projection mapping show of Amiens Cathedral

2014 Projection mapping of 

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens

[French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens]

 

Episode of projection mapping of Amiens Cathedral "Chroma"

Tomo&Chouchou went to Amiens for hiking and projection mapping show. We were looking forward to seeing projection mapping show of Amiens Cathedral. Amiens Cathedral is the tallest cathedral in France, so it's already impressive. But Amiens Cathedral was totally different from usual. 

Music was playing during the show. So the show was more fantastic. The color of Amiens Cathedral changed every minutes. The Cathedral looked different every minutes. Each moment of Cathedral was beautiful. So we couldn't stop taking photos. It was very colorful. We could see saints more clearly. Facade was extremely beautiful. It was really worth to see it. We could only see it once because it was group tour. If it was not group tour, we would have watched it over and over again. Anyway we had a great Christmas time in Amiens!

 

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Chroma : Projection mapping show at Cathedrale Notre-Dame

a part of Amiens Christmas Market [French: Marché de Noël à Amiens]

Period: from Late November to Late December

Time: at 19h (From Monday to Thursday), at 20h30 (From Friday to Sunday)

50 minutes show 

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- Christmas Market in Amiens / Marché de Noël à Amiens

 

Christmas market in Amiens, France

 

Marché de Noël d'Amiens in 2014

 

map of Marché de Noël d'Amiens

City Hall in Amiens

[French: Hôtel de Ville d'Amiens]

 

 

main street of Amiens Christmas market

Ferris wheel in Amiens

 

Episode of Marché de Noël d'Amiens

Tomo&Chouchou went to Amiens for hiking in December. At that time, Christmas market in Amiens [French: Marché de Noël d'Amiens] was held. Christmas market was held from City Hall [French: Hôtel de Ville d'Amiens] to Amiens railway station [French: Gare]. It was on pedestirian street. We could find many shops beside. We could also find food stands. Red chalets were cute. We could enjoy Christmas atmosphere. Amiens Christmas market was small. But it was pretty and good for families. 

We could also enjoy christmas illumination at night. Especially, we really enjoyed illumination of Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens [French: La cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens]. It was projection mapping show. It was very colorful and beautiful. We strongly recommend to see it!

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Amiens Christmas market / Marché de Noël d'Amiens

at downtown in Amiens

(from la place René Goblet to la place de l’Hôtel de Ville)

Monday: 14:00 - 19:30

Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun: 10:30 - 19:30

Saturday: 10:30 - 20:00

 

Relating article

- Projection mapping show of Amiens Cathedral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Osaka Festival of Lights "Osaka Hikari Renaissance"

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

Entrance of Lantern art.

Mausoleum of light in Tainan.

Asian Lantern art.

 

Red lanterns

 

Lantern art. Taiwanese night market were introduced.

Big purple Christmas tree

Illuminated boat in Tosabori river.

Special illumination of Osaka Exchange, Inc.

- Art Smile Project at Nakanoshima Rose Garden -

Big snowmans. Parent and child.

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.

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the Osaka Festival of Lights

Osaka 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

 

 

 

 

Art of Light - Projection Mapping of the Osaka Festival of Lights

Art of Light - Projection Mapping - 

the Osaka Festival of Lights 2019

 

 

Episode of Art of Light of the Osaka Festival of Lights

Tomo&Chouchou went to the Osaka Festival of Lights [Japanese: Osaka Hikari-Renaissance, OSAKA光のルネサンス] in 2019. At that time, Art of Light ~Projection Mapping~ was the main show. Tomo&Chouchou had ever been to the Osaka Festival of Lights before. We didn't see project mapping at that time. We enjoyed food stands and illumination more. So Tomo&Chouchou was curious about projection mapping. Normally we don't like projection mapping so much. However we loved this projection mapping a lot. Projection mapping was held at Osaka City Central Public Hall [Japanese: 大阪市中央公会堂]. Osaka City Public Hall and projection mapping were matching very well. The hall changed every moment. There was a story. We could understand Japanese culture. We could also enjoy western culture. We can feel the nature such as flowers, wind, fish and water flow. We can also feel the history, architecture, mystery and so on. It was the most successful projection mapping that we had ever seen. It was very colorful. It was fast. We felt the movement of the lights. We saw this show two or three times! We were never bored!

 

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the Osaka Festival of Lights

Osaka 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.

For your information, 

Osaka decided not to have the projection mapping at Osaka City Public Hall in 2021 because many people would gather and stop to see the projection mapping. It was the reason to avoid infection. However there is a projection mapping on the wall of the Museum of Oriental Ceramics [東洋陶磁美術館]. The robot senses the movement of the people who walk along the wall. Then it projects the figure. So it encourages not to stop. Anyway we can enjoy projection mapping somehow in 2021.

Relating article

- The Osaka Festival of Lights "Osaka Hikari Renaissance"

 

 

Merry Christmas! メリークリスマス！

TOMO&CHOUCHOU wish all of you a very Merry Christmas !!!

Best wishes
Tomo & Chouchou

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ステキなクリスマスを過ごしてね！

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Christmas market in Stuttgart, Germany

Weihnachtsmarkt

Christmas market in Stuttgart at night

[German: Stuttgarter Weihnachtsmarkt]

hotdog in Christmas market in Stuttgart.

Hot wine in the beer mug.

chocolates & German confectioneries

ice-skating in Christmas market in Stuttgart at night

Episode of Christmas market in Stuttgart

Tomo&Chouchou went to Christmas market in Stuttgart in Germany !
Christmas market originated in Germany or Austria, so we could experience real Christmas market! Christmas market in German is "Weihnachtsmarkt".
Christmas market in Stuttgart was open from the morning to the evening.
At night, Christmas market was lit up and it had more Christmas atmosphere.

Speaking of Germany, everybody imagines Sausage, right? Of course, many kinds of sausages were sold at Christmas market. We ordered our favorite sausages, then they cook sausages and they made hot dogs for us. It was enjoyable to watch while their cooking.
The specialty of Christmas market is hot wine, isn't it?
Of course, hot wine was sold in Christmas market in Stuttgart.
It was very German way to serve the hot wine in the beer mug !
In other shops, we could find very cute chocolates and German confectioneries. Those had Christmas taste a lot.
We could also find a shop which sold fried potatoes.
There was a place for ice skating in Christmas market in Stuttgart. So kids can enjoy more, we think. It was rare to find ice skating in Christmas market, so it was very interesting. At night, ice skate ring was lit up. It was more beautiful !

Christmas market in Stuttgart was not so big. But Christmas market in Stuttgart had warm taste and Christmas atomosphere. Foods were good. Illumination was beautiful. We could enjoy Christmas market a lot.
Tomo&Chouchou strongly recommend Christmas market in Stuttgart.



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Stuttgarter Weihnachtsmarkt

Date: Late Nov. - Late Dec. every year.  from 24 Nov to 30 Dec, 2021
Opening hours: Mon-Sat: 10h-21h, Sun: 11h-21h (Nov.25: 17h-21h)
Place: Marktplatz 1, 70173 Stuttgart

official website: https://www.stuttgarter-weihnachtsmarkt.de/en/home/




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