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FUKUOKA An estimated 400,000 people lined the streets of this western Japan city for the start of the Hakata Dontaku Port Festival, being held after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ....
FUKUOKA To mark the advent of early summer, the Hakata Dontaku Port Festival, last held three years ago before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, is going ahead in early May during the waning days of the Golden Week holiday period. ....
2021 Dontaku Parade Canceled The Hakata Dontaku Port Festival promotional organization in Fukuoka announced its parade’s second consecutive cancelation due to the spread of the new coronavirus. In early May, the large-scale festival normally attracts upwards of two million persons to its events held over three days. While the festival aims to hold traditional stage performances and the Matsubayashi procession this year on smaller scales, it asks people in other prefectures to refrain from viewing them onsite. Disclaimer : Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. These are mostly summaries of publicly posted news from the Japanese media. Errors might occur during translation, those are ours. Images are sourced separately and are for illustrative purposes only. Use ....