{"id":76203,"date":"2010-12-07T00:33:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T15:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=287"},"modified":"2010-12-07T00:33:30","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T15:33:30","slug":"yayoi-kusama-came-to-her-hometown-matsumoto-to-unveil-kusama-designed-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/transportation\/yayoi-kusama-came-to-her-hometown-matsumoto-to-unveil-kusama-designed-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Yayoi Kusama Came to Her Hometown, Matsumoto, to Unveil Kusama-Designed Bus!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_7183.jpg?resize=229%2C136&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"136\" class=\"alignright size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Maybe you know the world famous contemporary artist, Yayoi Kusama? She lives in NY, but her hometown is Matsumoto. Some of her works can be seen in the <a href=\"\/contents03+index.id+2.htm\">Matsumoto Museum of Art<\/a>.<br \/>\nOn Dec 1, she visited Matsumoto for a ceremony of one bus she designed. She rode the bus &#8220;polka-dots wildly dance version&#8221; with some citizens from the station to the Matsumoto Museum of Art.<br clear=all><br \/>\nI saw her in the musuem. She was sitting in front of her big sculpture &#8220;The Visionary Flowers&#8221;. That scene was also an art work.<br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/WMC_0207.jpg?h=300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_7221.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br clear=all><br \/>\nThe only Kusama-designed bus in the world is used for the loop line Eastern course to Nakamachi and the Matsumoto Museum. 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