{"id":1388,"date":"2013-05-05T21:22:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-05T12:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2013-05-05T21:22:35","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T12:22:35","slug":"season-of-reflection-scenes-on-rice-paddy-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/seasonal-topics\/season-of-reflection-scenes-on-rice-paddy-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Season of Reflection Scenes on Rice Paddy Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_1389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1389\" style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/reflectionricefield.jpg?resize=453%2C231&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"231\" class=\"size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Near Utsukushigahara Hot Springs, May 3, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nMay is one of my most favorite months in Matsumoto.  We can see beautiful mountains still covered with snow, various flowers and fresh green. <\/p>\n<p>Besides, May is the season when you can see beautiful reflection scenes on rice paddy fields in many places in the Matsumoto area. Farmers are starting to plant rice after filling rice paddy with water. The paddy fields become like ponds and reflect mountains upside down. There is a term &#8220;\u6c34\u93e1&#8221; (water mirror) for this scene.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy seeing the water mirror if you are lucky to visit Matsumoto in May!<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1390\" style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/alpmirro.jpg?resize=453%2C246&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"246\" class=\"size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflection scene from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azumino-e-tabi.net\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Azumino<\/a> in 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/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\/seasonal-topics\/season-of-reflection-scenes-on-rice-paddy-fields\/\" 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\/seasonal-topics\/season-of-reflection-scenes-on-rice-paddy-fields\/\" data-text=\"Season of Reflection Scenes on Rice Paddy Fields\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May is one of my most favorite months in Matsumoto. We can see beautiful mountains still covered with snow, various flowers and fresh green. Besides, May is the season when you can see beautiful reflection scenes on rice paddy fields in many places in the Matsumoto area. Farmers are starting to plant rice after filling rice paddy with water. The paddy fields become like ponds and reflect mountains upside down. There is a term &#8220;\u6c34\u93e1&#8221; (water mirror) for this scene. Enjoy seeing the water mirror if you are lucky to visit Matsumoto in May!<\/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\/seasonal-topics\/season-of-reflection-scenes-on-rice-paddy-fields\/\" 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\/seasonal-topics\/season-of-reflection-scenes-on-rice-paddy-fields\/\" data-text=\"Season of Reflection Scenes on Rice Paddy Fields\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2359],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/reflectionricefield-1.jpg?fit=453%2C231","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Season of Reflection Scenes on Rice Paddy Fields | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May is one of my most favorite months in Matsumoto. 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