{"id":37,"date":"2007-07-30T15:07:54","date_gmt":"2007-07-30T06:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=37"},"modified":"2007-07-30T15:07:54","modified_gmt":"2007-07-30T06:07:54","slug":"oktoberfest-was-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/oktoberfest-was-held\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Oktoberfest&#8217; was held"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/octofest.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" \/>I went to &#8220;Oktoberfest 2007&#8221; (&#8220;Octover festa&#8221; in English) held July 25th-29th on the west of Matsumoto Castle.<br \/>\nWhy &#8220;October&#8221;? Because, it is a Japanese version of the very popular beer event held in September-October in Munich, Germany.<br clear=\"all\"><br \/>\n<img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/octofes3.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\nI heard more than 5,000 people enjoyed genuine German beer and band music.<\/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\/gourmet\/oktoberfest-was-held\/\" 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\/gourmet\/oktoberfest-was-held\/\" data-text=\"&#039;Oktoberfest&#039; was held\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went to &#8220;Oktoberfest 2007&#8221; (&#8220;Octover festa&#8221; in English) held July 25th-29th on the west of Matsumoto Castle. 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