{"id":683,"date":"2012-06-19T15:10:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T06:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=683"},"modified":"2012-06-19T15:10:27","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T06:10:27","slug":"3rd-annual-koi-koi-cultural-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/3rd-annual-koi-koi-cultural-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Annual Koi Koi Cultural Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matsumoto&#8217;s international cultural festival, \u201cKoiKoi Matsumoto\u201d, on the 1st of July, at M-Wing, Matsumoto&#8217;s central kominkan, from 10:30AM to 5:00PM.<\/p>\n<p>This should be a pretty big being the third year it&#8217;s been on, and the last years were big and fun.<br \/>\nIt fills up the whole of\u00a0 M-Wing, and this year it will be spilling out into the street, as the little road between the kominkan&#8217;s buildings, behind the main building, will be blocked off for use.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a stage show from various countries&#8217; groups, an international food court, an international stamp rally, a capoeira workshop, a place where foreigners can try on yukata, and more.<\/p>\n<p>This year there will also be a charity bazaar, and selling waffles and drinks, the proceeds of which will will go to an orphanage in the Tohoku region for children orphaned by last year&#8217;s disaster. There will be a free percussion\/rhythm time there, for the public to join in. If you have a percussion instrument that you can carry easily, please bring it if you can, and join!<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to donate anything to the charity bazaar, please contact us directly at: mayumi(at)interhand.org  ,or phone: 080-4215-1709 .<\/p>\n<p>You can see information about KoiKoi Matsumoto and a poster at: http:\/\/koikoi2011.jimdo.com\/ .<\/p>\n<p>Get along if you&#8217;re in town on the 1st of July.<\/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\/gourmet\/3rd-annual-koi-koi-cultural-festival\/\" 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\/gourmet\/3rd-annual-koi-koi-cultural-festival\/\" data-text=\"3rd Annual Koi Koi Cultural Festival\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matsumoto&#8217;s international cultural festival, \u201cKoiKoi Matsumoto\u201d, on the 1st of July, at M-Wing, Matsumoto&#8217;s central kominkan, from 10:30AM to 5:00PM. This should be a pretty big being the third year it&#8217;s been on, and the last years were big and fun. It fills up the whole of\u00a0 M-Wing, and this year it will be spilling out into the street, as the little road between the kominkan&#8217;s buildings, behind the main building, will be blocked off for use. There will be a stage show from various countries&#8217; groups, an international food court, an international stamp rally, a capoeira workshop, a place where foreigners can try on yukata, and more. 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