{"id":75378,"date":"2015-08-07T18:39:58","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T09:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=64306"},"modified":"2017-06-26T18:19:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T09:19:40","slug":"furusato-kan-turns-20-will-hold-festival","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/furusato-kan-turns-20-will-hold-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Furusato-Kan Turns 20, Will Hold Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hakata Machiya Furusato-kan, the hands-on local history and culture museum in the heart of the city, turns 20 on Aug. 10. On Aug. 9 at 16:00, a commemorative Summer Festival will be held next door at Kushida Shrine. The event will feature traditional performances by local preservation groups, yo-yo making for the kids, and a beer garden for the adults. In addition to displays of primarily a Meiji and Taisho era folk culture, the museum also offers hands-on workshops and sells local handicrafts. The museum underwent a complete overhaul in 2011 to coincide with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen Kagoshima Line. Since opening in 1995, the museum has welcomed 1.85 million visitors. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 8\/6<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HakataMachiya.jpg?resize=640%2C426\" alt=\"HakataMachiya\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HakataMachiya.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HakataMachiya.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hakatamachiya.com\/event\/%E9%96%8B%E9%A4%A8%E8%A8%98%E5%BF%B5%E5%A4%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A4%E3%82%8A%EF%BC%8889%EF%BC%89\/\" target=\"_blank\">Photo Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hakata Machiya Furusato-ka, the hands-on local history and culture museum in the heart of the city, turns 20 on Aug. 10. On Aug. 9 at 16:00, a commemorative Summer Festival will be held next door at Kushida Shrine. The event will feature traditional performances by local preservation groups, yo-yo making&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[5112],"class_list":["post-75378","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-festival","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/75378","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}