Oct92026
Tokinosumika Hikari no Sumika
Gotemba's Tokinosumika resort lights about 5,500,000 LEDs for the 25th Hikari no Sumika, themed 'DREAM LIGHTS SYMPHONY'.
51 events
Illuminations in Japan.
Every illuminations event on the calendar, checked against official sources.
Oct172026
Ashikaga Flower Park Illumination: Flower Fantasy
More than five million bulbs light the 100,000 square metre Ashikaga Flower Park, including a light recreation of its famous great wisteria.
Oct172026
Nabana no Sato Illumination
One of Japan's largest illumination events, with a tunnel of light and a themed LED landscape at a flower park in Nagashima Resort.
Oct232026
Kobe Illuminage
Kobe Illuminage, in its 17th year, lights the Fruit and Flower Park Osawa on the theme 'Starlight Dream'.
Oct232026
Okinawa Nangoku Illumination at Southeast Botanical Gardens
Southeast Botanical Gardens' tropical illumination, an Illumination Award winner, is expected to run from late October 2026 to late May 2027.
Oct242026
Tobu Zoo Winter Illumination 2026-2027
Tobu Zoo opens after dark on 65 winter days, with animal light objects, a 50 metre tunnel of light and a music-synced illumination tree.
Oct292026
Yomiuriland Jewellumination 2026: Growing Light
Yomiuriland's jewel-coloured Jewellumination, designed by Motoko Ishii, runs from late October to early April on the theme 'Growing Light'.
Oct302026
Oita Hikari no Fantasy 2026
Central Oita lights about 550,000 bulbs along Chuo-dori and Funai Aqua Park for Hikari no Fantasy, subtitled 'Ashita ni Kakeru Hoshi'.
Oct312026
Festa Luce in Wakayama Marina City
Festa Luce recreates a European Christmas town inside Porto Europa at Wakayama Marina City, in its 10th anniversary year.
Oct312026
Hirakata Park Hikari no Yuenchi: Flowering Illumination
Hirakata Park turns into a 'park of light' on winter weekends, with 17 illuminated areas and a new 17 metre floral castle.
Oct312026
Tokyo Mega Illumi 2026-2027
Oi Racecourse's Tokyo Mega Illumi runs its final season in 2026-2027, with the 100 metre Edo cherry blossom tunnel.
Nov32026
Hikari no Machi Hakata 2026
JR Hakata Station plaza becomes the 'City of Light Hakata' for its 15th year, with the new 160,000-bulb 'Hakatarium' symbol.
Nov32026
Midosuji Illumination 2026
Osaka's Midosuji boulevard lights about 4 kilometres of ginkgo trees as a core programme of the Festival of the Lights in Osaka.
Nov52026
Roppongi Hills Keyakizaka Illumination
Roppongi Hills lights its Keyakizaka zelkova avenue with about 970,000 LEDs in the 2026 'SNOW & BLUE' colour scheme.
Nov52026
Tokyo Skytree Town Dream Christmas 2026
Tokyo Skytree Town lights about 400,000 bulbs for its Dream Christmas, in 2026 themed 'STAR LIGHT GOLD'.
Nov62026
Huis Ten Bosch 'The Starlight Million' illumination and European Holy Christmas
Japan's largest illumination by bulb count (13 million+), fully refreshed for the first time in 16 years in 2026 with a 'walk among the stars' concept, plus a European Christmas market and giant trees.
Nov62026
Huis Ten Bosch Kingdom of Lights (The Starlight Million)
Winter illumination at Huis Ten Bosch in Sasebo, renewed for 2026-27 as The Starlight Million.
Nov62026
Izu Kogen Gran Illumi (Granillumi)
Gran Illumi, the walk-through illumination at Izu Granpal Park, opens its 12th season and runs into the following summer.
Nov72026
Usuki Takeyoi Bamboo Lantern Festival
Some 20,000 bamboo lanterns light the samurai streets of Usuki for the legend of Princess Hannyahime.
Nov112026
Shinjuku Minamillumi 2026-2027
About 275,000 LEDs light six venues around Shinjuku Station's south side, including Southern Terrace and the Suica Penguin plaza.
Nov122026
Dai Nagoya Building Winter Illumination
The Dai Nagoya Building's rooftop Sky Garden, three minutes from Nagoya Station, is expected to hold its winter illumination again in 2026.
Nov122026
HIBIYA Magic Time Illumination 2026
Tokyo Midtown Hibiya lights Hibiya Step Square, its Park View Garden and Hibiya Naka-dori from mid November to the end of February.
Nov122026
Marunouchi Illumination
Winter illumination of champagne-gold lights on the street trees of Marunouchi Naka-dori in Tokyo.
Nov142026
Baccarat Eternal Lights at Ebisu Garden Place
Ebisu Garden Place hangs its Baccarat crystal chandelier for the 27th edition of its winter illumination.
Nov142026
Sagamiko Illumillion
Sagamiko Illumillion lights the hillside Sagamiko MORI MORI resort with about 6,000,000 bulbs, the largest scale in the Kanto region.
Nov192026
Tokyo Dome City Winter Illumination: TOKYO SNOW DOME CITY
Tokyo Dome City's 2026 winter illumination, 'TOKYO SNOW DOME CITY', uses over a million lights and a Cinnamoroll collaboration.
Nov202026
Himeji Otemae-dori and Himeji Castle Illumination 'Atarayo'
Himeji lights 2.5 kilometres of Otemae-dori and the castle with 510,000 full-colour LEDs in 'Atarayo', directed by Motoko Ishii.
Nov202026
NIIGATA Hikari no Pageant
Niigata's winter pageant wraps about 200 zelkova trees south of Niigata Station in 160,000 lights.
Nov202026
Osaka Castle Illuminage
Osaka Castle's Nishinomaru Garden hosts an Illuminage of Sengoku-era light art themed on the unification of Japan.
Nov202026
Sapporo White Illumination
Winter illuminations in central Sapporo, centred on Odori Park, first held in 1981.
Nov212026
Keyaki Light Parade by FeStA LuCe
Wakayama's Keyaki Odori lights 3.5 kilometres and about 500 street trees with over 1,500,000 LEDs for 100 days.
Nov262026
Tokyo Midtown Midwinter Lights (MIDTOWN CHRISTMAS 2026)
Tokyo Midtown's Midtown Garden becomes 'Midwinter Lights', a snowy forest and aurora scene with floating bubbles, for MIDTOWN CHRISTMAS 2026.
Nov282026
Echigo Hillside Park Xmas Illumination
Echigo Hillside Park's Christmas illumination centres on its great zelkova symbol tree, on selected December days.
Dec12026
Enoshima Shonan no Hoseki 2026-2027
Enoshima's 'Jewel of Shonan' lights the Samuel Cocking Garden and Sea Candle, and was certified one of Japan's three great illuminations in 2025.
Dec12026
Hakodate Christmas Fantasy
A giant Christmas tree from Hakodate's sister city Halifax floats in the harbour before the red brick warehouses, lit nightly with fireworks and a soup bar of local restaurants.
Dec12026
Omotesando Illumination 2026
Omotesando's zelkova avenue is expected to light about 900,000 champagne-gold bulbs along 1.1 kilometres for Christmas 2026.
Dec42026
Hiroshima Dreamination
Hiroshima Dreamination fills Peace Boulevard with fairy-tale light objects; in 2026 it starts in December for the first time.
Dec42026
Meguro River Minna no Illumination
The Meguro River's 'winter cherry blossoms' are expected to light about 390,000 pink LEDs along 2.2 kilometres between Gotanda and Osaki.
Dec42026
Sendai Pageant of Starlight
Winter illumination lighting the zelkova trees along Jozenji-dori Avenue in central Sendai.
Dec42026
Yorunoyo
Illumination event across Yokohama's waterfront, with a five-minute city-wide light and music show.
Dec112026
Ao no Dokutsu SHIBUYA 2026
Shibuya's 'blue cave' turns 900 metres from Shibuya Koen-dori to the Yoyogi Park zelkova avenue deep blue for just over two weeks.
Dec112026
OSAKA Hikari no Renaissance 2026
Nakanoshima's OSAKA Hikari no Renaissance fills the City Hall facade and park with light art for 15 days over Christmas.
Dec132026
Tottori Sand Dunes Illusion 2026
A compact mid-December illumination at the edge of the Tottori Sand Dunes, with light tunnels and projections against the darkened dunes, run by Tottori City.
Jan112027
Shirakawa-go Winter Light-Up
The gassho-zukuri farmhouses of Ogimachi are lit on four January nights, entry by advance reservation only.
Jan202027
Jozankei Yukitouro 2027
Jozankei Onsen's winter light event at Jozankei Shrine, relaunched for 2027 with new lighting concepts in place of the snow candles.
Jan232027
Tokachigawa Swan Festival Sairinka
A nightly light and music show played across the snow-covered fields of Tokachigaoka Park at Tokachigawa Onsen, named for the swans that winter on the river.
Jan292027
Kobe Luminarie
Italian-designed light sculptures fill central Kobe for ten nights in memory of the 1995 earthquake.
Feb52027
Shiretoko Fantasia
A nightly 20-minute show of laser light, music and straw-fire smoke above the drift ice at Utoro, recreating an aurora that appeared over Shiretoko in 1958.
Feb62027
Kenrokuen Winter Illuminations
Kenrokuen Garden and Kanazawa Castle are lit on eight February nights, with the yukitsuri snow ropes on the pines.
Feb122027
Aizu Painted Candle Festival
Around 10,000 hand-painted Aizu candles lit in the snow around Tsuruga Castle and the Oyakuen garden for two nights.
Sep252027
Matsue Suitoro Water Lantern Festival
Handmade lanterns light Matsue Castle and its moat streets on autumn weekend evenings.