{"id":35030,"date":"2023-12-21T19:25:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T11:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=35030"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T03:21:37","slug":"day-14-matsumoto-winter-illumination-at-matsumoto-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2023\/12\/21\/day-14-matsumoto-winter-illumination-at-matsumoto-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 14 @ Matsumoto \u2013 Winter Illumination at Matsumoto Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"

This wasn’t in our planned itinerary, but we saw an information board during our visit to Matsumoto Castle yesterday that there is a nightly winter illumination show, and it starts from 6PM. The show repeats every 15 minutes and features a dazzling range of light projections onto the castle. Certainly worth braving the 15-minute\/1.1km walk in 1\u00b0C cold for!<\/p>\n

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The road leading up to the castle was also lit up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This wasn’t in our planned itinerary, but we saw an information board during our visit to Matsumoto Castle yesterday that there is a nightly winter illumination show, and it starts from 6PM. The show repeats every 15 minutes and features<\/p>\n

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