{"id":190179,"date":"2026-07-04T14:31:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/travelpost\/%e8%8a%b1%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a%ef%bc%88%e7%a5%9e%e8%bc%bf%e6%b8%a1%e5%be%a1%ef%bc%89\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T14:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:31:37","slug":"%e8%8a%b1%e3%81%be%e3%81%a4%e3%82%8a%ef%bc%88%e7%a5%9e%e8%bc%bf%e6%b8%a1%e5%be%a1%ef%bc%89","status":"publish","type":"travelpost","link":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/travelpost\/190179\/","title":{"rendered":"Flower Festival (Kamikoshi Watami)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/EV_26001687_1465.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 Hanamatsuri at Shiogama Shrine is counted among the \"Three Festivals of the Ujiko\" along with the Hote Matsuri in March and the Minato Matsuri in July. In the mid-Edo period, during a time when droughts, floods, and epidemics were rampant in the Sendai domain, the Ujiko prayed to the Shiogama deity, and when the disasters ceased, they expressed their gratitude by carrying the mikoshi through the town. It became known as \"Hanamatsuri\" because it is held during the cherry blossom season. The mikoshi procession can be viewed in Shiogama City from around 11 AM to 7 PM.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":183442,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190179","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\/190179","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\/190179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}