{"id":76183,"date":"2009-11-07T18:11:10","date_gmt":"2009-11-07T09:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=124"},"modified":"2009-11-07T18:11:10","modified_gmt":"2009-11-07T09:11:10","slug":"harquebuses-shooting-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/events\/harquebuses-shooting-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Harquebuses Shooting Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/teppouta.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" \/>On October 25th, a harquebuses shooting event was held at Matsumoto Castle.<br \/>\nHarquebus collectors wearing 16-17th century samurai style dress carried their harquebuses and were shooting in the garden of the castle. The sound of harquebuses was very loud and powerful.<br \/>\nThey were cool to watch, but I imagined how those arms had killed numerous people during the Middle Ages. I hope these kind of arms will not be used in real life any more.<br \/>\nHarquebuses shooting events are held in April or May and October annually at Matsumoto Castle.<\/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\/harquebuses-shooting-event\/\" 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\/harquebuses-shooting-event\/\" data-text=\"Harquebuses Shooting Event\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 25th, a harquebuses shooting event was held at Matsumoto Castle. Harquebus collectors wearing 16-17th century samurai style dress carried their harquebuses and were shooting in the garden of the castle. The sound of harquebuses was very loud and powerful. They were cool to watch, but I imagined how those arms had killed numerous people during the Middle Ages. I hope these kind of arms will not be used in real life any more. Harquebuses shooting events are held in April or May and October annually at Matsumoto Castle.<\/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\/harquebuses-shooting-event\/\" 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\/harquebuses-shooting-event\/\" data-text=\"Harquebuses Shooting Event\"  >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":[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>Harquebuses Shooting Event | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On October 25th, a harquebuses shooting event was held at Matsumoto Castle. 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