{"id":700112,"date":"2025-03-17T14:46:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T05:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitmatsumoto.com\/?p=700112"},"modified":"2025-03-19T01:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T16:24:08","slug":"goodbye-parco-and-matsumoto-in-the-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/seasonal-topics\/goodbye-parco-and-matsumoto-in-the-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Parco and Matsumoto in the snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Matsumoto fans, how are you?<br \/>\nIt is a very cold March, and yesterday it snowed a lot&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\\\/en\\\/seasonal-topics\\\/goodbye-parco-and-matsumoto-in-the-snow\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:137862970}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 551px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"551\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 734px; height: 551px;\" data-original-width=\"734\" data-original-height=\"551\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/seasonal-topics\/goodbye-parco-and-matsumoto-in-the-snow\/attachment\/img_9766\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"730\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"547\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"700185\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9766.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9766\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9766.jpeg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9766.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9766.jpeg?w=730&#038;h=547\" width=\"730\" height=\"547\" data-original-width=\"730\" data-original-height=\"547\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_9766\" alt=\"IMG_9766\" style=\"width: 730px; height: 547px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 366px; height: 551px;\" data-original-width=\"366\" data-original-height=\"551\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/seasonal-topics\/goodbye-parco-and-matsumoto-in-the-snow\/attachment\/img_9765\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"272\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"700176\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9765.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9765\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9765.jpeg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9765.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9765.jpeg?w=362&#038;h=272\" width=\"362\" height=\"272\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"272\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_9765\" alt=\"IMG_9765\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 272px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/seasonal-topics\/goodbye-parco-and-matsumoto-in-the-snow\/attachment\/img_9764\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"271\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"700167\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9764.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9764\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9764.jpeg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9764.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9764.jpeg?w=362&#038;h=271\" width=\"362\" height=\"271\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"271\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_9764\" alt=\"IMG_9764\" style=\"width: 362px; 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height: 410px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 550px; height: 414px;\" data-original-width=\"550\" data-original-height=\"414\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/seasonal-topics\/goodbye-parco-and-matsumoto-in-the-snow\/attachment\/img_9760\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"546\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"410\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"700149\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9760.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9760\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9760.jpeg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9760.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9760.jpeg?w=546&#038;h=410\" width=\"546\" height=\"410\" data-original-width=\"546\" data-original-height=\"410\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_9760\" alt=\"IMG_9760\" style=\"width: 546px; height: 410px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>It is a lovely sight.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this year it didn&#8217;t snow a lot, and I was not expecting there to be any snow at all in March either but instead we had some snowy days!<\/p>\n<p>On February 28th Parco closed!<\/p>\n<img data-attachment-id=\"700113\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/seasonal-topics\/goodbye-parco-and-matsumoto-in-the-snow\/attachment\/img_9685\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9685.jpeg?fit=2000%2C1500\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9685\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9685.jpeg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9685.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-700113\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9685-1024x768.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9685.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9685.jpeg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9685.jpeg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9685.jpeg?resize=900%2C675 900w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9685.jpeg?resize=867%2C650 867w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9685.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152 1536w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9685.jpeg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\n<p>A lot of people showed up to say goodbye to their beloved mall, that has been a special part of Matsumoto city for 40 years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\\\/en\\\/seasonal-topics\\\/goodbye-parco-and-matsumoto-in-the-snow\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:137862970}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; 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height: 547px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 366px; height: 551px;\" data-original-width=\"366\" data-original-height=\"551\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/seasonal-topics\/goodbye-parco-and-matsumoto-in-the-snow\/attachment\/img_9689\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"272\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"700131\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9689.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9689\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9689.jpeg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9689.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9689.jpeg?w=362&#038;h=272\" width=\"362\" height=\"272\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"272\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_9689\" alt=\"IMG_9689\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 272px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/seasonal-topics\/goodbye-parco-and-matsumoto-in-the-snow\/attachment\/img_9692\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"271\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"700140\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9692.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9692\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9692.jpeg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9692.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9692.jpeg?w=362&#038;h=271\" width=\"362\" height=\"271\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"271\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_9692\" alt=\"IMG_9692\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 271px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Everyone signed a little car and they had a huge dj party on the top floor.<br \/>\nIt is sad to see that the &#8220;Parco&#8221; sign has already been taken down.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder what it will become of this building.<\/p>\n<p>This month Inoue will also close.<br \/>\nIt is all a bit sad&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I hope April brings good news!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/goodbye-parco-and-matsumoto-in-the-snow\/\" 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\/goodbye-parco-and-matsumoto-in-the-snow\/\" data-text=\"Goodbye Parco and Matsumoto in the snow\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Matsumoto fans, how are you? It is a very cold March, and yesterday it snowed a lot&#8230; It is a lovely sight. Unfortunately, this year it didn&#8217;t snow a lot, and I was not expecting there to be any snow at all in March either but instead we had some snowy days! On February 28th Parco closed! A lot of people showed up to say goodbye to their beloved mall, that has been a special part of Matsumoto city for 40 years. Everyone signed a little car and they had a huge dj party on the top floor. 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