{"id":72957,"date":"2015-09-02T15:36:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T06:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?p=65048"},"modified":"2016-04-01T01:17:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T16:17:14","slug":"moet-chandon-yukata-party-at-hilton-fukuoka-sea-hawk-2015-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/moet-chandon-yukata-party-at-hilton-fukuoka-sea-hawk-2015-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Mo\u00ebt &#038; Chandon Yukata Party at Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk 2015 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were lucky enough to attend one of this summer\u2019s last <em>yukata<\/em> parties, hosted by the delectable Mo\u00ebt &#038; Chandon at the Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk. Taking the <em>uchiwa<\/em> (folding fans) which were to be our passes for the evening (as well as a great souvenir), we made our way to the Clouds Lounge &#038; Bar on the 34th floor. But before we even so much as touched a champagne glass, we were floored by the stunning nightscape, which twinkled at us through the floor-to-ceiling windows.  <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/moet-chandon-yukata-party-2015-feat-001-e1441172446757.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"moet &amp; chandon yukata party 2015 feat  001\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65062\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/moet-chandon-yukata-party-2015-006-e1441171796776.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"moet &amp; chandon yukata party 2015 006\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65054\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As we entered the first of the fabulous rooms, we were slightly intimidated by the elegance of the <em>yukata<\/em>-wearing guests: everyone had clearly employed professionals to do their hair and makeup. But we were soon mingling happily (perhaps aided by the three glasses of champagne included in the ticket price), bonding over the beautiful view and enjoying the music provided by DJs from local radio station Love FM.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/moet-chandon-yukata-party-2015-002-e1441171617158.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"moet &amp; chandon yukata party 2015 002\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65050\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/moet-chandon-yukata-party-2015-003-e1441171685158.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"moet &amp; chandon yukata party 2015 003\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65051\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once we had taken in the tastefully laid out rooms, we decided to try some of the tasty food. The sumptuous buffet was laid with all manner of appealing dishes, but the stars of the show were really the desserts. <em>Macarons<\/em>, cakes, and seemingly every fruit tart known to man were available, and all the guests were heaping their plates with sweet treats (I have nothing but admiration for the women who managed to load three plates at once &#8211; I can only assume her thumbs have reached the next step in our evolution).  <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/moet-chandon-yukata-party-2015-004-e1441171709882.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"moet &amp; chandon yukata party 2015 004\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65052\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/moet-chandon-yukata-party-2015-005-e1441171739393.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"moet &amp; chandon yukata party 2015 005\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65053\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At 9pm we left for home, full of delicious food, memories of beautiful <em>yukata<\/em>, and exquisite bubbles. Our champagne glasses had truly runneth over.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/moet-chandon-yukata-party-2015-011-e1441171768278.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"moet &amp; chandon yukata party 2015 011\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65059\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mo\u00ebt &#038; Chandon and Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk will be hosting another <em>yukata<\/em> party next summer. 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Taking the uchiwa (folding fans) which were to be our passes for the evening (as well as a great souvenir), we made our way to the Clouds Lounge &#038; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26469,"featured_media":65062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"65048","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","location-momochi-nishijin","location-nishi-ku","en-US"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/moet-chandon-yukata-party-2015-feat-001-e1441172446757.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72957","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\/26469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84517,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72957\/revisions\/84517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}