Matsumoto Samurai Featured in Shimin Times
2025/8/8
Matsumoto Samurai was recently featured in Shimin Times, a daily local newspaper based in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Headline:
SAMURAI Makes a Grand Entrance in the “Phoenix Room”!
Lead Paragraph (Summary):
On August 6, an immersive theater-style restaurant targeting international visitors held a preview event for local tourism officials at the “Phoenix Room,” a Registered Tangible Cultural Property located inside Kappo Matsumoto Honkan, a traditional Japanese restaurant in Marunouchi, Matsumoto City.
Set in a room built in 1935 and adorned with intricate paintings and carvings of birds and flowers, the event featured a combination of kaiseki cuisine and samurai sword-fighting performances by actors dressed as warriors.
Source:
Shimin Times, Thursday, August 7, 2025
Shimin Times：https://www.shimintimes.co.jp/
Newspaper reporter：真田尚子
