{"id":79646,"date":"2014-04-11T16:34:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T07:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=48907"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:11:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:11:09","slug":"kitsuki-oshiro-matsuri-kitsuki-castle-festival","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/kitsuki-oshiro-matsuri-kitsuki-castle-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitsuki Oshiro Matsuri (Kitsuki Castle Festival)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wear a Kimono and stroll through a traditional Japanese town! Kitsuki City, dubbed Little Kyoto for its classic streets and stores, is just 2 hours from Hakata, 30 minutes from Beppu. It\u2019s sloping streets, reminiscent of the Edo Period, provide the perfect setting for the traditional \u201cKitsuki Castle Festival\u201d. The eye-catching \u201cEdo Gyoretu\u201d parade features participants in traditional kimono of Japanese princesses and kings. If you want experience kimono-wearing, \u201cWarakuan Kimono Rental\u201d offer a kimono service for just \u00a52,000, including kimono rental and professional dressing. Hair styling not included. Select shops and restaurants in Kitsuki also offer discounts to customers wearing kimono &#8211; so don\u2019t forget to stop along the way as you wander through the town. Finally, every third Saturday the town holds an event called \u201cKimono Kanshasai in Sho Kyoto Kitsuki\u201d (Kimono Thanksgiving Festival) in which a professional photographer will take your photo, available to take home for free! You\u2019ll feel transported back to the Edo Period in Kitsuki City.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-48819\" alt=\"kitsui\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/kitsui.png?w=640\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/kitsui.png?w=662&amp;ssl=1 662w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/kitsui.png?resize=300%2C112&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><br \/>\n\u2022 5\/4 (Sun.), 5\/5 (Mon.)<br \/>\n\u2022 Kitsuki City (near the castle)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kit-suki.com\/enjoy\/index.php?action=story&amp;sub_cat_id=1\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.kit-suki.com\/enjoy\/index.php?action=story&amp;sub_cat_id=1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Warakuan Kimono Rental<\/em><br \/>\n\u2022 All year Mon.~Sat (excluding New Year holiday period)<br \/>\n\u2022 Open: 9:00~17:00 (last entry 16:30), Kimono Rental Reception 10:00~14:00<br \/>\n\u203bStrongly recommended to make a reservation in advance.<br \/>\n\u2022 0978-63-0100<br \/>\n\u2022 193-1 Minamikitsuki, Kituski City, Oita Prefecture<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kit-suki.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.kit-suki.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/event\/kimono-rental-in-kitsuki-city-oita\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/event\/kimono-rental-in-kitsuki-city-oita\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wear a Kimono and stroll through a traditional Japanese town! Kitsuki City, dubbed Little Kyoto for its classic streets and stores, is just 2 hours from Hakata, 30 minutes from Beppu. It\u2019s sloping streets, reminiscent of the Edo Period, provide the perfect setting for the traditional \u201cKitsuki Castle Festival\u201d. The eye-catching \u201cEdo Gyoretu\u201d parade features participants in traditional kimono of Japanese princesses and kings. If you want experience kimono-wearing, \u201cWarakuan Kimono Rental\u201d offer a kimono service for just \u00a52,000, including kimono rental and professional dressing. Hair styling not included. Select shops and restaurants in Kitsuki also offer discounts to customers wearing kimono &#8211; so don\u2019t forget to stop along the way as you wander through the town. Finally, every third Saturday the town holds an event called \u201cKimono Kanshasai in Sho Kyoto Kitsuki\u201d (Kimono Thanksgiving Festival) in which a professional photographer will take your photo, available to take home for free! You\u2019ll feel transported back to the Edo Period in Kitsuki City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":48819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-79646","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/79646","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\/6391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}