http://therovingroninreport.blogspot.jp/2012/04/cherry-blossom-festival-at-japanese.html
For one week at Matsumoto Castle around the blooming time of the sakura (cherry blossoms) they open the castle grounds up from 6 to 9 for free to the public. From the tsukimi yagura or moon-viewing tower, musicians play while visitors stroll around. The first set is the traditional Japanese harp – the koto. The second set is western-style flute and the third set is traditional gagaku which is played at shrines and Imperial functions. All is free and open to the public.
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This is soooo cool, Taiko drummers in the castle grounds
would have been really great……
Thanks for this Dave.
:O very pretty. Wish I could be there
Very cool. I love the sounds of those instruments. The castle is really nice as well
Oh they are plying Sakura, love that song.
Must go there on my next Japan trip in September.
Awesome video as always Dave.
So very gorgeous! The music matches the setting perfectly in that it's so pretty >w< I would love to go one day and see all this for myself~
So beautiful, thank you for sharing your adventures. Since it is so hard to visit, but these definitely supplement that emotion I have for such great culture. _/l_
I should come to Japan during hanami next year.
Thank you fir sharing your videos with us.
Dave, you're my hero. Every time I see one of your videos I always think there couldn't possibly be anything more awesome, and then you go and upload something even more awesome. Is Matsumoto Castle not normally open to the public? Is it only accessible during this kind of event?
sorry I meant that the grounds are free and open in the evening during the festival while normally it cost about 600 Yen in the daytime to go into the castle which closes at 5.
Lol, no worries, thanks for clarifying 🙂
It's an awesome video, to be sure, but where are the hot chicks normally a part of Dave's videos?! And as for koto, the hottest chicks subscribe to the traditional "square pick" school… Dave should video the O-Oku next…. (:
so what month is good for the festival?
you're welcome! Been there a couple of times. Matsumoto-jo is one of my favorite castles
april usually about mid