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<\/p>\nThis festival has been held since the 1500s. The highlight is the parade of 14 ornately decorated, five-meter-high floats built in the shape of auspicious symbols: a carp, a dragon, a lion, etc. These are wheeled through the streets accompanied by the beat of taiko drums and the vigorous chants of the handlers.<\/p>\n
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\u2022 11\/2 (Wed.) ~ 11\/4 (Fri.). Recommended: 11\/3 (Thu., Hol.) This festival has been held since the 1500s. The highlight is the parade of 14 ornately decorated, five-meter-high floats built in the shape of auspicious symbols…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-92091","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\/92091","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=92091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Times vary
\n\u2022 Free
\n\u2022 Karatsu Jinja Shrine \u2192 Karatsu City
\n\u2022 Karatsu Jinja Shrine: 3-13 Minamijonai, Karatsu, Saga
\n\u2022 0955-72-4963 (Karatsu Station Tourist Information Center)
\n\u2022 http:\/\/www.karatsu-kankou.jp\/en\/feature\/karatsukunchi\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"