{"id":4420,"date":"2025-01-10T14:44:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T05:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/?p=4420"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T02:03:37","slug":"%e6%96%b0%e6%98%a5%e3%81%ae%e9%a2%a8%e7%89%a9%e8%a9%a9%ef%bc%81%e5%ae%9d%e6%81%b5%e9%a7%95%e8%a1%8c%e5%88%97%e3%81%8c%e8%8f%af%e3%82%84%e3%81%8b%e3%81%ab%e9%96%8b%e5%82%ac%e3%81%95%e3%82%8c%e3%81%be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/en\/4420\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Year's tradition! The Hoe-kago procession was held in splendor."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, January 10th, the traditional event that announces the New Year in Osaka's Minami district, the \"Hoe-kago Parade,\" was held.<\/p>\n<p>Starting with a send-off ceremony at the Tombori Riverwalk around 9:50 AM, a festive procession of several hundred people paraded through the streets of Osaka.<\/p>\n<p>The procession, led by a **Hoekago** carrying geishas, featured local shopping streets and companies with decorated palanquins carrying celebrities and Fukumusume (lucky girls), proceeding with the chant of \"Hoekago, Hoekago.\"<\/p>\n<p>Many spectators gathered along the roadside, and there were also sake and candy giveaways, creating a lively atmosphere throughout.<\/p>\n<p>This Hoe-kago procession is a major traditional event in Osaka's Minami district with over 200 years of history, held in conjunction with the Toka Ebisu festival at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine, which prays for business prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>This year, many people participated, and we were able to brightly usher in the new year.<\/p>\n<p>I hope to celebrate this tradition with you all again next year and wish you prosperity in the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who participated!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/hoekago2025_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4421\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/hoekago2025_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4422\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/hoekago2025_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4423\" \/><br \/>\nAt YES Namba Mae, Koyoshie K\u014dshie boarded the palanquin (*^-^*)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/hoekago2025_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4424\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1\u670810\u65e5\uff08\u91d1\uff09\u3001\u5927\u962a\u30df\u30ca\u30df\u306e\u65b0\u6625\u3092\u544a\u3052\u308b\u4f1d\u7d71\u884c\u4e8b\u3010\u5b9d\u6075\u99d5\uff08\u307b\u3048\u304b\u3054\uff09\u884c\u5217\u3011\u304c\u884c\u308f\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 \u5348\u524d9\u664250\u5206\u9803 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4621,"href":"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4420\/revisions\/4621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doguyasuji.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4420"}],"curies":[{"name":"WP","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}