{"id":140694,"date":"2018-07-13T18:28:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T09:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitmatsumoto.com\/history\/a-weekend-of-festivals\/"},"modified":"2018-07-18T13:39:19","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T04:39:19","slug":"a-weekend-of-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/de\/events\/a-weekend-of-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Nawate Street Frog Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Held in honor of the street&#8217;s mascot, the frog, this festival offered games, live performances, and frog-themed treats. Read more about the story behind the frog mascot on the <a href=\"..\/..\/spot\/nawate-street\/\">Nawate Street page<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-134427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_6823.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_6823.jpg?w=2880&amp;ssl=1 2880w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_6823.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_6823.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_6823.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_6823.jpg?resize=975%2C650&amp;ssl=1 975w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_6823.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-131014 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_cakes.jpg?resize=461%2C806&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_cakes.jpg?w=1140&amp;ssl=1 1140w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_cakes.jpg?resize=172%2C300&amp;ssl=1 172w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_cakes.jpg?resize=768%2C1342&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_cakes.jpg?resize=586%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 586w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_cakes.jpg?resize=300%2C524&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_cakes.jpg?resize=372%2C650&amp;ssl=1 372w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nDespite rain one day, and high temperatures the next, people from all over came to enjoy the festivities.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-138419\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Nawate_stree_frog.jpg?resize=1024%2C655&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Nawate_stree_frog.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Nawate_stree_frog.jpg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Nawate_stree_frog.jpg?resize=768%2C492&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Nawate_stree_frog.jpg?resize=1024%2C655&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Nawate_stree_frog.jpg?resize=1016%2C650&amp;ssl=1 1016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nA stall area with frog and non-frog related goods was set up at the entrance to the street, just outside of <a href=\"https:\/\/visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/spot\/yohashira-shrine\/\">Yohashira Shrine<\/a>. There was even a tent offering temporary frog tattoos.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-131012 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_festival_market.jpg?resize=1024%2C658&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_festival_market.jpg?w=2856&amp;ssl=1 2856w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_festival_market.jpg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_festival_market.jpg?resize=768%2C494&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_festival_market.jpg?resize=1024%2C658&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_festival_market.jpg?resize=1011%2C650&amp;ssl=1 1011w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_festival_market.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were plenty of photo ops with the mascots along the street and near the shrine.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-131016 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_mascot.jpg?resize=694%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_mascot.jpg?w=708&amp;ssl=1 708w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_mascot.jpg?resize=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1 203w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_mascot.jpg?resize=694%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 694w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_mascot.jpg?resize=300%2C442&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/frog_mascot.jpg?resize=441%2C650&amp;ssl=1 441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/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=\"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/de\/events\/a-weekend-of-festivals\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/de\/events\/a-weekend-of-festivals\/\" data-text=\"Nawate Street Frog Festival\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Held in honor of the street&#8217;s mascot, the frog, this festival offered games, live performances, and frog-themed treats. Read more about the story behind the frog mascot on the Nawate Street page. Despite rain one day, and high temperatures the next, people from all over came to enjoy the festivities. A stall area with frog and non-frog related goods was set up at the entrance to the street, just outside of Yohashira Shrine. There was even a tent offering temporary frog tattoos. 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