{"id":70,"date":"2008-04-13T23:04:08","date_gmt":"2008-04-13T14:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=70"},"modified":"2008-04-13T23:04:08","modified_gmt":"2008-04-13T14:04:08","slug":"cherry-blossom-and-flower-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/seasonal-topics\/cherry-blossom-and-flower-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Blossom And Flower Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Cherry08.jpg\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" \/>The cherry trees at Matsumoto Castle started to bloom on April 9th this year, one day earlier than the &#8220;Cherry forecasts&#8221; predicted. In Japan, cherry blossoms are special and many Japanese enjoy watching  them. We even drink sake and eat snacks under the cherry trees. Today our project members had bbq under the cherry trees.<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t eat the fruit of Japanese cherry trees, so they are just for enjoying the blossoms.<br \/>\nThe period of April and May is a beautiful season in Matsumoto and Nagano. We can enjoy many other blossoms such as Japanese plums, apricots, apples, peaches and flowers such as narcissuses, tulips, irises, and roses.<\/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\/cherry-blossom-and-flower-season\/\" 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\/cherry-blossom-and-flower-season\/\" data-text=\"Cherry Blossom And Flower Season\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cherry trees at Matsumoto Castle started to bloom on April 9th this year, one day earlier than the &#8220;Cherry forecasts&#8221; predicted. In Japan, cherry blossoms are special and many Japanese enjoy watching them. We even drink sake and eat snacks under the cherry trees. Today our project members had bbq under the cherry trees. You can&#8217;t eat the fruit of Japanese cherry trees, so they are just for enjoying the blossoms. The period of April and May is a beautiful season in Matsumoto and Nagano. 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