{"id":1452,"date":"2025-01-17T17:16:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T08:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kanko-yanai.crouton-t.net\/?p=1452"},"modified":"2025-09-02T10:21:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T01:21:39","slug":"kingyo-chochin-goldfish-shaped-lanterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yanai-kankou.jp\/en\/souvenir\/kingyo-chochin-goldfish-shaped-lanterns\/","title":{"rendered":"Yanai Kingyo Chochin (goldfish-shaped lanterns)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yanai\u2019s traditional folkcraft from Edo period (17th-19th centuries)
\nKumatani Rinzaburo, a highly successful merchant of Edo (former name of Tokyo), invented this lantern inspired by Nebuta ornaments found in Aomori Prefecture.
\nMade of washi-paper and bamboo framework, painted with the same dyeing material as Yanai-jima textile, they were hung out outside as guiding lanterns to help the ancestors\u2019 spirits to come back home during Obon period.
\nToday, the town holds a Yanai lantern festival on the 13th of August every year.
\nThe fantastical look of swinging goldfish lanterns along white-walled streets in the evening during early August is a typical image of summertime in Yanai.<\/p>\n

Enjoy the sight of the unique seasonal \u201ckingyo chochin\u201d (goldfish lanterns) that appear in the Shirakabe historical district.
\nPlease see here for a guide to seasonal \u201ckingyo chochin\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition, Yanai currently holds an exchange with Hirosaki City in Aomori Prefecture, featuring \u201ckingyo chochin\u201d and \u201ckingyo neputa\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u25a0 \u201cKingyo neputa\u201d of Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture
\n\u201cKingyo neputa\u201d are goldfish-shaped lamps said to be based on the motif of \u201cTsugaru Nishiki\u201d, a species of goldfish bred in Tsugaru Domain in the Edo period,
\nand are a vital part of the Neputa Festival.<\/p>\n

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\u25a0 \u201cHirosaki neputa\u201d created through the exchange program between Yanai City and Hirosaki City
\nThe motif of the artwork on the festival float is \u201cKumagai Rinzaburo crafting a kingyo chochin\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yanai\u2019s traditional folkcraft from Edo period (17th-19th centuries) Kumatani Rinzaburo, a highly successful merchant of Edo (former name of Tokyo), invented this lantern inspired by Nebuta ornaments found in Aomori Prefecture. Made of washi-paper and bamboo framework, painted with the same dyeing material as Yanai-jima textile, they were hung out outside as guiding lanterns to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/kanko-yanai.crouton-t.net\/?p=1420","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-souvenir","category-specialty","en-US"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yanai-kankou.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yanai-kankou.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yanai-kankou.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yanai-kankou.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yanai-kankou.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1452"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/yanai-kankou.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2976,"href":"https:\/\/yanai-kankou.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1452\/revisions\/2976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yanai-kankou.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yanai-kankou.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yanai-kankou.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}