{"id":76133,"date":"2007-07-13T08:07:41","date_gmt":"2007-07-12T23:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=36"},"modified":"2007-07-13T08:07:41","modified_gmt":"2007-07-12T23:07:41","slug":"traditional-performances-and-taiko-drumming-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/traditional-performances-and-taiko-drumming-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional performances  and taiko drumming festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"\/uploads\/img45d9be27d862d.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" \/>On Jul 28-29, two big, exciting events of Japanese culture will be held in Matsumoto.<br \/>\nOne is &#8220;Japanese Festival 2007 in Matsumoto&#8221; at the Performing Arts Center. There will be many traditional Japanese performances like Awaodori.<br \/>\nThe other is &#8220;the 20th <a href=\"\/contents08+index.htm#taiko\">Matsumoto Castle Taiko Drumming Festival<\/a>&#8220;.<br \/>\nCome and enjoy them!<\/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\/traditional-performances-and-taiko-drumming-festivals\/\" 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\/traditional-performances-and-taiko-drumming-festivals\/\" data-text=\"Traditional performances  and taiko drumming festivals\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Jul 28-29, two big, exciting events of Japanese culture will be held in Matsumoto. 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