{"id":76196,"date":"2010-04-02T15:04:45","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T06:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=138"},"modified":"2010-04-02T15:04:45","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T06:04:45","slug":"information-centre-new-recruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/history\/information-centre-new-recruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Centre &#8211; new recruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good news for all English speaking visitors to Matsumoto, looking for help\/advice\/directions. Takako has just started working in the Tourist Info Centre near the castle. 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