{"id":76231,"date":"2013-04-03T18:39:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T09:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2013-04-03T18:39:55","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T09:39:55","slug":"yozakura-kai%ef%bc%88%e5%a4%9c%e6%a1%9c%e4%bc%9a%ef%bc%89-at-matsumoto-castle-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/yozakura-kai%ef%bc%88%e5%a4%9c%e6%a1%9c%e4%bc%9a%ef%bc%89-at-matsumoto-castle-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Yozakura kai&#8221;\uff08\u591c\u685c\u4f1a\uff09 at Matsumoto Castle, coming soon!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"392795_520986314607406_1202356412_n\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/392795_520986314607406_1202356412_n.jpg?resize=403%2C403&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"403\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\n<p>Yes, finally long time waited &#8220;Sakura Night Festival&#8221; at Matsumoto Castle is coming!<br \/>\nThis festival is called as &#8220;Yozakura kai (night sakura viewing festival)&#8221;, Matsumoto City has been sponsoring this for 14 years.<br \/>\nYozakura kai will be start from April 6th Saturday and end on the 13th Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Venue:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Matsumoto Castle<\/span><br \/>\nApril 6th Saturday to 13th Saturday (8 days)<br \/>\n17:30~ 21:00<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Free admission to the castle&#8217;s inner garden (can not enter in the castle building at night, though)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"575683_524542224251815_1017850469_n\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/575683_524542224251815_1017850469_n.jpg?resize=404%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\n<p>There will be traditional tea ceremony services (500 yen), live performance of flute, Japanese traditional instruments such as &#8220;koto (\u7434\uff09&#8221; and the ancient court music &#8220;gagaku (\u96c5\u697d\uff09&#8221;,\u00a0as well as various food service inside of the garden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/857099_510549675651070_760894909_o.jpg?ssl=1\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"857099_510549675651070_760894909_o\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/857099_510549675651070_760894909_o.jpg?w=600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cherry trees around the castle moats are lighting up from April 5th (Friday) to 14th (Sunday) 18:30~21:00 during this period. Check out <a href=\"\/contents11+index.id+12.htm\">our live camera<\/a> of them.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy Sakura and Ohanami (\u304a\u82b1\u898b) parties (cherry blossom viewing party) in Matsumoto!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please carry all your garbage home with your splendid memories!! Thanks for your cooperation to keep the castle and the streets of Matsumoto clean.<\/strong><\/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\/sightseeing\/yozakura-kai%ef%bc%88%e5%a4%9c%e6%a1%9c%e4%bc%9a%ef%bc%89-at-matsumoto-castle-coming-soon\/\" 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\/sightseeing\/yozakura-kai%ef%bc%88%e5%a4%9c%e6%a1%9c%e4%bc%9a%ef%bc%89-at-matsumoto-castle-coming-soon\/\" data-text=\"&quot;Yozakura kai&quot;\uff08\u591c\u685c\u4f1a\uff09 at Matsumoto Castle, coming soon!!\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, finally long time waited &#8220;Sakura Night Festival&#8221; at Matsumoto Castle is coming! 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Venue: Matsumoto Castle April 6th Saturday to 13th Saturday (8 days) 17:30~ 21:00 Free admission to the castle&#8217;s inner garden (can not enter in the castle building at night, though) There will be traditional tea ceremony services (500 yen), live performance of flute, Japanese traditional instruments such as &#8220;koto (\u7434\uff09&#8221; and the ancient court music &#8220;gagaku (\u96c5\u697d\uff09&#8221;,\u00a0as well as various food service [&hellip;]<\/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\/sightseeing\/yozakura-kai%ef%bc%88%e5%a4%9c%e6%a1%9c%e4%bc%9a%ef%bc%89-at-matsumoto-castle-coming-soon\/\" 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\/sightseeing\/yozakura-kai%ef%bc%88%e5%a4%9c%e6%a1%9c%e4%bc%9a%ef%bc%89-at-matsumoto-castle-coming-soon\/\" data-text=\"&quot;Yozakura kai&quot;\uff08\u591c\u685c\u4f1a\uff09 at Matsumoto Castle, coming soon!!\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":1333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2359,2354,2364,2365,2357,2358],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/f4f198958998036082662beef4dea753-1.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Yozakura kai&quot;\uff08\u591c\u685c\u4f1a\uff09 at Matsumoto Castle, coming soon!! | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yes, finally long time waited &quot;Sakura Night Festival&quot; at Matsumoto Castle is coming! 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