{"id":736,"date":"2012-10-09T15:43:13","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T06:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=736"},"modified":"2019-02-17T15:47:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T06:47:54","slug":"the-11th-crafts-picnic-2012-is-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/the-11th-crafts-picnic-2012-is-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"The 11th &#8220;Crafts&#8217; Picnic 2012&#8221; is this weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0030.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large\" title=\"DSC_0030\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0030-1024x685.jpg?resize=1024%2C685&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>photo by :<a title=\"Matsumoto Keizai Shinbun\" href=\"http:\/\/matsumoto.keizai.biz\/headline\/1011\/\"> Matsumoto Keizai Shinbun<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>October 13th<\/strong> (Saturday) and <strong>14th<\/strong> (Sunday)<\/p>\n<p><strong><!--a title=\"Agata no mori\" href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/download\/engtown.pdf\"-->Agata no mori Park<!--\/a--> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About 100 craftsmen gather at Agata no mori Park for 2 days, offer special handicrafts \u00a0courses for both kids and adults.<br \/>\nEnjoy making your own \u00a0wooden chair, spoon, chopsticks and many other toys as well as Hanko (name stamp) and original jewelries.<br \/>\nNot only creating handicrafts, you can also learn how to make &#8220;senbei (rice cookie) and butter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0004.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" title=\"DSC_0004\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0004-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Photo by:<a title=\"matsukei\" href=\"http:\/\/matsumoto.keizai.biz\/photoflash\/333\/\">Matsumoto Keizai Shinbun<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/picnic2012_brochure-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large\" title=\"picnic2012_brochure-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/picnic2012_brochure-1-723x1024.jpg?resize=723%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"723\" height=\"1024\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/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\/the-11th-crafts-picnic-2012-is-this-weekend\/\" 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\/the-11th-crafts-picnic-2012-is-this-weekend\/\" data-text=\"The 11th &quot;Crafts&#039; Picnic 2012&quot; is this weekend!\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>photo by : Matsumoto Keizai Shinbun October 13th (Saturday) and 14th (Sunday) Agata no mori Park About 100 craftsmen gather at Agata no mori Park for 2 days, offer special handicrafts \u00a0courses for both kids and adults. 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