{"id":177636,"date":"2026-05-18T16:02:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=177636&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:02:38","slug":"the-oriental-market-26","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/the-oriental-market-26\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oriental Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An open-air market celebrating international exchange takes place within the lush grounds of Sumiyoshi Shrine. Around 50 vendors representing more than 20 countries across Africa, South America, Europe, and Asia gather to offer international food, crafts, and goods in a lively outdoor setting.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors can browse a wide variety of items including folk crafts, accessories, textiles, and imported foods from around the world. Spice dishes and international street food evoke the atmosphere of an overseas market, while Korean cooking workshops, a traditional shooting game corner, and live music performances offer casual opportunities to experience different cultures and cuisines.<\/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\/05\/fn_the-oriental-market_2026_cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C986&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Oriental Market, \u5927\u535a\u591a\u8f38\u5165\u96d1\u8ca8\u5e02\" width=\"1400\" height=\"986\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-177628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fn_the-oriental-market_2026_cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fn_the-oriental-market_2026_cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fn_the-oriental-market_2026_cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C721&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fn_the-oriental-market_2026_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C541&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 May 30, 2026 (Sat), May 31, 2026 (Sun) *in case of inclement weather, it will be postponed to 6\/6 and 6\/7<br \/>\n\u2022 10:00~17:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Free entry<br \/>\n\u2022 Sumiyoshi Shrine<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/pfH1Gg9Lj3dZoF7W7\" target=\"_blank\">3-1-51 Sumiyoshi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/daihakata.yz1\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/daihakata.yz1\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An open-air market celebrating international exchange takes place within the lush grounds of Sumiyoshi Shrine. Around 50 vendors&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30291,"featured_media":177628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-177636","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-hakata","event-type-flea-market","event-type-food-drink","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/177636","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=177636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}