{"id":1676,"date":"2014-05-06T18:12:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T09:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2014-05-06T18:12:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T09:12:41","slug":"heidi-a-girl-of-the-alps-sp-exhibition-in-utsukushigahara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/heidi-a-girl-of-the-alps-sp-exhibition-in-utsukushigahara\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Heidi a girl of the Alps&#8221; Sp Exhibition in Utsukushigahara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most well-known Swiss novel, &#8220;<strong>Heidi a girl of the Alps<\/strong>&#8221; was written by<em> <strong>J<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>ohanna Spyri<\/strong> <\/em>in 1880. Heidi became very popular among children in Japan after the first TV animation program released in 1974.\u3000To celebrate 40th Anniversary of &#8220;Heidi a girl of the Alps&#8221; animation, there is an official<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidi.ne.jp\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Heidi Exhibition<\/a> held at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utsukushi-oam.jp\/heidi_40\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Utsukushigahara Open Air Museum&#8221;<\/a> up on Mt. Utsukushigahara.<\/p>\n<p><!--a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1677\" href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?attachment_id=1677\"--><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" title=\"heidi_top_img\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/heidi_top_img-600x390.jpg?resize=600%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><!--\/a--><\/p>\n<p><!--a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1678\" href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?attachment_id=1678\"--><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"accsess-map\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/accsess-map-296x300.gif?resize=296%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><!--\/a--> <!--a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1680\" href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?attachment_id=1680\"--><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"1978734_762185497132442_958212710274874231_n5B15D\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1978734_762185497132442_958212710274874231_n5B15D-213x300.jpg?resize=213%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><!--\/a--><\/p>\n<p>This special exhibition has just started and will last until the 16th of November this year at <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/utsukushi-oam.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Utsukushigahara Open Air Museum<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><!--a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1681\" href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?attachment_id=1681\"--><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"bg-bottom-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/bg-bottom-photo-300x91.jpg?resize=300%2C91&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"91\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><!--\/a--> April 26th to November 16th<\/p>\n<p>Admission Fee: Adults 1,000 yen, Students 800 yen, Kids 700 yen<br \/>\n\/\/\/Important \/\/\/<strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kids<\/span> w\/parents will be Free Admission &#8220;every SATURDAY&#8221;\u3000\uff08Only<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> kids<\/span> fee, parents have to pay)!!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plus good news is, \u00a0a <a href=\"http:\/\/utsukushi-oam.jp\/internet.html\" target=\"_blank\">discount coupon<\/a> is available through internet. \u2190Go to the site and print the page out and show at the museum&#8217;s ticket office.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation from Matsumoto: <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alpico.co.jp\/access\/matsumoto\/utsukushigahara_kogen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Utsukushigahara Kogen Bijutsukan (Utsukushigahara Open Air Museum) Line<\/a><br \/>\nThere are only two services a day<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> (one in the morning and the last one in the afternoon)<\/span><strong> from Matsumoto Bus Terminal, and same as return bus to Matsumoto. Bus Fare is 1,500 yen(2013 summer fare).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Have fun on the Open Air Museum and beautiful Utsukushigahara height\uff53!<\/span><\/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\/heidi-a-girl-of-the-alps-sp-exhibition-in-utsukushigahara\/\" 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\/heidi-a-girl-of-the-alps-sp-exhibition-in-utsukushigahara\/\" data-text=\"&quot;Heidi a girl of the Alps&quot; Sp Exhibition in Utsukushigahara\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most well-known Swiss novel, &#8220;Heidi a girl of the Alps&#8221; was written by Johanna Spyri in 1880. 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April 26th to November 16th Admission Fee: Adults 1,000 yen, Students 800 yen, Kids 700 yen \/\/\/Important \/\/\/Kids w\/parents will be Free Admission &#8220;every SATURDAY&#8221;\u3000\uff08Only [&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\/sightseeing\/heidi-a-girl-of-the-alps-sp-exhibition-in-utsukushigahara\/\" 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\/heidi-a-girl-of-the-alps-sp-exhibition-in-utsukushigahara\/\" data-text=\"&quot;Heidi a girl of the Alps&quot; Sp Exhibition in Utsukushigahara\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":1677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2359,2354,2364,2365,2357,2358],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/heidi_top_img-1.jpg?fit=960%2C625","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Heidi a girl of the Alps&quot; Sp Exhibition in Utsukushigahara | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of the most well-known Swiss novel, &quot;Heidi a girl of the Alps&quot; was written by Johanna Spyri in 1880. 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