{"id":81718,"date":"2013-05-24T18:25:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T09:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37202"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:57:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:57:57","slug":"mt-takasaki-monkey-election","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/mt-takasaki-monkey-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Mt. Takasaki Monkey Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mt. Takasaki launched its popular \u201cmonkey election\u201d event today (May 24). Located in Oita, Mt. Takasaki is a habitat of wild Japanese monkeys (Japanese macaques). The \u201cmonkey election\u201d concept is based on AKB48 elections, in which the Japanese public can vote for their favorite members of the pop idol group. The AKB48 members who receive the most votes participate in the recording of the group\u2019s next single and are heavily promoted. This year there are 15 popular monkeys in the zoo including some candidates from last year, plus one human representative (a zookeeeper). Because this year\u2019s AKB48 election will crown the top seven members the \u201cGod Seven\u201d, the zoo has decided to call the top seven monkeys the \u201cSaru Seven\u201d (saru is monkey in Japanese!) The zookeeper has expressed that he looks forward to be one of the Saru Seven. The end of Mt. Takasaki\u2019s \u201cmonkey election\u201d is planned to coincide with the end of this year\u2019s AKB48 election. You can place your voting ballot in a box located inside the zoo, or make your voice heard <a href=\"http:\/\/www.takasakiyama.jp\/mailform.html\" target=\"_blank\">on their website<\/a>. Nishinippon Shimbun May 24.<br \/>\nOfficial HP:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.takasakiyama.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.takasakiyama.jp\/<\/a> PDF: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.takasakiyama.jp\/event\/senkyo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.takasakiyama.jp\/event\/senkyo.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/monkey-e1369387532488.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/monkey-e1369387532488.png?resize=640%2C162\" alt=\"monkey\" width=\"640\" height=\"162\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37203\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mt. Takasaki launched its popular \u201cmonkey election\u201d event today (May 24). Located in Oita, Mt. Takasaki is a habitat of wild Japanese monkeys (Japanese macaques). The \u201cmonkey election\u201d concept is based on AKB48 elections, in which the Japanese public can vote for their favorite members of the pop idol group. The AKB48 members who receive the most votes participate in the recording of the group\u2019s next single and are heavily promoted. This year there are 15 popular monkeys in the zoo including some candidates from last year, plus one human representative (a zookeeeper). Because this year\u2019s AKB48 election will crown the top seven members the \u201cGod Seven\u201d, the zoo has decided to call the top seven monkeys the \u201cSaru Seven\u201d (saru is monkey in Japanese!) The zookeeper has expressed that he looks forward to be one of the Saru Seven. The end of Mt. Takasaki\u2019s \u201cmonkey election\u201d is planned to coincide with the end of this year\u2019s AKB48 election. You can place your voting ballot in a box located inside the zoo, or make your voice heard on their website (http:\/\/www.takasakiyama.jp\/mailform.html). Nishinippon Shimbun May 24.<br \/>\nWeb source: http:\/\/www.takasakiyama.jp \/ http:\/\/www.takasakiyama.jp\/event\/senkyo.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-81718","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/81718","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\/6391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}