{"id":74,"date":"2012-12-22T12:46:21","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T03:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asamaonsen.com\/en\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2022-02-07T15:51:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T06:51:03","slug":"intro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asamaonsen.com\/en\/intro","title":{"rendered":"About Asama Hot Springs &#8211; History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_x\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-x\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-x\" onmouseover=\"this.src='\/images\/intro\/history_002_on.jpg';\" onmouseout=\"this.src='\/images\/intro\/history_002_off.jpg';\" src=\"\/images\/intro\/history_002_off.jpg\" alt=\"Gilt Bronze Crown\" width=\"200\" height=\"173\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-x\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u25b2 Hover your cursor over the picture to view a replica of the Gilt Bronze Crown.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Asama Onsen has a very long history that dates back 1,300-odd years or more.<br \/>\nAlso nearby Asama Onsen, lies an ancient tomb that is believed to have belonged to one of a group of immigrants from present day Korea, who are believed to have settled in this area as early as the 5th Century. A gold-coated copper crown was found in this tomb.<br class=\"clear\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_759\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-759\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-759\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/asamaMeiji.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"159\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Entrance to Asama Onsen in the Meiji Era<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the Edo period (1603-1867), the then feudal lord while constructing Matsumoto Castle also made a bathhouse for himself. Part of it still remains today as a bathing facility.<br \/>\nMany nearby samurai lords also built themselves cottages in this area. As such, this district was considered as a place of retreat for Matsumoto.<br class=\"clear\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_761\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-761\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-761\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/asamaGeishaCastle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"153\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geisha dancing in front of Matsumoto Castle<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After the Edo Period, the area became known as a favorite destination for many famous novelists, poets, and artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asama Onsen has a very long history that dates back 1,300-odd years or more. Also nearby Asama Onsen, lies an ancient tomb that is believed to have belonged to one of a group of immigrants from present day Korea, who &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"annai-page.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asamaonsen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asamaonsen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asamaonsen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asamaonsen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asamaonsen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/asamaonsen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1576,"href":"https:\/\/asamaonsen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions\/1576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asamaonsen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}