OfficialUpcoming© Miyuki Meinaka · CC BY-SA 4.0Over 5 million LEDs transform the park into a glowing garden — a luminous wisteria tunnel, a great wisteria of light and reflective ponds rank it among Japan's top three illuminations.
Sat, Oct 17, 2026 15:30 JST TokyoEvening admission around ¥1,400 (varies by light stage).
OfficialUpcoming© Cobalt Fox · Public DomainOne of the Kanto region's largest illuminations blankets a hillside German-themed park in millions of lights, best seen from its observation wheel.
Sat, Oct 31, 2026 16:00 JST Across JapanPaid: adults ¥1,500, children (age 4–elementary) ¥800; parking from ¥1,000.
OfficialUpcoming© Jorge Láscar from Australia · CC BY 2.0Japan's largest illumination floods a European-style canal town with millions of lights every night of the year across this Nagasaki resort.
Sun, Nov 1, 2026 17:00 JST Across JapanPark admission ticket required (varies by plan)
OfficialUpcoming© Type specimen · CC BY-SA 3.0Osaka's grand boulevard glows for winter as kilometres of ginkgo trees light up from Umeda to Namba in a record-setting display.
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 17:00 JST OsakaFree
OfficialUpcoming© Suicasmo · CC BY-SA 4.0Kyoto's most celebrated maple temple glows after dark in autumn, its crimson leaves mirrored in a tranquil pond.
Sat, Nov 14, 2026 17:30 JST KyotoEvening light-up admission around 600-700 yen
OfficialUpcoming© Dick Thomas Johnson · CC BY 2.0From late autumn, Tokyo's avenues glow: Roppongi's blue keyaki-zaka and Marunouchi's golden champagne lights dazzle nightly.
Sun, Nov 15, 2026 17:00 JST TokyoFree
OfficialUpcoming© Qiuqizhenghong · CC BY-SA 3.0**Sapporo White Illumination 2026 (46th edition) opens on Thursday 19 November 2026.** Odori stays lit to 24 December, Ekimae-dori to 10 February 2027, and Minami-1-jo-dori, Akapla and the Station South Exit plaza to 13 March 2027. Free to view, with a new Nakajima Park venue added for 2026.
Thu, Nov 19, 2026 16:30 JST SapporoFree
OfficialUpcoming© Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0Wind, snow and ice encase the alpine firs into surreal white 'snow monsters'; ride the ropeway up and see them glow under colored floodlights at night.
Sat, Dec 26, 2026 17:00 JST Across JapanFree outdoors; Zao Ropeway round-trip fare (several thousand yen) to reach the summit juhyo.
OfficialUpcoming© Yoyogimura · CC BY-SA 4.0Kobe Luminarie 2027 runs Jan 29 (Fri) – Feb 7 (Sun), 2027 — the 32nd edition. You can see the light arches free from the surrounding streets; the special paid zones at Meriken Park need a ticket (advance ¥500 weekday / ¥750 weekend, as of July 2026). All three venues are walkable from Sannomiya Station.
Fri, Jan 29, 2027 18:00 JST Across JapanFree
OfficialPast event© おにく · CC BY-SA 3.0Japan's largest illumination: millions of LEDs transform a flower park near Nagoya into glowing tunnels and light shows.
Thu, Jan 15, 2026 17:00 JST Across JapanAdmission around 2,500 yen (includes a park voucher)
OfficialPast event© kimubert · CC BY 2.0Glowing arches of hundreds of thousands of lights fill Kobe each winter, a moving memorial turned beloved festival.
Fri, Jan 23, 2026 18:00 JST Across JapanFree
OfficialPast event© tab2_dawa · CC BY 2.0One of Japan's three great gardens glows after dark in seasonal light-up events, from snowy yukitsuri ropes to autumn-leaf reflections.
Fri, Feb 6, 2026 17:30 JST KanazawaFree