Each year when Halloween ends, people here are ready to welcome the coming of winter. What is in your mind when saying winter in Japan? Maybe skiing, new year count down or fukubukuro (lucky bag) hunting? Besides these, illuminations can also be listed as a symbol of winter in Japan. Winter limited illumination events usually start from the beginning of November and some end after Valentine’s Day in February. These colorful lights bright up the whole city and delight the people in the dark. Here are some famous illumination events held in Tokyo this year.
●Marunouchi Illumination 2016
Date
November 10, 2016 – February 19, 2017
5:30pm-11:00pm
* open until 12:00am from 1st December to 28th December.
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Location
Marunouchi-Nakadori Ave. etc.
Train
Tokyo Station on JR Lines and Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (6min walk)
Otemachi Station on Tokyo Metro Lines and Toei Mita Line (6min walk)
Nijubashimae Station on Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (2min walk)
Website
http://www.marunouchi.com/event/detail/2653
●Tokyo Dome City Winter Illumination
Date
November 10, 2016 – February 19, 2017
4:00pm-1:00am
Location
Tokyo Dome City
1-3-61 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0004
(東京都文京区後楽1-3-61 112-0004)
Train
Suidobashi Station on JR Line and Toei Mita Line
Korakuen Station on Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line and Tokyo Metro Namboku Line
Kasuga Station on Toei Oedo Line
Website
https://www.tokyo-dome.co.jp/illumination/
●Tokyo Michiterasu 2016
Date
December 24, 2016 – December 28, 2016
* Some areas start from December 12, 2016.
Location
Gyokodori Ave. and Marunouchi area near Tokyo Station
Train
Tokyo Station on JR Lines and Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (4min walk)
Otemachi Station on Tokyo Metro Lines and Toei Mita Line (3min walk)
Nijubashimae Station on Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (4min walk)
Website
http://www.tokyo-michiterasu.jp/
●Midtown Christmas 2016
Date
November 15, 2016 – December 25, 2016
5:00pm-11:00pm
Location
Roppongi Tokyo Midtown
Train
Roppongi Station on Toei Oedo Line, Exit 8. (Direct link)
Roppongi Station on Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (Direct link)
Nogizaka Station on Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, Exit 3. (3min walk)
Roppongi-ichome Station on Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Exit 1. (10min walk)
Website
http://www.tokyo-midtown.com/jp/xmas/
●Yomiuri Land Jewellumination (Jewelry Illumination)
Date
October 14, 2016 – February 19, 2017
4:00pm-8:30pm
* closed on January 17 – January 19, and January 24 – January 26.
* open until 9:00pm from December 17 to December 25.
Location
Yomiuri Land
4015-1 Yanokuchi, Tama-ku, Inagi-shi, Tokyo 206-8725
(東京都稲城市多摩区矢野口4015−1 206-8725)
Train
Keio-yomiuriland Station on Keio Sagamihara Line, 5 minutes by bus
Yomiuriland-mae Station on Odakyu Odawara Line, 10 minutes by bus
Website
http://www.yomiuriland.com/jewellumination/

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