{"id":185328,"date":"2026-07-03T18:35:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/travelpost\/%e5%9b%bd%e5%ba%9c%e5%a4%8f%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:35:37","slug":"%e5%9b%bd%e5%ba%9c%e5%a4%8f%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a","status":"publish","type":"travelpost","link":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/travelpost\/185328\/","title":{"rendered":"National Summer Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/EV_26002667_2366.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The information provided reflects the details available at the time of the survey.<br \/>Please note that facility details may change due to the facility\u2019s circumstances, so please check for the latest information before visiting.\nThis content has been translated using machine translation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Information provided by: JTB Publishing<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This content uses automatic translation services. Automatic translations may not always be accurate.<br \/>Please note that the translated content may differ from the original meaning. We ask for your understanding when using this content.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three-day festival of Taisha Shrine, the guardian shrine of K\u014dfu Town in Toyokawa City, held every summer. The evening festival features a magnificent ritual where the local four towns carry a giant hand-held firework tower to the shrine. The highlight of the middle day is the offering of about 100 hand-held fireworks weighing 3 to 5 pounds, along with the offering of random fireworks and large fireworks in the shrine grounds. The sight of the hand-held fireworks shooting up in unison is breathtaking and powerful. On the final day, a popular Kabuki procession features young people dressed in costumes from \"Taik\u014dki,\" \"Ch\u016bshingura,\" and \"Oiran.\" The grand finale includes fireworks launched along the banks of the Otowa River, where the reflections on the river surface create a fantastical and beautiful scene.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":180824,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185328","travelpost","type-travelpost","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/travelpost\/185328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/travelpost"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/travelpost"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/travelpost\/185328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}