{"id":76207,"date":"2011-03-01T16:02:28","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T07:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=350"},"modified":"2011-03-01T16:02:28","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T07:02:28","slug":"when-will-cherries-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/seasonal-topics\/when-will-cherries-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"When Will Cherries Bloom?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the latest (Feb 28&#8217;s) &#8220;Cherry blossom forecast&#8221;, cherry blossoms in the Matsumoto Castle will start blooming April 7 and full-bloom during April 13-16.<\/p>\n<p>It depends on the temperature and weather of March and April and it has been very warm these days (today it is rain, not snow, in downtown Matsumoto), it might be a little earlier than the current forecast.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-351\" style=\"width: 302px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN0156.jpg?resize=302%2C165&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"165\" class=\"size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Last year's cherries and the Castle at night<\/figcaption><\/figure>See last year&#8217;s blog articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=139\">Cherries at Matsumoto Castle Are in Full Bloom<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=140\">Sakura on Ice!!<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p><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\/seasonal-topics\/when-will-cherries-bloom\/\" 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\/seasonal-topics\/when-will-cherries-bloom\/\" data-text=\"When Will Cherries Bloom?\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the latest (Feb 28&#8217;s) &#8220;Cherry blossom forecast&#8221;, cherry blossoms in the Matsumoto Castle will start blooming April 7 and full-bloom during April 13-16. It depends on the temperature and weather of March and April and it has been very warm these days (today it is rain, not snow, in downtown Matsumoto), it might be a little earlier than the current forecast. 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