{"id":44,"date":"2007-08-21T01:08:15","date_gmt":"2007-08-20T16:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=44"},"modified":"2007-08-21T01:08:15","modified_gmt":"2007-08-20T16:08:15","slug":"sunday-drums-at-the-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/sunday-drums-at-the-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday drums at the castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My apologies for posting this late. Sunday July 23rd was the second-half of the 20th annual <a href=\"\/contents08+index.htm#taiko\">Taiko matsuri<\/a> at the castle. As with the previous evening, the quality of the drumming was excellent and the pace relentless. &#8220;Boys night&#8221; produced an act after act of thoroughly well-drilled &amp; choreographed groups from all over the country, displaying power hitting and fitness levels that&#8217;d make a triathlete blush, and a finale that&#8217;d take some beating from a hard core group Zipang.<br \/>\n<img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/backstage.jpg\" alt=\"Drumline\" \/> <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/Zipanger.jpg\" alt=\"Zipang\" \/><br \/>\nI think the guys at the city office who organised this event are on the right track; can&#8217;t wait to see what next year&#8217;s installment will have in store for us!<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/saint_george\/sets\/72157601190371099\/ for more images<\/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\/sightseeing\/sunday-drums-at-the-castle\/\" 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\/sightseeing\/sunday-drums-at-the-castle\/\" data-text=\"Sunday drums at the castle\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My apologies for posting this late. Sunday July 23rd was the second-half of the 20th annual Taiko matsuri at the castle. As with the previous evening, the quality of the drumming was excellent and the pace relentless. &#8220;Boys night&#8221; produced an act after act of thoroughly well-drilled &amp; choreographed groups from all over the country, displaying power hitting and fitness levels that&#8217;d make a triathlete blush, and a finale that&#8217;d take some beating from a hard core group Zipang. I think the guys at the city office who organised this event are on the right track; can&#8217;t wait to see what next year&#8217;s installment will have in store for us! 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