{"id":15887,"date":"2016-12-24T15:53:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T06:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=15887"},"modified":"2016-12-24T15:53:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T06:53:45","slug":"hakuba-matsumoto-express-bus-and-sumo-road-show-again-this-year-castle-expo-in-yokohama-to-dec-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/transportation\/hakuba-matsumoto-express-bus-and-sumo-road-show-again-this-year-castle-expo-in-yokohama-to-dec-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Hakuba &#8211; Matsumoto Express Bus and Sumo Road-show Again This Year &#038; Castle Expo in Yokohama to Dec 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy holidays! Snow falls in the north mountain areas in Nagano, so it is white Christmas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hakubamatsumotoweb.jpg?resize=300%2C286&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"hakubamatsumotoweb\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15891\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>In the last year&#8217;s winter, I <a href=\"\/modules\/xpressme\/winter-activities\/hakuba-matsumoto-express-bus-launch\">wrote about the launch of Hakuba from\/to Matsumoto direct express bus service<\/a>. Again this year, it operates from Dec 17 till Mar 20!<br \/>\nCheck out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alpico.co.jp\/en\/transportation\/detail.php?id=14\" target=\"_blank\">this new English website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Free shuttle buses between Matsumoto and Mt. Norikura\/Nomugi Pass ski resorts are operating this year, too. You need reservation for them. See the details on Japanese websites (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.norikura.co.jp\/snow\/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E9%81%8B%E8%A1%8C\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mt. Norikura<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/gakutoresort.jp\/access\/#bus\" target=\"_blank\">Nomugi Pass<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/main.jpg?resize=300%2C344&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"main\" width=\"300\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15889\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Another good news, \u2018Sumo road-show in Matsumoto\u2019 will be also held next April again. It might be the season of cherry blossoms seen in and around <a href=\"\/contents03+index.id+3.htm\">Matsumoto Castle<\/a> beautifully.<\/p>\n<p>Time: 8 am to 3 pm, Friday 14th, April<br \/>\nVenue: Matsumoto City General Gymnasium (Google map)<br \/>\nTicket: advance-sale tickets will be sold from Feb 1 (probably walk-up tickets will also be sold)<br \/>\nRefer to the <a href=\"http:\/\/matumoto-sumou.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Japanese website<\/a> and our <a href=\"\/modules\/xpressme\/uncategorized\/gentle-giants-of-sumo\">previous blog article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Are you interested in <a href=\"\/contents03+index.id+3.htm\">Matsumoto Castle<\/a> and other Japanese castles and cultures at the samurai age? If so, now &#8216;Castle Expo&#8217; in Yokohama is being held to Dec 25. See this <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CastleEXPO2016.pdf\" target=new>PDF document<\/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=\"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/transportation\/hakuba-matsumoto-express-bus-and-sumo-road-show-again-this-year-castle-expo-in-yokohama-to-dec-25\/\" 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\/en\/transportation\/hakuba-matsumoto-express-bus-and-sumo-road-show-again-this-year-castle-expo-in-yokohama-to-dec-25\/\" data-text=\"Hakuba - Matsumoto Express Bus and Sumo Road-show Again This Year &amp; Castle Expo in Yokohama to Dec 25\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy holidays! 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It might be the season of cherry blossoms seen in and around Matsumoto [&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=\"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/transportation\/hakuba-matsumoto-express-bus-and-sumo-road-show-again-this-year-castle-expo-in-yokohama-to-dec-25\/\" 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\/en\/transportation\/hakuba-matsumoto-express-bus-and-sumo-road-show-again-this-year-castle-expo-in-yokohama-to-dec-25\/\" data-text=\"Hakuba - Matsumoto Express Bus and Sumo Road-show Again This Year &amp; Castle Expo in Yokohama to Dec 25\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":15621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2370,2358,2352],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20151214snowmagic-300x154-1-1.png?fit=300%2C154&ssl=1","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hakuba - Matsumoto Express Bus and Sumo Road-show Again This Year &amp; Castle Expo in Yokohama to Dec 25 | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Happy holidays! 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