Illumination of Hakodate’s historic Motomachi district
Hakodate was the first port to be opened to foreign trade after Japan was forced to give up its isolation.
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Author: Mia Jaap
Fort Goryokaku in Hakodate during Winter
Originally, my next stop after Sapporo was supposed to be Aomori, but I switched to Hakodate instead. Hakodate is Hokkaido’s
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Shiroi Koibito Park: Chocolate Museum and Factory
Chocolate (or cocoa) is produced since thousands of years. It has been used in religious events, as a currency and
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Hello Kitty’s Kawaii Paradise at Odaiba, Tokyo
In my post about the Hello Kitty cafe in Seoul I wrote that in Hello Kitty’s home country, there is
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Sendai Pageant of Starlight Illumination festival
Sendai was the biggest Japanese city hit by the tsunami and earthquake, although if you walk in the city centre
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Nagoya Akari Night Illumination Festival
The Nagoya Akari Night is held around the iconic Nagoya TV Tower, the oldest tv tower in Japan. The tower is illuminated of course, but they also added some additional lights at the bottom for christmas.
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Lightopia Illumination Festival in Tokyo
Unlike most of the other illumination festivals, Lightopia has a very limited run, starting on the 22nd and finishing on
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Shinjuku Southern Lights 2011-12
This illumination festival is a must see if you happen to run a blog that has both “tokyo” and “penguin”
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Yurakucho Winter Illumination 2011-12
Time for new Christmas illumination, this time around Yurakucho Station in Tokyo. This is one of the smaller ones, advertised
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Tokyo Illumination: Ebisu – Baccarat Eternal Lights
The Baccarat Eternal Lights is an annual illumination festival at the Yebisu Garden Place. The Garden Place can be reached
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Sapporo Station
JR Sapporo Station is a central transportation hub in Sapporo and the station itself is connected to multiple shopping malls.
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