{"id":720,"date":"2012-10-06T14:56:16","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T05:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=720"},"modified":"2012-10-06T14:56:16","modified_gmt":"2012-10-06T05:56:16","slug":"matsumoto-soba-festival-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/matsumoto-soba-festival-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Matsumoto Soba Festival (report)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/sobamatsuri20121006-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" title=\"sobamatsuri20121006 1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/sobamatsuri20121006-1-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/sobamatsuri20121006-2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"sobamatsuri20121006 2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/sobamatsuri20121006-2-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around 11:30 the 6th, there already shoals of people were strolling around, and waiting for their soba to be served in a queue in the castle garden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P1000989.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" title=\"P1000989\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P1000989-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Several &#8220;Soba&#8221; booths, the expert chefs are hand-making soba.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/seinennbu-20121006.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" title=\"seinennbu 20121006\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/seinennbu-20121006-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/oyaki-shunnsai-20121006.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"oyaki shunnsai 20121006\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/oyaki-shunnsai-20121006-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> And of course, there are bunch of local specialty food booths.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy Autumn harvest here at Matsumoto Castle.<\/p>\n<p>Open from 9:00 a.m., on 7th Sunday until 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Last day: 8th Monday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121006-castle.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" title=\"20121006 castle\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121006-castle-768x1024.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/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\/gourmet\/matsumoto-soba-festival-report\/\" 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\/gourmet\/matsumoto-soba-festival-report\/\" data-text=\"Matsumoto Soba Festival (report)\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 11:30 the 6th, there already shoals of people were strolling around, and waiting for their soba to be served in a queue in the castle garden. 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