{"id":15774,"date":"2016-03-26T10:31:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T01:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=15774"},"modified":"2016-03-26T10:31:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T01:31:22","slug":"cherries-and-sumo-wrestlers-coming-back-early-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/cherries-and-sumo-wrestlers-coming-back-early-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherries and Sumo Wrestlers Coming Back Early April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_15775\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15775\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/castlesidecherryshidare.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15775\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/castlesidecherryshidare-300x230.jpg?resize=300%2C230&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Last year&#039;s cherries with the Castle (April 9th)\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" class=\"size-medium\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Last year&#8217;s cherries with the Castle (April 9th)<\/figcaption><\/figure>According to the &#8216;Cherry Blooming Forecast&#8217;, cherries at the Castle and downtown Matsumoto might begin blooming April 3rd. The event &#8216;Nighttime Cherry Blossom Viewing&#8217; will be held from three days after cherries begin blooming and continue 8 days (so possibly around April 6th till 13th)<br \/>\nThe special illumination for the cherries will start from the same day and will continue two days longer (10 days).<br clear=all \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kyodo-hokuriku.co.jp\/information\/oozumou%E6%9D%BE%E6%9C%AC%E4%BD%90%E4%B9%85.pdf\" target=new class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/00006078-260x300.jpg?resize=260%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"00006078\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>On April 7th, &#8216;Sumo road-show in Matsumoto&#8217; will be held again. <a href=\"\/modules\/xpressme\/events\/sumo-wrestlers-coming-back-to-matsumoto-with-new-hero\">The last year&#8217;s road-show<\/a> was heated because of a new hero &#8216;Mitake-umi&#8217; from Kiso in Nagano Prefecture. You might see some sumo wrestlers viewing cherries somewhere after the show if you are very lucky.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Time: 8 am to 3 pm, Thursday 7th, April\n<li>Venue: Matsumoto City General Gymnasium (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.jp\/maps\/place\/%E6%9D%BE%E6%9C%AC%E5%B8%82%E7%B7%8F%E5%90%88%E4%BD%93%E8%82%B2%E9%A4%A8\/@36.2567986,137.9785451,13z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x601d0c220e5d593b:0xcd3d1ce33c43e11e?hl=en\" target=new>Google map<\/a>)\n<li>Ticket: advance-sale tickets are still being sold. I am not sure but walk-up tickets might be sold from the morning (probably there will be a long line)<\/li>\n<li style=\"word-break:break-all\">Japanese website: https:\/\/migoro.mcci.or.jp\/feature\/detail\/2016021400017\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br clear=all \/><\/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\/cherries-and-sumo-wrestlers-coming-back-early-april\/\" 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\/cherries-and-sumo-wrestlers-coming-back-early-april\/\" data-text=\"Cherries and Sumo Wrestlers Coming Back Early April\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the &#8216;Cherry Blooming Forecast&#8217;, cherries at the Castle and downtown Matsumoto might begin blooming April 3rd. The event &#8216;Nighttime Cherry Blossom Viewing&#8217; will be held from three days after cherries begin blooming and continue 8 days (so possibly around April 6th till 13th) The special illumination for the cherries will start from the same day and will continue two days longer (10 days). On April 7th, &#8216;Sumo road-show in Matsumoto&#8217; will be held again. The last year&#8217;s road-show was heated because of a new hero &#8216;Mitake-umi&#8217; from Kiso in Nagano Prefecture. You might see some sumo wrestlers viewing cherries somewhere after the show if you are very lucky. 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