Official即将举行Sendai Tanabata Festival 2026 (Aug 6–8): the fixed dates, the giant paper streamers, the Aug 5 fireworks, 5-min access from Sendai Station, and what to see.
2026/08/06 01:00 Across Japan免费
© 掬茶 · 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.
2026/10/17 06:30 TokyoEvening admission around ¥1,400 (varies by light stage).
© 吉澤広幸 · GoogleOne of the Kanto region's largest illuminations blankets a hillside German-themed park in millions of lights, best seen from its observation wheel.
2026/10/31 07:00 Across JapanPaid: adults ¥1,500, children (age 4–elementary) ¥800; parking from ¥1,000.
© 東京ドイツ村 · GoogleJapan's largest illumination floods a European-style canal town with millions of lights every night of the year across this Nagasaki resort.
2026/11/01 08:00 Across JapanPark admission ticket required (varies by plan)
© Kazu T · GoogleOsaka's grand boulevard glows for winter as kilometres of ginkgo trees light up from Umeda to Namba in a record-setting display.
2026/11/03 08:00 Osaka免费
© 大阪 貸会議室 難波御堂筋ホール · GoogleKyoto's most celebrated maple temple glows after dark in autumn, its crimson leaves mirrored in a tranquil pond.
2026/11/14 08:30 KyotoEvening light-up admission around 600-700 yen
© 陸癸榮 · GoogleFrom late autumn, Tokyo's avenues glow: Roppongi's blue keyaki-zaka and Marunouchi's golden champagne lights dazzle nightly.
2026/11/15 08:00 Tokyo免费
© 六本木ヒルズ · GoogleSapporo White Illumination 2026 (from Nov 21): Japan's first city illumination across Odori Park and downtown, free — dates, sites and lighting hours.
2026/11/21 07:30 Sapporo免费
© Brandon Hung · GoogleWind, 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.
2026/12/26 08:00 Across JapanFree outdoors; Zao Ropeway round-trip fare (several thousand yen) to reach the summit juhyo.
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Official即将举行Kobe Luminarie returns Jan 29-Feb 7, 2027: cathedral-like arches of light across Meriken Park, Higashi Yuenchi and the old foreign settlement, free to view.
2027/01/29 09:00 Across Japan免费
© Yoyogimura · CC BY-SA 4.0Nagasaki Lantern Festival 2027 runs Feb 5–21 — 15,000 lanterns citywide, free. Now a fixed schedule (first Friday of Feb, 17 days). Lighting times, venues, what to see, access.
2027/02/05 08:00 Across Japan免费
© MYON AI · GoogleJapan's largest illumination: millions of LEDs transform a flower park near Nagoya into glowing tunnels and light shows.
2026/01/15 08:00 Across JapanAdmission around 2,500 yen (includes a park voucher)
© 文文 · GoogleGlowing arches of hundreds of thousands of lights fill Kobe each winter, a moving memorial turned beloved festival.
2026/01/23 09:00 Across Japan免费
© chia-hao HUANG (Bruce HUANG) · GoogleOne of Japan's three great gardens glows after dark in seasonal light-up events, from snowy yukitsuri ropes to autumn-leaf reflections.
2026/02/06 08:30 Kanazawa免费
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