{"id":1056,"date":"2013-01-24T15:15:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T06:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2018-04-02T19:37:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T10:37:09","slug":"matsumoto-ice-sculpture-festival%ef%bc%9ajanuary-26th-27th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/matsumoto-ice-sculpture-festival%ef%bc%9ajanuary-26th-27th\/","title":{"rendered":"Matsumoto Ice Sculpture Festival\uff1aJanuary 26th &#038; 27th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/553459_523011851066477_1751293965_n.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"553459_523011851066477_1751293965_n\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/553459_523011851066477_1751293965_n.jpg?resize=480%2C318&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"318\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ice Sculpture Festival \u00a0at Matsumoto Castle<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0\u3000Date\u3000\u3000<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">January 26th Saturday &amp; 27th Sunday \u3000from 10\uff1a00 to 16\uff1a00<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u25a0\u3000Venue\u3000<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> Matsumoto Castle Garden<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u25a0\u3000Schedule<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> \u301026th\u3011<\/span><br \/>\n10\uff1a00\uff5e\u3000Brass Band performance by the students from Shimizu Elementary School in Matsumoto.<br \/>\n10\uff1a30\uff5e\u3000The actual presentation of Ice Sculpture making in Matsumoto Castle Garden<br \/>\n12\uff1a30\uff5e\u3000Dance performance by a d\uff41\uff4e\uff43\uff45 circle, &#8220;\uff21\uff53\uff48&#8221;<br \/>\n13\uff1a00\uff5e\u3000\u00a0&#8220;Paper, stone and scissors &#8220;game with mascot characters<br \/>\n13\uff1a30\uff5e\u3000The actual presentation of Ice Sculpture making in Matsumoto Castle Garden<br \/>\n14\uff1a00\uff5e\u3000Dance performance by &#8220;Dancing Star&#8221;<br \/>\n18\uff1a00\uff5e\u3000All Japan Ice Sculpture Competition \uff08&#8217;till 27th 6\uff1a00 a.m.\uff09<br \/>\n18:30\uff5e\u3000Serving free soup dish \uff08for 500 visitors\uff09<br \/>\n19\uff1a00\uff5e\u3000Jazz &amp; Brass Band performances<br \/>\n&#8220;\uff2c\uff41\uff5a\uff59\uff2b\uff48\uff41\uff4e&#8221;\u3000(Jazz live performance), &#8220;selena&#8221; (Brass Band performance)<br \/>\nYou can also see the actual &#8220;Ice Sculpture presentation&#8221; in front of<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inouedp.co.jp\/access.html\"><strong>INOUE Department Store<\/strong> <\/a><\/span>in downtown Matsumoto.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u301027\u65e5\u3011<\/span><br \/>\n6\uff1a00\uff5e\u3000Display the works for \u201dIce Sculptures Competition\u201d \uff08&#8217;till 16\uff1a00\uff09<br \/>\n10\uff1a00\uff5e\u3000Serving free soup dish \uff08for 200 visitors\uff09<br \/>\n11\uff1a00\uff5e\u3000Kids heroes &#8220;Go Busters&#8221; performance<br \/>\n12\uff1a00\uff5e\u3000Dance performance by &#8220;Dance Laboratory&#8221;<br \/>\n13\uff1a00\uff5e\u3000Serving free soup dish \uff08for 200 visitors\uff09<br \/>\n13:00\uff5e\u3000Dance performance by &#8220;Mibuki with tutu \uff06beat&#8217;s&#8221;<br \/>\n14\uff1a00\uff5e\u3000Kids heroes &#8220;Go Busters&#8221; performance<br \/>\n14\uff1a30\uff5e\u3000&#8221;Paper, stone and scissors &#8220;game with mascot characters<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u301026th &amp;27th\u3011\u00a010\uff1a00\uff5e16\uff1a00 (Matsumoto Castle Garden)<\/span><br \/>\n\u2606Gigantic Slide<br \/>\n\u2606Stamp Rally<br \/>\n\u2606Food Booths &amp; Kids Play Zone<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/matsumoto-ice-sculpture-festival%ef%bc%9ajanuary-26th-27th\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/matsumoto-ice-sculpture-festival%ef%bc%9ajanuary-26th-27th\/\" data-text=\"Matsumoto Ice Sculpture Festival\uff1aJanuary 26th &amp; 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