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Full of Festivals and Events, Lively Summer of Fukuoka

Fukuoka boasts the Hakata Gion Yamakasa, the symbolic festival of the city. From July 1st to midnight of the 14th, you can see beautifully decorated Yamakasa floats which are over 10 meters high, exhibited all around the city. Oiyama is the climax of the festival where men wearing traditional costumes dash around the town with festival floats which weigh over 1 ton carried on their shoulders. Once you see this spirit-rousing sight, you will never forget.
There are also fireworks displays held at many places in summer. A lot of people visit these events in traditional Japanese dress.
Another popular summer feature is beer gardens. Drinking cold beer on the roof of a building is wonderful.
You can also enjoy sea bathing and marine sports on the beaches in Fukuoka.

Sea Bathing Sites in Fukuoka
Marine Sports Sites in Fukuoka

Hakata Gion Yamakasa

This festival is said to originate from the legend that the founder of Shotenji Temple scattered sacred water on the street to get rid of plague. Come the 1st of July, the town of Hakata becomes filled with a festive mood, with floats over 10 meters high exhibited at 14 spots around the town. The...

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Nishinihon Ohori Fireworks

This fireworks display event boasts the biggest scale in the city with 6000 shots of fireworks and thousands of visitors. Fire works are shot off from the central island of a pond in Ohori Park, and you can see them from all around the lake.

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Shikanoshima Island

Shikanoshima Island is famous around the country for the kin-in or gold seal excavated on the island. The seal, a National Treasure of Japan, is said to have been given by an emperor of China of the time, and is an evidence of the area’s history as an important base of exchange with mainland Asia...

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Beer Garden

“Beer Garden” is a summer feature of Japan.

Beer gardens will open on the rooftops of department stores and buildings mainly in Tenjin, downtown Fukuoka, in July. These beer gardens get thronged with businessmen and women on the way back from their work craving for cold beer in a jug as well...

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Nokonoshima Island

This is a relaxing spot for the people of Fukuoka, accessible in 10 minutes by ferry from the terminal in Meinohama. You can visit here casually in a picnic mood.

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