{"id":42,"date":"2007-08-10T17:08:53","date_gmt":"2007-08-10T08:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=42"},"modified":"2007-08-10T17:08:53","modified_gmt":"2007-08-10T08:08:53","slug":"taiko-matsuri-in-the-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/taiko-matsuri-in-the-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiko Matsuri &#8211; in the park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/oldies.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/breakdance xylophone.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nNothing better than wandering down to your local park on a Sunday afternoon for a gentle afternoon&#8217;s&#8230;Taiko Drumming. Unfortunately the nice old park that used to be here got concreted over a few years ago &amp; is now staggeringly bright with glare in the summer, and no shade. There is a very fun fountain though; all the sweltering grown ups were jealously watching the nippers splash around in! A baking afternoon indeed, but the various drum groups played valiantly. An older group of ladies caught my eye as some local lads were attempting to break-dance to the beat &#8211; don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever seen that before! A large group of schoolies were very polished, and a professional group called Gonna finished the gig off with a bizarre but working combination of &#8220;Merimba &amp; Taiko&#8221; (I think!) &#8211; a very good, tight quartet, led by a lass with the sweetest smile who was clearly loving every moment. Very infectious, and well appreciated by the parched audience.<br \/>\n<img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Mr Angry.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Gonna park.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nMore images at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/saint_george\/sets\/72157601190029783\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/saint_george\/sets\/72157601190029783\/<\/a><\/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\/taiko-matsuri-in-the-park\/\" 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\/taiko-matsuri-in-the-park\/\" data-text=\"Taiko Matsuri - in the park\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing better than wandering down to your local park on a Sunday afternoon for a gentle afternoon&#8217;s&#8230;Taiko Drumming. Unfortunately the nice old park that used to be here got concreted over a few years ago &amp; is now staggeringly bright with glare in the summer, and no shade. There is a very fun fountain though; all the sweltering grown ups were jealously watching the nippers splash around in! A baking afternoon indeed, but the various drum groups played valiantly. An older group of ladies caught my eye as some local lads were attempting to break-dance to the beat &#8211; don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever seen that before! 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