two million visitors over two days in normal years. The festival opens with Hakata Matsubayashi<\/a>, its 850-year-old origin, in which the Three Gods of Good Fortune ride on horseback, accompanied by a children\u2019s procession, visiting more than 150 businesses and organizations to offer celebrations.<\/p>\n

In the afternoons during the festival period, the \u201cDontaku Parade\u201d takes place along a roughly 1,270 m stretch of Meiji-dori (from Gofukumachi to Tenjin), where teams from companies and organizations march together, drawing large crowds along the route. At 30 special venues across the city, citizens present a wide variety of stage performances. New this year, additional stages will be set up at ONE FUKUOKA BLDG. and the Nishi-Nippon City Bank Head Office Building, adding to the festive atmosphere that fills the city.<\/p>\n

For details, see Fukuoka Now\u2019s special feature, \u201cHakata Dontaku Guide<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Hakata

Photo provided by the City of Fukuoka<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2022 May 3, 2026 (Sun., Hol), May 4, 2026 (Mon., Hol)
\n\u2022 Free viewing
\n\u2022 Fukuoka City (Google map<\/a>)
\nhttps:\/\/www.dontaku.fukunet.or.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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