Japanese Traditional Festivals Historic Hakata Dontaku Festival?

Hakata is a ward of Fukuoka City, the largest city in Kyushu, and the seat of the Fukuoka Prefectural Office, making it an important transportation hub for Fukuoka City and the Kyushu region. When you think of Hakata, the first thing that comes to mind is the famous Hakata Tonkotsu Ramen, but this place is not all about food, there are also folk festivals that are unique to the region, so today's Japanese festival introduces you to the historic Hakata Dontaku Festival.

On May 3-4 every year, Hakata-ku in Fukuoka City hosts the unique Hakata Dontaku Festival (Hakata Dontaku, also known as Hakata Dontaku Festival), which has been passed down in the area for more than 800 years, and is the largest civic cultural event in Japan.

During the festival, costumed citizens parade through the streets with wooden spoons and dance on stages and squares. The wooden spoons are kitchen utensils used for cooking, and it's fun to think of a woman preparing a meal at home improvising to join the parade through her front door, while the elaborately decorated "flower car" parade is also worth a look.

The DONTAKU Festival is held in Hakata from the end of April to the beginning of May every year, which coincides with Japan's Golden Week (ゴールデンウィーク, Golden Week, or GW), a long vacation period for the Japanese people, during which the festival attracts about 2 million people from all over the world, making it the largest gathering of people in Japan, and the festival is a great place for the improvisation of tourists. The DONTAKU Festival welcomes visitors to join in the fun.

The word "Dontaku" in Hakata Dontaku Festival comes from the Dutch word "Zondag", which means "Sunday", DONTAKU" comes from the Dutch word "Zondag", which means "Sunday" or "day of rest". The festival is said to have begun as a New Year's Eve performance in 1179, when it was called "Zondag".

In the Edo period, it became a local tradition to visit the lord of Fukuoka Castle in a procession (called "torimon" in Japanese) led by a person dressed as a god of good luck. This tradition was once banned by the authorities during the Meiji government on the grounds of extravagance, but was later renamed "Dontaku" by the citizens and preserved as the Hakata Dontaku Festival that we see today.

The festival was once again suspended during World War II, but after the war, it was revived as soon as possible in order to revitalize the city. Thus, Hakata Dontaku Festival is truly a celebration of the citizens. Now, it has been renamed "Hakata Dontaku Port Festival," and a number of live events are held in Hakata Port during the festival.

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