Yame Lantern Festival — 300-Year-Old Paper Lanterns

**Lantern workshop:** The Yame Traditional Crafts Center offers 3-hour lantern-making workshops year-round (¥3,500–6,000 depending on size). You leave with a functional hand-made paper lantern using traditional washi and lacquered bamboo — the most labor-intensive craft souvenir available in Fukuoka Prefecture. **Evening festival light:** The lanterns are lit from 18:00 and remain illuminated until 21:00. The transition from dusk to night, when 250+ lit lanterns appear against the cedar tree silhouettes, takes about 20 minutes and is one of the most visually extraordinary experiences in autumn Fukuoka.