{"id":76168,"date":"2009-05-29T08:05:59","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T23:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=108"},"modified":"2009-05-29T08:05:59","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T23:05:59","slug":"the-craft-fair-and-the-matsumoto-craft-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/culture-art\/the-craft-fair-and-the-matsumoto-craft-month\/","title":{"rendered":"The Craft Fair and the Matsumoto Craft Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Clocks.jpg\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" \/>Matsumoto is a land of traditional crafts, such as wood crafts, lacquerware, fabric, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.go-nagano.net\/modules\/contents07\/index.php?id=1&#038;mode=disdetailsisetu&#038;cityid=2&#038;junleid=14&#038;indexid=2&#038;kubuncode=8\"><em>temari<\/em> handballs<\/a>.<br \/>\nNow, many craftsmen live in and around Matsumoto in quest of a good environment for crafts and art.<br \/>\nOn this weekend (May 30th and 31st), the <a href=\"\/contents08+index.htm#craft\">Matsumoto Craft Fair<\/a>, one of the biggest craft fairs in Japan, will be held at Agata-no-Mori Park.<br \/>\nThis year, a new event, the Matsumoto Craft Month, is also being held April 25th through May 31st. You can see many craft-related events and exhibitions in museums and galleries in Matsumoto. (Japanese site is <a href=\"http:\/\/kougeino5gatu2009.blog73.fc2.com\/\">here<\/a>.)<br \/>\nReport of Matsumoto Craft Fair last year is <a href=\"\/wordpress+index.p+76.htm\">here<\/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\/culture-art\/the-craft-fair-and-the-matsumoto-craft-month\/\" 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\/culture-art\/the-craft-fair-and-the-matsumoto-craft-month\/\" data-text=\"The Craft Fair and the Matsumoto Craft Month\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matsumoto is a land of traditional crafts, such as wood crafts, lacquerware, fabric, and temari handballs. Now, many craftsmen live in and around Matsumoto in quest of a good environment for crafts and art. On this weekend (May 30th and 31st), the Matsumoto Craft Fair, one of the biggest craft fairs in Japan, will be held at Agata-no-Mori Park. This year, a new event, the Matsumoto Craft Month, is also being held April 25th through May 31st. You can see many craft-related events and exhibitions in museums and galleries in Matsumoto. (Japanese site is here.) 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