{"id":744,"date":"2012-10-10T18:40:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T09:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=744"},"modified":"2012-10-10T18:40:33","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T09:40:33","slug":"harquebuses-shooting-at-the-castle-on-oct-21st-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/harquebuses-shooting-at-the-castle-on-oct-21st-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Harquebuses Shooting at the castle on Oct 21st (Sun)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Old-fashioned gunnery, harquebuses are mainly used from\u00a0the mid 16th to 19th centuries in Japan.<br \/>\nHere at <a title=\"harquebus event\" href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/contents08+index.id+25.htm\"><strong>the Matsumoto Castle<\/strong><\/a>, you can see the demonstrations of well preserved harquebuses.<\/p>\n<p>Admission: Free<\/p>\n<p>October 21st Sunday, from 13:30~15:00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/teppou.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large\" title=\"untitled\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/teppou-733x1024.jpg?resize=733%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"733\" 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\/sightseeing\/harquebuses-shooting-at-the-castle-on-oct-21st-sun\/\" 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\/harquebuses-shooting-at-the-castle-on-oct-21st-sun\/\" data-text=\"Harquebuses Shooting at the castle on Oct 21st (Sun)\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old-fashioned gunnery, harquebuses are mainly used from\u00a0the mid 16th to 19th centuries in Japan. 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