{"id":53,"date":"2007-10-15T10:10:32","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T01:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=53"},"modified":"2007-10-15T10:10:32","modified_gmt":"2007-10-15T01:10:32","slug":"autumn-colored-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/seasonal-topics\/autumn-colored-leaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Colored Leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/kaskouyo.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" \/>The season of autumn colored leaves has begun in Matsumoto.<br \/>\nOn October 6, I climbed up Karasawa, which is famous for being one of the most beautiful spots to see colored leaves in Japan. It is about a 6-hour trek from <a href=\"\/contents12+index.htm#kamikochi\">Kamikochi<\/a>.<br \/>\nIn downtown Matsumoto city, autumn colored leaves can be seen in places like <a href=\"\/contents03+index.id+3.htm\">Matsumoto Castle<\/a> and Agatanomori Park from around October 20 until early November.<\/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\/seasonal-topics\/autumn-colored-leaves\/\" 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\/seasonal-topics\/autumn-colored-leaves\/\" data-text=\"Autumn Colored Leaves\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The season of autumn colored leaves has begun in Matsumoto. On October 6, I climbed up Karasawa, which is famous for being one of the most beautiful spots to see colored leaves in Japan. It is about a 6-hour trek from Kamikochi. 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