{"id":185862,"date":"2026-07-03T21:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/travelpost\/%e4%b8%89%e8%bc%aa%e5%b4%8e%e3%81%ae%e9%af%a8%e8%b8%8a%e3%82%8a%ef%bc%88%e4%b8%89%e8%bc%aa%e5%b4%8e%e5%85%ab%e5%b9%a1%e7%a5%9e%e7%a4%be%e4%be%8b%e5%a4%a7%e7%a5%ad%ef%bc%89\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:33:38","slug":"%e4%b8%89%e8%bc%aa%e5%b4%8e%e3%81%ae%e9%af%a8%e8%b8%8a%e3%82%8a%ef%bc%88%e4%b8%89%e8%bc%aa%e5%b4%8e%e5%85%ab%e5%b9%a1%e7%a5%9e%e7%a4%be%e4%be%8b%e5%a4%a7%e7%a5%ad%ef%bc%89","status":"publish","type":"travelpost","link":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/travelpost\/185862\/","title":{"rendered":"The Whale Dance of Miwazaki (Miwazaki Hachiman Shrine Annual Festival)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/EV_26003272_2922.jpg\"\/><br \/>Miwazaki-Hachiman Shrine<br \/>City of Shingu<\/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>It is said that whaling flourished from around the 17th century, and whale dances occurred with the outbreak of whaling, and they danced on the shore in celebration of great fishing. The whale dance of Sanmazaki, also known as the \"whaling dance\", is an expression of the very style of whaling. It is composed of two types: \"Tononaka Odori\", which is a dance of a whale by throwing a net, and \"Aya Odori\", which is a form of dancing with only the upper body while sitting all the time, and throwing a harpoon to poke the whale. At present, it is a lively and courageous dance that is dedicated to praying for great fishing and nautical safety at the Sanrozaki-Hachiman Shrine Annual Festival, Gyosho (Sanrozaki Fishing Port). It was certified Japanese Heritage in 2016. Image courtesy of Shinomiya City<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":181331,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185862","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\/185862","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\/185862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}