{"id":80380,"date":"2012-09-28T16:25:46","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T07:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=28725"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:20:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:20:17","slug":"full-moon-watching-festival","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/full-moon-watching-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Moon Watching Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tsukimi (literally moon-viewing) refers to Japanese festivals honoring the autumn moon. This Sunday you can enjoy \u201cKangetsu Sai\u201d (moon watching festival) at Sansha Jinjya Gegu Ato Shrine. On the mountain, under the beautiful autumn moonlight, watch traditional Kagura (sacred dances) \u201cMisaki\u201d, \u201cDaijya Taiji\u201d and \u201cIwado Hiraki\u201d, and music performances too! The shrine is a site of Shugendo, a sect of Esoteric Buddhism, and is the perfect place to enjoy the Autumn\u2019s full moon in a very traditional way, surrounded by fire torches and bamboo lanterns!  Source: http:\/\/mainichi.jp\/area\/fukuoka\/news\/20120926ddlk40040411000c.html<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tsukimi-moon.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tsukimi-moon.jpg?resize=448%2C336\" alt=\"\" title=\"tsukimi-moon\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tsukimi-moon.jpg?w=448&amp;ssl=1 448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tsukimi-moon.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9\/30 (Sun.) 20:00~<br \/>\n\u2022 Sansha Jinjya Gegu Ato (Shrine),  Mt. Matsu-no-o\uff08\u677e\u5c3e\u5c71\uff09<br \/>\n\u2022 \u00a5500<br \/>\n\u2022 1520 Nishi Tomoeda, Koge Machi, Chikujo-gun, Fukuoka<br \/>\n\u2022 \u798f\u5ca1\u770c\u7bc9\u4e0a\u90e1\u4e0a\u6bdb\u753a\u897f\u53cb\u679d1520<br \/>\n\u2022 0979-72-3939<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 NOTE: <\/strong>Fukuoka Now recommends to go by car &#038; shuttle bus, as public transportation is not available. You can park your car at Nishi Tomoeda Shogakko (primary school) and take a shuttle bus from there to the festival site. In case of typhoon, festival is cancelled. Be careful to check the weather report in advance, as the trip is long!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tsukimi (literally moon-viewing) refers to Japanese festivals honoring the autumn moon. This Sunday you can enjoy \u201cKangetsu Sai\u201d (moon watching festival) at Sansha Jinjya Gegu Ato Shrine. On the mountain, under the beautiful autumn moonlight, watch traditional Kagura (sacred dances) \u201cMisaki\u201d, \u201cDaijya Taiji\u201d and \u201cIwado Hiraki\u201d, and music performances too! The shrine is a site of Shugendo, a sect of Esoteric Buddhism, and is the perfect place to enjoy the Autumn\u2019s full moon in a very traditional way, surrounded by fire torches and bamboo lanterns!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":28727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-80380","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\/80380","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=80380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}