{"id":76161,"date":"2009-02-18T22:02:30","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T13:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=101"},"modified":"2009-02-18T22:02:30","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T13:02:30","slug":"spring-came-too-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/seasonal-topics\/spring-came-too-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Came Too Early?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/fukuj092.jpg\" align=\"left\" alt=\"\" \/>I found a wildflower called <em>fukujuso<\/em> (Far East Amur adonis) already blooming in a neighboring rice field.<br \/>\n<em>Fukujuso<\/em> is the earliest wildflower to bloom in Matsumoto. It&#8217;s a sign that the long winter is coming to an end, and that spring is just around the corner.<br \/>\nNormally, it blooms at the end of February or the beginning of March. However, because global warming is affecting Matsumoto&#8217;s seasons more and more every year, <em>fukujuso<\/em> is blooming earlier and earlier.<\/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\/seasonal-topics\/spring-came-too-early\/\" 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\/seasonal-topics\/spring-came-too-early\/\" data-text=\"Spring Came Too Early?\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found a wildflower called fukujuso (Far East Amur adonis) already blooming in a neighboring rice field. Fukujuso is the earliest wildflower to bloom in Matsumoto. It&#8217;s a sign that the long winter is coming to an end, and that spring is just around the corner. Normally, it blooms at the end of February or the beginning of March. However, because global warming is affecting Matsumoto&#8217;s seasons more and more every year, fukujuso is blooming earlier and earlier.<\/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\/seasonal-topics\/spring-came-too-early\/\" 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\/seasonal-topics\/spring-came-too-early\/\" data-text=\"Spring Came Too Early?\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2359],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spring Came Too Early? | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I found a wildflower called fukujuso (Far East Amur adonis) already blooming in a neighboring rice field. 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