Visit Matsumoto

Matsumoto Castle Mystery Solving Story [Second Half]

August 11, 2025 – August 12, 2026

• Central Area

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Matsumoto Craft Fair 2026

Saturday, May 30, 2026 – Sunday, May 31, 2026

• Central Area

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Matsumoto Castle, a National Treasure: Takigi Noh (Hosho School), Kyogen (Okura School)

August 8, 2026

• Central Area

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Eugène Boudin Exhibition: The Aesthetics of the Moment, The Quest for Light

July 7, 2026–August 30, 2026

• Central Area

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Summer Special Exhibition: “How Do Clocks Work?”

July 25, 2026–September 7, 2026

• Central Area

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Seasonal Exhibition: "The Veranda Where Tanabata Dolls Sway"

July 4, 2026 – August 24, 2026

• Eastern Area

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Special Exhibition: “Two Professors Who Lived Alongside the Old-System High Schools—Professors Matsutaka and Hirukawa of Matsutaka High School, and Professor Yamaoka of Sixth High School”

July 18, 2026 – September 27, 2026

• Central Area

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Original Haunted House: The Haunted Pirate Castle ~Lair of the Vengeful Spirits~

July 31, 2026–August 23, 2026

• Central Area

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Momoko Sakura Exhibition

July 11, 2026 – September 6, 2026

• Central Area

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Ninja Spirit: Shinobi Matsumoto

May 20, June 12, July 5, August 28 and 29, September 25 and 26, October 16 and 17, 2026

• Central Area

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Kamikochi × Japan Post Stamp Rally

July 15, 2026 – August 31, 2026

• Japan Alps Area

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Depicting Water: Everyday Life in the Edo Period and Rich Forms of Expression

June 24, 2026–September 13, 2026

• Central Area

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Momohiro Hirafuku

June 2, 2026–August 23, 2026

• Central Area

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We’ll be hosting this year’s free craft workshop—which featured pinecones, nuts, and twigs and was a big hit last year—again this year.

July 18, 2026 – August 31, 2026

• Japan Alps Area

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The culture of writing vertically

June 2, 2026 – August 23, 2026

• Central Area

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Norikura Everyone's Film Festival 2026

September 11, 2026

• Japan Alps Area

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Let's Make a Bookmark Out of a Picture Book Cover!

August 11, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

• Central Area

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Castle Bon Odori

August 14, 2026–August 16, 2026

• Central Area

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"Matsumoto Downtown Tanabata Festival" Workshop

July 5 (Sun), 11 (Sat), 12 (Sun), 18 (Sat), 19 (Sun), 25 (Sat), and 26 (Sun), 2026; August 1 (Sat), 2 (Sun), and 7 (Fri)Morning Registration: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.Afternoon Registration: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

• Central Area

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A Selection of Works by Kazuo Tamura

June 2, 2026 – August 23, 2026

• Central Area

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Ikegami Hyakuchikutei: Summer Campaign

August 14, 2026–August 16, 2026

• Central Area

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Gallery Talk by Our Curator

Thursday, July 23, 2026; Thursday, August 6, 2026; Thursday, August 20, 2026

• Central Area

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Special Screenings of “Rashomon” and “The Tale of Zatoichi” on 35mm Film

August 21, 2026–August 22, 2026

• Central Area

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Oe Letterpress Studio POP-UP: “Tools for Documenting Daily Life — Tools for Working, Writing, and Preserving from Oe Letterpress Studio”

August 6, 2026–August 24, 2026

• Eastern Area

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