{"id":76167,"date":"2009-04-16T08:04:38","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T23:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=107"},"modified":"2009-04-16T08:04:38","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T23:04:38","slug":"kimono-event-and-kimono-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/events\/kimono-event-and-kimono-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimono Event and Kimono Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/hinafes.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" \/>I attended an event called &#8220;Hina Doll Festival for Adults&#8221; on April 5th at <a href=\"\/contents03+index.id+18.htm\">the Baba Family Residence<\/a> an old Japanese building in Matsumoto.<br \/>\nThe dress code was <em>kimono<\/em> (or something pink for men), so all the women were wearing <em>kimono<\/em>.<br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"photor\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/hinafes2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Tea Ceremony<\/div>\n<p>We enjoyed tea ceremony, <em>tosenkyo<\/em> (a traditional Japanese game), and a concert featuring traditional music.<br \/>\nKimono is now popular among foreigners and young Japanese as something that represents traditional culture. You can experience wearing kimono if you stay at Seifuso (one of budget <a href=\"\/contents09+index.id+4.htm\">ryokans in Matsumoto<\/a>).<br clear=\"all\"><\/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\/events\/kimono-event-and-kimono-experience\/\" 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\/events\/kimono-event-and-kimono-experience\/\" data-text=\"Kimono Event and Kimono Experience\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I attended an event called &#8220;Hina Doll Festival for Adults&#8221; on April 5th at the Baba Family Residence an old Japanese building in Matsumoto. The dress code was kimono (or something pink for men), so all the women were wearing kimono. Tea Ceremony We enjoyed tea ceremony, tosenkyo (a traditional Japanese game), and a concert featuring traditional music. Kimono is now popular among foreigners and young Japanese as something that represents traditional culture. You can experience wearing kimono if you stay at Seifuso (one of budget ryokans in Matsumoto).<\/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\/events\/kimono-event-and-kimono-experience\/\" 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\/events\/kimono-event-and-kimono-experience\/\" data-text=\"Kimono Event and Kimono Experience\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2365,2358],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kimono Event and Kimono Experience | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I attended an event called &quot;Hina Doll Festival for Adults&quot; on April 5th at the Baba Family Residence an old Japanese building in Matsumoto. 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