{"id":180661,"date":"2026-10-29T11:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T02:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180661&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-29T11:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T02:04:41","slug":"kego-park-closes-overnight-for-halloween-period","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kego-park-closes-overnight-for-halloween-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Kego Park closes overnight for Halloween period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka\u2019s Kego Park began its annual Halloween-period nighttime closure on Oct. 27. Access is restricted from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. during the closure period through Nov. 1. This is the sixth year of the measure, introduced after large crowds and arrests in 2020. KBC reports that no major trouble has occurred since the restrictions began. During the day, visitors can see Halloween-themed floral displays created by students. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=18407672&#038;ymd=2026-10-27\" target=\"_blank\">KBC News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/news.tnc.co.jp\/news\/articles\/NID2026102832622\" target=\"_blank\">TNC News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_tenjin-kego-park-sunny_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Launches Council To Protect Youths At Kego Park\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_tenjin-kego-park-sunny_2025_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_tenjin-kego-park-sunny_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_tenjin-kego-park-sunny_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_tenjin-kego-park-sunny_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Fukuoka Now<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka\u2019s Kego Park began its annual Halloween-period nighttime closure on Oct. 27. Access is restricted from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. during the closure period through Nov. 1. This is the sixth year of the measure, introduced&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":172268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180661","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-chuo-ku","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180661","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}