{"id":80334,"date":"2012-10-25T10:32:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T01:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=29336"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:19:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:19:32","slug":"2012-saga-international-balloon-fiesta","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/2012-saga-international-balloon-fiesta\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Saga International Balloon Festa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Come see the biggest balloon festival in Asia with 102 balloons from 15 different countries filling the skies above the Kase River in Saga. There will be a breathtaking balloon flight competition, huge character balloons, beautiful night-time views of balloons moored by the river, and The Saga Light Fantasy parade (10\/30 from 18:20~19:00) that will fill the streets. Represented countries include Japan, USA, Australia, Korea, China, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, UK and Germany! During the festa, about 80,000 people are expected to come to see the balloons. Don\u2019t miss the main event, a night balloon-flying session from 18:30~ on both Saturday (11\/3) and Sunday (11\/4)! For more information and schedules, please check the official website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sibf.info\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.sibf.info\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Screen-Shot-2012-10-19-at-17.12.53.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Screen-Shot-2012-10-19-at-17.12.53-e1350634434672.png?resize=640%2C502\" alt=\"\" title=\"saga balloon\" width=\"640\" height=\"502\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 10\/30 (Tue.)~11\/5 (Mon.)<br \/>\n* Competition flights: mornings from 10\/31~11\/4<br \/>\n\u2022 Kase Riversite, Saga<br \/>\n\u2022 Free<br \/>\n\u2022 Saga International Balloon Fiesta Organization (SIBFO)<br \/>\n\u2022 Chatolet-Nabeshima 1F 3-7-2 Nabeshima Saga-City SAGA<br \/>\n\u2022 0952-33-3955<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sibf.info\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.sibf.info\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come see the biggest balloon fiesta in Asia with balloons from different countries filling the skies above the Kase River in Saga. There will be a breathtaking balloon flight competition, huge character balloons, beautiful night-time views of balloons moored by the river, and The Saga Light Fantasy parade (10\/30 from 18:20~19:00) that will fill the streets. Represented countries include Japan, USA, Australia, Korea, China, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, UK and Germany! Don\u2019t miss the main event, a night balloon-flying session from 18:30~ on both Saturday (11\/3) and Sunday (11\/4)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":29337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-80334","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-saga-prefecture","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/80334","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=80334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}