{"id":76127,"date":"2007-05-16T09:05:41","date_gmt":"2007-05-16T00:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=29"},"modified":"2007-05-16T09:05:41","modified_gmt":"2007-05-16T00:05:41","slug":"tryjin-festival-at-asama-onsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/history\/tryjin-festival-at-asama-onsen\/","title":{"rendered":"“Tryjin Festival” at Asama Onsen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coming up the first weekend of June at Asama Onsen is the 2nd Annual Tryjin Festival<\/a>, an international music, food, and cultural exchange festival hosted by the Shinshu Toraijin Club to celebrate people of all cultures who cross over (torai suru<\/em>) to Japan. The celebration is being held over three days, starting Friday, June 1st, and continuing on Saturday June 2nd and Sunday June 3rd. The days’ various scheduled activities are as follows:
\nJune 1st: Music Festival at Asama Jinguji Temple
\nJune 1st-3rd: Display of “Holy Crown<\/a>” artifact excavated from Sakuragaoka Burial Mound (5th Century, thought to have been brought to Japan by a visitor from mainland Asia, probably present-day Korea).
\nJune 2nd-3rd:
\n1. The Story of the Holy Crown artifact and Hands-on metalworking class at Asama Onsen Hot Plaza
\n2. Outdoor Concert at Asama Onsen Event Hiroba
\n3. Food Tasting at Asama Onsen Event Hiroba
\n4. Tryjin Go<\/a> Festival at Asama Onsen Bunka Center
\nThe event looks like fun and Asama Onsen should be a great place to have a party. It’s also a cool chance to learn about and experience Korean-Japanese culture and its history and to participate in the blending of old-fashioned Japanese culture with newcomer cultures here in the Matsumoto region. I think it’ll be pretty cool, and I’ll post pictures when I get back from it. If you’d like to go, be sure to check out the Asama Onsen page<\/a> on this website for directions and for more information about what’s up there at Asama.<\/p>\n