{"id":987,"date":"2013-01-11T16:58:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T07:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=987"},"modified":"2013-01-11T16:58:15","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T07:58:15","slug":"ameichi-candy-festival-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/shopping\/ameichi-candy-festival-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Ameichi &#8220;Candy Festival&#8221; is coming!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/582420_440843252647853_486066843_n.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"582420_440843252647853_486066843_n\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/582420_440843252647853_486066843_n-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_0094-300x225.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"IMG_0094-300x225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_0094-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the coldest season of the year, &#8220;Ameichi&#8221; &#8211; \u00a0Candy Festival is held in downtown Matsumoto City.<\/p>\n<p>This festival used to be called as &#8220;Shioichi (Salt Market)&#8221; after an anecdote of a benevolent samurai lord sending valuable salt to his enemy&#8217;s territory, Matsumoto during the war.<br \/>\nNowadays, instead of selling salt, there are bunch of candy booths as well as Bodhidharma (Daruma) figures booths assisted by young boys and girls. \u00a0The candy and Bodhidharma figures sold on that day are regarded as auspicious signs and also small children are sign of pure energy. \u00a0Elderly people believe that by purchasing candy and Daruma figures from children they will receive good fortune.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/shinmatsu9-240x156.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"shinmatsu9-240x156\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/shinmatsu9-240x156.jpg?resize=240%2C156&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"156\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/s-IMG_7047-150x150.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"s-IMG_7047-150x150\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/s-IMG_7047-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20080113_9.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"20080113_9\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20080113_9-300x224.jpg?resize=300%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ameichi &#8220;Candy Festival&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jan 12th Saturday &#8211; 13th Sunday<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Jan 13th<\/strong> :\u00a0from <strong>11:30 ~ Parade <\/strong>start (people wear traditional costume and &#8220;mikoshi&#8221;, portable shirine), as well as a tug of war event will be held in order to forecast this new year&#8217;s business.<\/p>\n<p>Please Come!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/s-IMG_7101.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"s-IMG_7101\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/s-IMG_7101-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ameichi07_04.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"ameichi07_04\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ameichi07_04-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" 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\/shopping\/ameichi-candy-festival-is-coming\/\" 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\/shopping\/ameichi-candy-festival-is-coming\/\" data-text=\"Ameichi &quot;Candy Festival&quot; 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