Illuminations · Kansai
Midosuji Illumination 2026
御堂筋イルミネーション2026
Osaka's Midosuji boulevard lights about 4 kilometres of ginkgo trees as a core programme of the Festival of the Lights in Osaka.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Tue 03 Nov to Thu 31 Dec 2026
- Date status
- Confirmed by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Midosuji avenue, from Hanshin-mae to Namba West Exit, Osaka City
- City
- Osaka
- Prefecture
- Osaka
- Region
- Kansai
- Category
- Illuminations
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
The Midosuji Illumination runs from 3 November to 31 December 2026, lit from about 17:00 to 25:00 along roughly 4 kilometres of Midosuji between the Hanshin-mae and Namba West Exit junctions. The 2026 concept is 'LINK', tracing the boulevard's 90 years in five colours ahead of its 90th anniversary in 2027. It is one of the two core programmes of Osaka Hikari no Kyoen, the Festival of the Lights in Osaka, per the festival's official site, checked directly.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking links for this event are added after the product checks pass.
Official source: https://hikari-kyoen.com/core/midosuji/. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.