Nagoya Christmas Lights | Japan Travel - JV GO

Nagoya Christmas Lights | Japan Travel – JV GO
Christmas Day in Japan is just another working day, for the most part. The most exciting facet of the Christmas and holiday season in Japan is that all traces of it are gone by morning on December 26th. Without fail, every bell, light, and garlands, every decoration will come down, and the music stops. This disappearing act does not, however, hold for one of Japan’s most interesting holiday traditions; “illumination.”

Illuminations are roughly equivalent to the western tradition of putting up Christmas lights. Rather than putting lights up on their own houses, cities or businesses will set them up, and the people come to them. This is a trendy event for couples, and many illumination displays are set up and run from November straight until Valentine’s Day.

Here are some popular places to experience illumination in and around Nagoya.

Nagoya Station Area
It seems like all department stores in the Meieki area have one sort of illumination or another. The Dai Nagoya Building is lit up at street level as well as displaying shining golden decorations in the “Sky Garden” on the 5th floor; the plaza and entrance of Lucent Tower are decorated with lights, with more to come for Christmas; Global Gate in Sasashima will be lit up, and outside the JR Central Towers is a tall Christmas tree, lit up and decorated.

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