{"id":1655,"date":"2014-04-05T11:37:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T02:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=1655"},"modified":"2014-04-05T11:37:36","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T02:37:36","slug":"come-to-see-our-gorgeous-cherry-blossoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/come-to-see-our-gorgeous-cherry-blossoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Come to see our gorgeous cherry blossoms!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1656\" href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?attachment_id=1656\"--><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" title=\"sakurazensen_2014_7-thumb-640x480-1065\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sakurazensen_2014_7-thumb-640x480-1065-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><!--\/a--><\/p>\n<p>According to the blossom forecasts for cherry trees this year, best timing to visit Matsumoto castle will be April 9th to 16th.<\/p>\n<p><!--a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1657\" href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?attachment_id=1657\"--><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"575683_524542224251815_1017850469_n\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/575683_524542224251815_1017850469_n.jpg?resize=404%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><!--\/a--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYozakura kai (night sakura viewing festival)\u201d will be held during the season, free admission to the castle\u2019s inner garden (can not enter in the castle&#8217;s keep at night, though) .<\/p>\n<p>There will be traditional tea ceremony services (500 yen), live performance of flute, Japanese traditional instruments such as \u201ckoto (\u7434\uff09\u201d and the ancient court music \u201cgagaku (\u96c5\u697d\uff09\u201d,\u00a0as well as various food service inside of the garden.<\/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\/come-to-see-our-gorgeous-cherry-blossoms\/\" 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\/come-to-see-our-gorgeous-cherry-blossoms\/\" data-text=\"Come to see our gorgeous cherry blossoms!\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the blossom forecasts for cherry trees this year, best timing to visit Matsumoto castle will be April 9th to 16th. \u201cYozakura kai (night sakura viewing festival)\u201d will be held during the season, free admission to the castle\u2019s inner garden (can not enter in the castle&#8217;s keep at night, though) . 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