{"id":186009,"date":"2026-07-03T21:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/travelpost\/%e9%9d%92%e4%ba%95%e9%98%bf%e8%98%87%e7%a5%9e%e7%a4%be%e3%80%80%e4%be%8b%e5%a4%a7%e7%a5%ad%e3%81%8a%e3%81%8f%e3%82%93%e3%81%a1%e7%a5%ad\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:44:15","slug":"%e9%9d%92%e4%ba%95%e9%98%bf%e8%98%87%e7%a5%9e%e7%a4%be%e3%80%80%e4%be%8b%e5%a4%a7%e7%a5%ad%e3%81%8a%e3%81%8f%e3%82%93%e3%81%a1%e7%a5%ad","status":"publish","type":"travelpost","link":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/travelpost\/186009\/","title":{"rendered":"Aoi Aso Shrine Annual Festival Okunchi Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/EV_26000224_187.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 annual grand festival \"Okunchi Festival,\" held from October 3 to 11, is one of the largest autumn festivals in the Hitoyoshi-Kuma region. On the first day, the 3rd, a fire extinguishing ceremony is held to pray for no accidental fires during the festival period, followed by the unveiling of the festival garments in the evening, and the lighting of fire characters in front of the gate, signaling the start of the festival. On the 8th, the \"Kuma Kagura,\" designated as an important intangible folk cultural asset by the national government, is dedicated, enveloping the Kagura hall in a mystical atmosphere. The procession on the 9th features 2,000 people parading through the streets.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":181462,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186009","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\/186009","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\/186009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}