{"id":190418,"date":"2026-07-04T16:42:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T07:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/travelpost\/%e3%81%84%e3%81%8b%e3%81%96%e3%81%8d%e5%a4%a7%e5%87%a7%e5%90%88%e6%88%a6\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T16:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T07:42:28","slug":"%e3%81%84%e3%81%8b%e3%81%96%e3%81%8d%e5%a4%a7%e5%87%a7%e5%90%88%e6%88%a6","status":"publish","type":"travelpost","link":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/travelpost\/190418\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikazaki Great Kite Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/EV_26002001_1757.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>Divided into two groups across the Odagawa River flowing through the town, hundreds of kites soar into the sky. A traditional event where participants cut each other's strings with a blade called \"gagari\" attached to the string. Additionally, during the first festival of the season, names of children born in the past year are written on large kites called \"shusse-dako,\" which are flown high into the sky to wish for their healthy growth. There are also kite dances and drum performances by local Uchiko High School's folk arts club, attracting many visitors. *Free shuttle bus service available from Uchiko Station.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":183675,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190418","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\/190418","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\/190418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}