{"id":76220,"date":"2012-10-15T15:44:48","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T06:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=753"},"modified":"2012-10-15T15:44:48","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T06:44:48","slug":"2012-2013-ski-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/seasonal-topics\/2012-2013-ski-season\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 ~ 2013 Ski Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, ski season is coming ahead!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mt. Norikura<\/strong> will be open from <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">December 8th (Saturday)<\/span><\/span>, <\/strong>and the season tickets are now on sale.<br \/>\nPre-seasonal discount prices are available for the purchase before November 30th.<\/p>\n<p>Mt.Norikura website \u2192\u3000<a title=\"norikura ski\" href=\"http:\/\/norikura.co.jp\/en\/\"><em><strong>Ski Norikura<\/strong><\/em> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nomugi Ski Resort<\/strong> will be open from<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> December 22nd (Saturday)<\/strong><\/span><\/span>, and there will be <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>FREE shuttle bus <\/strong><\/span><\/span>service from Matsumoto Station to Nomugi Ski Resort on the weekends.<\/p>\n<p>NOMUGI info \u2192<strong><em><a title=\"nomugi\" href=\"http:\/\/gakutoresort.jp\/index.html\"> \uff33\uff4b\uff49\u3000\uff2e\uff2f\uff2d\uff35\uff27\uff29<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t wait another month!!<strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"> Enjoy ski and snowboard in Matsumoto area!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/seasonf.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" title=\"seasonf\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/seasonf.jpg?resize=630%2C881&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"881\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Nomugi-2012-announcement.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large\" title=\"Flash\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Nomugi-2012-announcement-723x1024.jpg?resize=723%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"723\" height=\"1024\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/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\/seasonal-topics\/2012-2013-ski-season\/\" 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\/2012-2013-ski-season\/\" data-text=\"2012 ~ 2013 Ski Season\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, ski season is coming ahead! Mt. Norikura will be open from December 8th (Saturday), and the season tickets are now on sale. Pre-seasonal discount prices are available for the purchase before November 30th. Mt.Norikura website \u2192\u3000Ski Norikura Nomugi Ski Resort will be open from December 22nd (Saturday), and there will be FREE shuttle bus service from Matsumoto Station to Nomugi Ski Resort on the weekends. NOMUGI info \u2192 \uff33\uff4b\uff49\u3000\uff2e\uff2f\uff2d\uff35\uff27\uff29 Can&#8217;t wait another month!! 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