{"id":1486,"date":"2013-07-08T12:21:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T03:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2013-07-08T12:21:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T03:21:59","slug":"matsumoto-street-performance-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/culture-art\/matsumoto-street-performance-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Matsumoto Street Performance 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdtopimagelogo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"mmdtopimagelogo\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdtopimagelogo-300x170.jpg?resize=300%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJuly 14th Sunday, you will be a witness \u00a0of \u00a0marvelous &amp; amazing performances in the whole town of Matsumoto.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.go-mmd.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Matsumoto Street Performance<\/a><\/strong> takes place biennially in Matsumoto downtown.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdslide8.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"mmdslide8\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdslide8-300x163.jpg?resize=300%2C163&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdslide10.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"mmdslide10\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdslide10-300x163.jpg?resize=300%2C163&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdslide41.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"mmdslide41\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdslide41-300x163.jpg?resize=300%2C163&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdslide9.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"mmdslide9\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdslide9-300x163.jpg?resize=300%2C163&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdslide5.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"mmdslide5\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdslide5-300x163.jpg?resize=300%2C163&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdslide11.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"mmdslide11\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdslide11-300x163.jpg?resize=300%2C163&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdslide21.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"mmdslide21\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdslide21-300x163.jpg?resize=300%2C163&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdtopimagelogo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"mmdtopimagelogo\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdtopimagelogo-300x170.jpg?resize=300%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n(All these amazing photos are from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/go.mmd\" target=\"_blank\">Matsumoto \u00a0Machinaka Daidogei Executive Committee<\/a><\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p>33 best professional &amp; semi-professional performers from all over the world congregate for just one day!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdmapB.gif?ssl=1\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"mmdmapB\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdmapB.gif?w=600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>It is very easy to find these astonishing artists on the street! \u00a0All you need is &#8220;JUST BE THERE&#8221;!!<\/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\/culture-art\/matsumoto-street-performance-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\/culture-art\/matsumoto-street-performance-2013\/\" data-text=\"Matsumoto Street Performance 2013\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 14th Sunday, you will be a witness \u00a0of \u00a0marvelous &amp; amazing performances in the whole town of Matsumoto. Matsumoto Street Performance takes place biennially in Matsumoto downtown. (All these amazing photos are from Matsumoto \u00a0Machinaka Daidogei Executive Committee.) 33 best professional &amp; semi-professional performers from all over the world congregate for just one day! It is very easy to find these astonishing artists on the street! \u00a0All you need is &#8220;JUST BE THERE&#8221;!!<\/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\/culture-art\/matsumoto-street-performance-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\/culture-art\/matsumoto-street-performance-2013\/\" data-text=\"Matsumoto Street Performance 2013\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":1495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2359,2364,2365,2357,2358,2369],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mmdtopimagelogo-1.jpg?fit=880%2C500","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Matsumoto Street Performance 2013 | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 14th Sunday, you will be a witness \u00a0of \u00a0marvelous &amp; amazing performances in the whole town of Matsumoto. 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