{"id":76120,"date":"2007-02-06T19:02:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-06T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=20"},"modified":"2007-02-06T19:02:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-06T10:02:00","slug":"welcome-to-the-newly-opened-matsumoto-city-english-web-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/history\/welcome-to-the-newly-opened-matsumoto-city-english-web-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the newly opened Matsumoto City English Web site!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The contents of this site were created by volunteers currently living and working in Matsumoto City. 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