{"id":90091,"date":"2016-08-26T15:41:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T06:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=90091&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2016-10-05T18:25:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T09:25:41","slug":"hakofes-2016","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/hakofes-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Hakofes 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This annual event aims to spread the Hojoya festival atmosphere from Hakozaki Shrine to the entire Hakozaki neighbourhood. Events range from traditional comedy to modern pop music performances (a map and list of events can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/19hz800h52ypybi\/hakofes-flyer.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)! On Sep. 18 (11:00~12:00, 13:00~14:00), the JR Hakozaki Station concourse will be the be the venue for a concert with musicians (ranging in age from seven to seventy) playing handmade bamboo instruments. If you want something a bit more upbeat, check out Kyushu\u2019s very own idol group, LinQ; they\u2019ll be giving a free performance on Sep. 18 at JR Hakozaki Station (12:00~18:00, Higashi-guchi Hiroba). Fancy a giggle? &#8220;Comedy for Lunch&#8221; is the first English-language stand up comedy show to be held as part of Hakofes! Enjoy a tasty lunch at Cafeteria Iniesta whilst chuckling at the lineup of top comedians, including Comedy Fukuoka&#8217;s exuberant and razor-sharp founder Ollie Horn and internationally famous bilingual Japanese comedian Zenjiro (Sep. 17, Sat., 12:00~14:30; more info <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1732118263719510\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>). \u201cHakomedy!\u201d, a stand up comedy show (in Japanese), is on Sep. 16 (map #4, 20:30~), and Hako Rakugo, traditional Japanese comic storytelling, is on Sep. 18 at Shorakuji Temple (17:00~). Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/19hz800h52ypybi\/hakofes-flyer.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for the official flyer with the full listings.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/hakofes-e1472193617537.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" alt=\"hakofes\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-90092\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 9\/12 (Mon.) ~ 9\/18 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 times vary<br \/>\n\u2022 fees vary<br \/>\n\u2022 Hakozaki area<br \/>\n\u2022 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku<br \/>\n\u2022 092-611-6745<br \/>\n\u2022 Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hakozakiartweek.hakofes\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hakozakiartweek.hakofes\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This annual event aims to spread the Hojoya festival atmosphere from Hakozaki Shrine to the entire Hakozaki neighbourhood. Events range from traditional comedy to modern&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-90091","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-higashi-ku","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/90091","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}