{"id":110660,"date":"2018-05-30T18:31:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T09:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?p=110660&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2018-05-30T18:33:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T09:33:50","slug":"funanorikomi-kabuki-canal-procession-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/funanorikomi-kabuki-canal-procession-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Funanorikomi \u2013 Kabuki Canal Procession Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under a sunny sky today, the <em>kabuki<\/em> actors along with invited VIP paraded down the Naka River while fans cheered on from the riverbanks. The procession began at Seiryu Park and ended at Hakata Riverain where Fukuoka\u2019s kabuki theater, Hakataza, is located. Fukuoka Now staff were invited to ride inside one of the boats, and below are some our snapshots. The event was a warm-up to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/june-grand-kabuki-at-hakataza\/\">June <em>kabuki<\/em><\/a> performances which run from June 2 to June 26. Tickets are still available. If you haven\u2019t seen live <em>kabuki<\/em> yet, you really should! This series features <em>kabuki<\/em> stars Matsumoto Hakuo II (who was formerly known as Matsumoto Koshiro IX) alongside his son Ichikawa Somegoro VII who has taken on his father\u2019s former title and will now be known as Matsumoto Koshiro X. For more information access <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/june-grand-kabuki-at-hakataza\/\">here<\/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\/2018\/05\/funanorikomi-may-2018-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C933\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-110661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funanorikomi-may-2018-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funanorikomi-may-2018-001.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funanorikomi-may-2018-001.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funanorikomi-may-2018-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funanorikomi-may-2018-002.jpg?resize=1400%2C933\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-110662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funanorikomi-may-2018-002.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funanorikomi-may-2018-002.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funanorikomi-may-2018-002.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funanorikomi-may-2018-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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The procession began at Seiryu Park and ended at Hakata Riverain where Fukuoka\u2019s kabuki theater, Hakataza, is located. Fukuoka Now staff were invited to ride inside one of the boats, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27918,"featured_media":110670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"110660","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","location-nakasu","en-US"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funanorikomi-may-2018-010.jpg?fit=1400%2C933&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27918"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110660"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110677,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110660\/revisions\/110677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}