In about a month ahead, Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival will start with seven Yamakasa racing floats and more than twenty traditionally decorated still floats here and there in Fukuoka City. To give you fresh and exciting experience of "Oiyama float race" in the early morning of July 15 this year, I gather around 10 to 15 people and take all of them to the race as the true Hakatakko who was born and raised here in Hakata and know about the culture and tradition of this town. Let's get together and enjoy one of the most exciting "Omatsuri" in Japan!
1. 日時7月15日(水曜日)午前4時半〜6時前後 Date/Time: from 4:30 to 6:00 am on July 15(Wed.)
2.目的追い山見学(10人前後のグループで、博多っ子ならではの追い山のホットスポットをご紹介します) Purpose: Tour for exeriencing "Oiyama race"
3.コース博多駅前集合⇒承天寺付近⇒聖福寺近くの旧東町筋⇒大博通り⇒西町筋⇒須崎問屋街 Course: JR Hakata Station - Jotenji Temple - Shofukuji Temple - Taihaku Street - Old Nishimachi town - Suzaki
4.集合場所博多駅博多口、前日14日まで飾り山のあった場所 Place to gather : Entrance at JR Hakata Station, in front of the spot where the Kazariyama decoration float is to be demolished by the midnight of July 14.
5.集合時間7月15日午前4時25分(遅刻厳禁! 4時30分までに出発します) Time to gather : 4:25 am on July 15 (No tardiness! Depart at 4:30am)
6.現在の参加者状況(これからです) Participants :
7.前回の参加者外国人の方、英会話学校の生徒さん、通訳ガイドさんなど多彩でした。 Previous participants: foreigners, English school students, Tour guides and so on.
8.申し込み締め切り7月13日(月)午後5時 Deadline: 5:00 pm on July 13(Mon.)
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