{"id":185877,"date":"2026-07-03T21:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/travelpost\/%e4%b8%8a%e3%83%8e%e5%9c%8b%e5%85%ab%e5%b9%a1%e5%ae%ae%e4%be%8b%e5%a4%a7%e7%a5%ad%e3%83%bb%e6%b8%a1%e5%be%a1%e7%a5%ad\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:34:19","slug":"%e4%b8%8a%e3%83%8e%e5%9c%8b%e5%85%ab%e5%b9%a1%e5%ae%ae%e4%be%8b%e5%a4%a7%e7%a5%ad%e3%83%bb%e6%b8%a1%e5%be%a1%e7%a5%ad","status":"publish","type":"travelpost","link":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/travelpost\/185877\/","title":{"rendered":"Uenokoku Hachimatomiya Annual Festival, Watami Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/EV_26003174_11331.jpg\"\/><br \/>Kagura Dance<\/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 a festival that continues from the middle of the Edo period, with the procession of the priests and the Shinkoshi milling around the town. The procession of the Imperial Court comes from the fact that the Matsumae clan paid homage to their ancestors, Kaminokuni, and allowed the samurai dress (kamishi) to residents who accompany them on foot at the time of the annual festival. In the shrine, Kagura dances (Matsumae Kagura group) are performed. On the first day, the afternoon \"Mengar\u014d\", the evening festival (Kagura Mai) is held from the evening, and the regular festival (Kagura Mai and the mountain car only) is held from 10 o'clock on the second day. * In 2024, the procession of the priests and the Mikami-koshi procession will be canceled.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":181345,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185877","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\/185877","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\/185877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}