{"id":185761,"date":"2026-07-03T21:28:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/travelpost\/%e5%a4%a7%e6%8f%90%e7%81%af%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:28:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:28:02","slug":"%e5%a4%a7%e6%8f%90%e7%81%af%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a","status":"publish","type":"travelpost","link":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/travelpost\/185761\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Lantern Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/EV_26003056_2727.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>About 450 years ago, a sea monster is said to have appeared off the coast of Isshiki. Frightened villagers lit bonfires to ward it off, marking the origin of this festival. Six parishioner groups compete in the size of their lanterns, with the largest reaching 5.6 meters in diameter and 10 meters in height. A total of 12 giant lanterns (six pairs) are lined up in the shrine grounds and lit with sacred fire. These giant lanterns are designated as a Tangible Folk Cultural Property of Aichi Prefecture.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":181231,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185761","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\/185761","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\/185761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}