{"id":1344,"date":"2013-04-05T14:20:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T05:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2013-04-05T14:20:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T05:20:19","slug":"sakura-update-info-april-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/sakura-update-info-april-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"Sakura Update Info \/ April 4th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-Jan-4th-088.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"sakura agetsuchi 0403\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-Jan-4th-088-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-Jan-4th-091.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"sakura agetsuchi 0403 2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-Jan-4th-091-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-Jan-4th-093.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"sakura agetsuchi 0403 3\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-Jan-4th-093-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> These three photos above are taken at Agetsuchi area (downtown Matsumoto near the frog street) on April 3rd 2013. \u00a0The following four pictures are taken at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/contents03+index.id+9.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Koboyama<\/a> on April 4th 2013. \u00a0The north side is still long way to go for the Hanami parties, the western side is about 10%, but only about 20 cherry trees are 70% in bloom at the very bottom corner on the southern side of Koboyama tomb.<a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-Jan-4th-096.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"koboyama 0404 1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-Jan-4th-096-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-Jan-4th-097.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"koboyama 0404 2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-Jan-4th-097-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-Jan-4th-098.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"koboyama 0404 3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-Jan-4th-098-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2193 Koboyama tomb&#8217;s southern side<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-Jan-4th-1001.jpg?ssl=1\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large\" title=\"koboyama southern side 04042013\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-Jan-4th-1001-1024x768.jpg?w=600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since Joyama(\u57ce\u5c71\uff09 and <a href=\"http:\/\/toybox-net.jp\/alpspark\/acce\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alps Park<\/a> are located on the hill tops, have to wait for another week or more to see the perfect bloom.<br \/>\n*The altitude of <a href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/contents03+index.id+3.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Matsumoto castle<\/a> and down town Matsumoto is about \u00a0600 meters , whereas Joyama and Alps parks are 700 \uff5e\u3000800.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_1677.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"photo by TOY BOX 04042013\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_1677.jpg?resize=480%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nApls Park on April \uff11st 2013, still long way to go! (This photo \u2191 \u00a0is provided by<a href=\"http:\/\/toybox-net.jp\/alpspark\/\"> TOY BOX<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>See more info \u21d2\u3000<a href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/contents11+index.id+12.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Sakura\u685c<\/a><\/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\/sightseeing\/sakura-update-info-april-4th\/\" 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\/sightseeing\/sakura-update-info-april-4th\/\" data-text=\"Sakura Update Info \/ April 4th\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These three photos 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