{"id":170144,"date":"2025-04-04T13:13:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T04:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170144&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T04:13:15","slug":"theft-incidents-rise-during-hanami-season-maizuru-park","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/theft-incidents-rise-during-hanami-season-maizuru-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Theft Incidents Rise During Hanami Season at Maizuru Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Seven theft cases have been reported at Fukuoka City\u2019s Maizuru Park from March 26 to 30, coinciding with the Fukuoka Castle Cherry Blossom Festival. Victims reported stolen bags and vendor cash during evening hours between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Police noted no similar incidents occurred during last year\u2019s festival and are increasing patrols in response. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=14918148&amp;ymd=2025-04-03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170120\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_maizuru-park-sakura_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Theft Incidents Rise During Hanami Season at Maizuru Park\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_maizuru-park-sakura_2025_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_maizuru-park-sakura_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_maizuru-park-sakura_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_maizuru-park-sakura_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven theft cases have been reported at Fukuoka City\u2019s Maizuru Park from March 26 to 30, coinciding with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":170125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170144","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-chuo-ku","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/170144","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=170144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}