{"id":504,"date":"2011-06-03T08:38:44","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T23:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=504"},"modified":"2019-06-01T23:03:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T14:03:12","slug":"matsumoto-castle-got-rank-3-in-top10-must-see-attractions-in-japan-awarded-by-inbound-travelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/matsumoto-castle-got-rank-3-in-top10-must-see-attractions-in-japan-awarded-by-inbound-travelers\/","title":{"rendered":"Matsumoto Castle Got Rank 3 in &#8220;TOP10 Must-see Attractions in Japan&#8221; Awarded by Inbound Travelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News!<\/p>\n<p>TripAdvisor, which is one of the largest travel sites for reviews and advices from real travelers, announced the &#8220;TOP20 Must-see Attractions in Japan Awarded by Inbound Travelers&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Matsumoto Castle got rank 3, higher than ranks of many attractions in Kyoto and Tokyo<!--, as Teddy wrote in <a href=\"\/modules\/xfguestbook\/index.php?op=show_one&amp;msg_id=1741\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span>My Time in Matsumoto (Guest's Blog) Page<\/a-->.<\/p>\n<p>In Nagano Prefecture, two attractions ranked in the top10 must-sees. The other one is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.go-nagano.net\/modules\/contents07\/index.php?id=1&amp;mode=disdetailsisetu&amp;cityid=107&amp;junleid=2&amp;indexid=1&amp;kubuncode=1\">Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park<\/a>, which got rank 7. Rank 1 and 2 were Miyajima and The Peace Memorial Museum, both in Hiroshima.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the reviews by travellers on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/pages\/HotSpotsJapan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the site<\/a>, such as &#8220;Beautiful Authentic Castle&#8221;.<\/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\/matsumoto-castle-got-rank-3-in-top10-must-see-attractions-in-japan-awarded-by-inbound-travelers\/\" 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\/matsumoto-castle-got-rank-3-in-top10-must-see-attractions-in-japan-awarded-by-inbound-travelers\/\" data-text=\"Matsumoto Castle Got Rank 3 in &quot;TOP10 Must-see Attractions in Japan&quot; Awarded by Inbound Travelers\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News! TripAdvisor, which is one of the largest travel sites for reviews and advices from real travelers, announced the &#8220;TOP20 Must-see Attractions in Japan Awarded by Inbound Travelers&#8221; Matsumoto Castle got rank 3, higher than ranks of many attractions in Kyoto and Tokyo. In Nagano Prefecture, two attractions ranked in the top10 must-sees. The other one is Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park, which got rank 7. Rank 1 and 2 were Miyajima and The Peace Memorial Museum, both in Hiroshima. You can see the reviews by travellers on the site, such as &#8220;Beautiful Authentic Castle&#8221;.<\/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\/matsumoto-castle-got-rank-3-in-top10-must-see-attractions-in-japan-awarded-by-inbound-travelers\/\" 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\/matsumoto-castle-got-rank-3-in-top10-must-see-attractions-in-japan-awarded-by-inbound-travelers\/\" data-text=\"Matsumoto Castle Got Rank 3 in &quot;TOP10 Must-see Attractions in Japan&quot; Awarded by Inbound Travelers\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2354],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/CASTLE4-1.jpg?fit=300%2C276","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Matsumoto Castle Got Rank 3 in &quot;TOP10 Must-see Attractions in Japan&quot; Awarded by Inbound Travelers | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"News! 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