{"id":136746,"date":"2020-10-27T09:57:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T00:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=136746&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2020-10-27T09:57:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T00:57:35","slug":"saga-balloon-festival-plans-alternative-events","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/saga-balloon-festival-plans-alternative-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Saga Balloon Festival Plans Alternative Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organizing committee for the Saga International Balloon Fiesta announced alternative events for its 2020 festival. On Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, about thirty balloons will fly near Saga City so fans can enjoy watching from their homes and on the city\u2019s streets. The traditional nighttime mooring of the balloons, La Montgolfier Nocturne, will take place in early November. A collaboration of music and the viewing of twenty-four balloons against the night sky will be live-streamed on TV and the internet. (In the event of inclement weather, both events may be canceled.) Additionally, the committee is currently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.makuake.com\/project\/sibf\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seeking funds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to continue the festival in the coming years. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sibf.jp\/news\/2020\/20201020a.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga International Balloon Fiesta <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sagatv.co.jp\/news\/archives\/2020102003986\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga TV<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Ouchi de Balloon (Morning Mooring)<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020\/10\/31 (Sat.) &amp; 11\/1 (Sun.)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7:00~9:30<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(*locations of launching sites will NOT be announced)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>La Montgolfier Nocturne<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early November (*dates and times will be announced shortly before the event)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-136747\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/balloon.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/balloon.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/balloon.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/balloon.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/balloon.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-136748\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/balloon2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/balloon2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/balloon2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/balloon2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/balloon2.jpg?w=1320&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sagabai.com\/main\/9.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga City Tourism Association Photos gallery<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Disclaimer<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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On Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, about thirty balloons will fly near Saga City so fans can enjoy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":136747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-136746","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-saga-prefecture","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/136746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}