The Osaka Festival of Lights 2019
"Osaka Hikari Renaissance"
- Entrance -
Nakanoshima illumination street.
It was Christmas colour.
Nakanoshima illumination street
White and gold colour.
Nakanoshima illumination street
Blue colour.
- Exchange program of lights with Taiwan -
Lantern art.
Mausoleum of light in Tainan. Taoist temple
Mausoleum of light in Tainan.
Asian Lantern art.
Red lanterns
Big purple Christmas tree
Illuminated boat in Tosabori river.
Special illumination of Osaka Exchange, Inc.
- Art Smile Project at Nakanoshima Rose Garden -
Smile project "Hikari no mi [Japanese: ひかりの実]"
- Main area -
Pedestrian street called "France Avenue".
Illumination facade of Osaka City Hall
Episode of The Osaka Festival of Lights
Tomo&Chouchou went to the Osaka Festival of Lights in 2019. Tomo&Chouchou had ever been to this festival before. The Osaka Festival of Lights are held in downtown, and also in business area, in Osaka. This festival is held around Osaka City Hall and Nakanoshima park. So many people can pass and enjoy illumination easily.
Tomo&Chouchou waited until it became dark. Then we went to the Nakanoshima park. Entrace gate at Nakanoshima illumination street was beautilly illuminated. The color of lights changed blue, white and yellow. We stopped for a while to enjoy all the colors. Nakanoshima illumination street is 150m length and there are rows of Keyaki tress.
Next we saw the Lanthanum art of Tainan called "Tainan Mausoleum of Lights [Japanese: 台南・光の廟埕". It was the exchange program of lights with Taiwan. It was fantastic. It's different from ordinary Christmas illumination in Japan. But it was special and enjoyable. We could enjoy Asiasn illumination there.
We decided to move to Nakanoshima Rose Garden area. French avenue was the place to access there. But it was crowded so we decided to accesss from riverside. We were happily suprised to find the illumination of the buildings and boat. It was quiet and romantic. We felt we found the secret route. We enjoyed special illumination of Osaka Exchange, Inc. [Japanese: 大阪取引所] too.
We arrived Nakanoshima Rose Garden area. We found big snowmans there. We also found many light balloons drawn by local children. It was like a fairy tale. It was art smile project called "Hikari no mi [Japanese: ひかりの実]". It was a nice project.
We went back to the main area in Nakanoshima park and enjoyed Art of Light -Project Mapping-. It was spectacular. We saw it several times. We spent lots of time there.
In front of Osaka City Central Public Hall, there was the illuminated street called "France Avenue".
There were some food and drink stands near the main area.
After enjoying illumination, we followed the instruction to the exit. Then we came back to Midosuji street. It was in front of Osak City Hall. We enjoyed illuminated facade of Osaka City Hall at the end. Every year, it changed according to the concept. It's excited to see it every year.
Then we followed Midosuji street until Shinsaibashi station. Midosuji illumination is held between Yodoyabashi to Namba. The color changed depending on the area. In 2019, we could enjoy blue, purble, gold, pink and mixed illumination.
We could really enjoy Christmas atmosphere there.
Information
the Osaka Festival of LightsOsaka Hikari-Renaissance
OSAKA光のルネサンス
Place: around Osaka City Hall [大阪市役所] & Nakanoshima park [中之島公園]
Tim: 17h - 22h or 23h
Period: from mid-December to 25 or 31 December
Nakanoshima and Midosuji street are romantic spots in Osaka during Christmas time. We can enjoy illumination and Christmas moods every winter. We can forget the coldness and we can easily walk and stay outside. Nakanoshima park is located in the middle of business area. It is the moment that we can forget about the job and we can simply enjoy Christmas.
Relating article
- Art of Light -Projection Mapping of the Osaka Festival of Lights
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