{"id":189304,"date":"2026-07-04T12:01:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/travelpost\/%e7%ac%ac50%e5%9b%9e%e5%bc%98%e5%89%8d%e5%9f%8e%e9%9b%aa%e7%87%88%e7%b1%a0%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T12:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:01:44","slug":"%e7%ac%ac50%e5%9b%9e%e5%bc%98%e5%89%8d%e5%9f%8e%e9%9b%aa%e7%87%88%e7%b1%a0%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a","status":"publish","type":"travelpost","link":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/travelpost\/189304\/","title":{"rendered":"The 50th Hirosaki Castle Snow 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_26001043_9806.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/EV_26001043_9807.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/EV_26001043_9808.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>A winter festival in the castle town where handmade snow lanterns by citizens line the streets. The sight of about 300 mini kamakura lit with candles on a cold winter night is enchanting and poetic. The large snow sculptures modeled after historical buildings and the large and medium snow slides created in the main venue, Shinomaru, are also popular. A commemorative project is planned for 2026, marking the 50th anniversary. Due to preparations for the return event scheduled for 2026, some areas of the main castle will be off-limits starting in the fall of 2025.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":182606,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189304","travelpost","type-travelpost","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event"],"acf":[],"permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/travelpost\/189304","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\/189304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}