{"id":140138,"date":"2021-04-20T11:06:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T02:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=140138&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-04-21T13:34:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T04:34:56","slug":"hakata-old-town-gets-a-new-mascot","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/hakata-old-town-gets-a-new-mascot\/","title":{"rendered":"Hakata Old Town Gets a New Mascot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sennemon, a new character to promote Hakata Sennen no Mon (a historic gate in Hakata) and historical streets near it, was introduced recently. The cheerful image represents the so-called \u2018nobosemon\u2019 personality in the region and will introduce the charms of Hakata through online content. Local organizations and events can also use Sennemon\u2019s illustrations for non-profit activities (*approval from Fukuoka City required.) <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/hakatanomiryoku.com\/sennemon_room\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/hakatanomiryoku.com\/sennemon_room<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-140139\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-2021-04-16-16.15.46.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-2021-04-16-16.15.46-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-2021-04-16-16.15.46-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-2021-04-16-16.15.46-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-2021-04-16-16.15.46-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-2021-04-16-16.15.46-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/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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The cheerful image represents the so-called \u2018nobosemon\u2019 personality in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":140139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-140138","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-hakata","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/140138","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=140138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}