{"id":1397,"date":"2013-05-17T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T04:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2019-04-03T16:57:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T07:57:22","slug":"craft-fair-matsumoto-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/shopping\/craft-fair-matsumoto-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Craft Fair Matsumoto 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1338190628_photo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"1338190628_photo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1338190628_photo.jpg?resize=460%2C345&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPhoto by <a href=\"http:\/\/matsumoto.keizai.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Matsumoto Keizai News<\/a> (2012&#8217;s craft fair)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craft Fair Matsumoto 2013<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>is on May 25th Saturday adn 26th Sunday at Agata no mori Park.<\/p>\n<p>This annual event attracts about 70,000 to 80,000 craft fans from all over the country within just 2 days. \u00a0 Agata-no-mori (\u3042\u304c\u305f\u306e\u68ee\uff09park is located in the eastern side of downtown Matsumoto, 2 kilo meters east from JR Matsumoto Station, with total area of 61,000\u33a1\u3000\uff0815.07 acre).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/agatanomori1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"agatanomori1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/agatanomori1-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/agatanomori2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"agatanomori2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/agatanomori2-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn the park, \u00a0there is a historical architecture called\u00a0<em>Former Matsumoto High School <\/em>which was established in 1919 as the 9th government school. \u00a0Currently this building (built in 1920&#8217;s) is designated as one of the<em> Important Cultural Property<\/em> and <em>Prefectural Treasure of Nagano, <\/em><em>which everybody can observe from inside.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the festival, \u00a0280 craftsmen are going to gather and operate their open air shops all over the park. \u00a0There are various artists include wood carvings, ceramics, lacquerwares, metal works, weavings, dyeings, glass workers, leather makers and food producers.<\/p>\n<p>See also <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> report of 2007<\/a><\/strong>, \u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2008 <\/a> <\/strong>and \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>2009<\/strong><\/a> in &#8220;What&#8217;s New&#8221; Blog.<\/p>\n<p>Read an article from<strong><em> The Japan Times<\/em><\/strong> :<a href=\"http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/life\/2012\/04\/22\/travel\/matsumoto-in-may-means-crafts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <strong>Matsumoto in May means &#8220;crafts&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/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\/shopping\/craft-fair-matsumoto-2013\/\" 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\/shopping\/craft-fair-matsumoto-2013\/\" data-text=\"Craft Fair Matsumoto 2013\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Matsumoto Keizai News (2012&#8217;s craft fair) Craft Fair Matsumoto 2013 is on May 25th Saturday adn 26th Sunday at Agata no mori Park. This annual event attracts about 70,000 to 80,000 craft fans from all over the country within just 2 days. \u00a0 Agata-no-mori (\u3042\u304c\u305f\u306e\u68ee\uff09park is located in the eastern side of downtown Matsumoto, 2 kilo meters east from JR Matsumoto Station, with total area of 61,000\u33a1\u3000\uff0815.07 acre). In the park, \u00a0there is a historical architecture called\u00a0Former Matsumoto High School which was established in 1919 as the 9th government school. \u00a0Currently this building (built in 1920&#8217;s) is designated as one of the Important Cultural Property and Prefectural Treasure [&hellip;]<\/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\/shopping\/craft-fair-matsumoto-2013\/\" 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\/shopping\/craft-fair-matsumoto-2013\/\" data-text=\"Craft Fair Matsumoto 2013\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":1398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2359,2354,2364,2365,2357,2353,2358],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1338190628_photo-1.jpg?fit=460%2C345","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Craft Fair Matsumoto 2013 | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Photo by Matsumoto Keizai News (2012&#039;s craft fair) Craft Fair Matsumoto 2013 is on May 25th Saturday adn 26th Sunday at Agata no mori Park. 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