What would you like to do in winter in Japan? Of course, hot spring, ski and snowboard is nice, but you should not miss the gorgeous winter illumination that brilliantly blight up the city. Don’t know where to go? Here is the best 10 illumination spots to visit in Tokyo area. Pictures taken with these romantic illumination must be photo-worthy, so it would be very good for Instagram!

1.Yebisu Garden Place

One of the famous winter illumination spots, Yebisu Garden Place, features the big Christmas tree located at the entrance. Here you can enjoy not only this amazing Christmas tree, but also incredible Baccarat Chandelier in romantic champagne gold color, European style Christmas market with foods and drinks.

Photo by Norio Nakayama used under CC

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Address	4-20,Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013
Access	Approximately 5 minutes from JR Ebisu Station East Exit, by moving sidewalk Ebisu Sky Walk.
Date & Lightning Hours	2 November 2019 to 13 January 2020 16:00～24:00
Phone	+81-3-5423-7111
Halal restaurant nearby	Ramen Honolu Ebisu (Ramen) 1-23-1 Ebisuminami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0022 +81-3-5734-1667 Lunch：11:30 - 14:30/Dinner：17:00 - 21:30

2.Tokyo Midtown

Tokyo Midtown, a complex building with many shops, restaurants, and cafes, holds an annual Christmas event “Midtown Christmas”. Tokyo Midtown is decorated with Christmas ornaments and illuminations during the season, but the highlight is “Starlight Garden” located in the park behind the main building. Look at the picture below, over 5,000,000 blue LEDs are beyond description.

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Address	9-7-1, Akasaka, MInato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0052
Access	Direct link from Roppongi Station on Toei-Oedo Line 3 minutes walk from Nogizaka Station on Chiyoda Line
Date & Lightning Hours	14 Nov to 25 Dec 2019 (Starlight Garden: 26 Nov to 25 Dec) 17:00～23:00
Phone	+81-3-3475-3100
Halal restaurant nearby	Sumiyakiya (Yakiniku/Japanese BBQ) 3-20-16, Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-0031 +81-3-3403-5397 Lunch：11:30～15:00/Dinner：17:00～22:30 Closed on Sunday

3.Omotesando

The gold-yellow lights are lightning up the Zelkova trees standing on both sides of the poplar shopping street. As about 1.1 km street holds many shops and cafes, Omotesando would be a perfect place to enjoy shopping and seeing the illumination at once. Lucky for you, it is near from the tourist districts such as Shibuya and Harajuku area, so visit here if you’re around!

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Address	Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Access	Short walk from Omotesando, JR Harajiku Station
Date & Lightning Hours	28 November to 25 December 2019 after sunset to 22:00
Phone	N/A
Halal restaurant nearby	SAMRAT Minami Aoyama (Indian Cuisune) 1-3-6, Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0062 +81-3-3408-5656 11:30～22:30

4.Ao no Dokutsu/Blue Cave

Blue Cave called Ao no Do-kutsu in Japanese is about 800 meters street from Shibuya station to Yoyogi park, illuminated with thousands of blue LED lights. You can either walk from Shibuya station or Yoyogi park, but be sure that the best part of this illumination is at the Yoyogi park end. Isn’t it so romantic if you’re surrounded by this amazing illumination?

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Address	2-1, Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-004
Access	1 minute walk from JR Shibuya Station Also available from JR Harajuku Station
Date & Lightning Hours	29 Nov to 31 Dec 2019 (till 14 January 2020 at Shibuya Koen Dori Street) 17:00～22:00 (till 5:00 am next day on 31 December 2019)
Phone	N/A
Halal restaurant nearby	Gyumon Shibuya (Yakiniku/Japanese BBQ) 3-14-5 Shibuya, Shibuya, Tokyo, 150-0002 +81-3-5469-2911 12:00～24:00 (17:00～24:00 on Monday)

5.Meguro River

Meguro River is well known for its best cherry blossom viewing spot in spring, but it also turns into one of the best winter illumination spots. So, the LEDs lit up the trees alongside the Meguro River are pink which reminds people of cherry blossoms during the season. Enjoy walking the street seeing over 400,000 cherry-colored LEDs!

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Address	2-9 Higashigotanda Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Access	6 minutes walk from JR Gotanda or Osaki Station
Date & Lightning Hours	8 Nov 2019 to 5 January 2020 17:00～22:00
Phone	+81-3-5330-7675
Halal restaurant nearby	Cabe Meguro (Indonesian Cuisine) 2F, Daiichi Tanaka Bldg, 3-5-4, Kamiosaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo, 141-0021 +81-3-6432-5748 Lunch 11:30～14:30/Dinner 17:30～22:00 Closed on Sunday

6.Yokohama Red Blick Christmas Market

It is not located in Tokyo, but not so far from the central Tokyo. You can easily access to Yokohama within 30 minutes by train. This is German traditional style Christmas Market offering sausage, hot wine and hot chocolate and so on. The Christmas Market opens in the daytime and night, but we recommend you visit there in the evening as the decorative illuminations will make you feel like you visit Europe’s Christmas Market!

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Address	1-1, Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa, 231-0001
Access	About 6 minutes walk from "Bashamichi Station" or "Nihon-odori Station” on Minatomirai Line
Date & Lightning Hours	23 Nov to 25 Dec 2019 23 Nov to 14 Dec/16:00～21:00 (till 23:00 for Christmas Tree) 15 Dec to 25 Dec/16:00～22:00 (till 23:00 for Christmas Tree)
Phone	+81-45-227-2002
Halal restaurant nearby	Minokichi Yokohama Landmark Plaza (Kaiseki/Japanese Traditional) Yokohama Landmark Plaza 4F, 2-2-1, Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-City, Kanagawa 220-0012 +81-45-222-5420 11:00～22:00

7.Marunouchi

Over 200 trees along Marunouchi’s 1.2km-long Nakado-ri street are covered with millions of champagne-gold LED bulbs. Since all the energy used to light up the city all comes from solar and wind power, this illumination event is called as“Eco illumination”. Don’t worry, the lighting here is as brilliant as other illumination spots. Isn’t it good to see beautiful light up that is friendly to our environment?

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Address	Naka do-ri, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004 (Also Marunouchi, Marunouchi Naka do-ri)
Access	A short walk from JR/Tokyo Metro Tokyo Station Marunouchi Exit
Date & Lightning Hours	7 Nov 2019 to 16 Feb 2020 17:30～23:00 (17:00～24:00 in December)
Phone	+81-3-5218-5100
Halal restaurant nearby	Thai Restaurant Siam Orchid “Supreme” (Kitchen street in Tokyo station) 1-9-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0005 03-5224-8778 11:00～23:00

8.White Kitte

White Kitte, a Christmas event will be held at JP(Japan Post) Tower KITTE. People are fascinated by this beautiful white Christmas tree which is located on the 1st floor in KITTE as the white one is kind of rare. Some other events such as musical performances are held in front of the tree. We are sure that you can enjoy this Christmas event with your friends, family, and the one you care about.

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Address	2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Access	1 minute walk from JR Tokyo station
Date & Lightning Hours	20 Nov to 25 Dec 2019 17:10～22:40(Monday to Saturday) 17:10～21:40(Sunday)
Phone	+81-3-3216-2811
Halal restaurant nearby	Rasa Malaysia Ginza 8F Ginza Five-Star Bldg., 5-8-13 Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo 104-0061 +81-3-3263-2381 11:30～22:30 (Monday to Friday) 12:00～22:30 (Saturday&Sunday)

9.Caretta Shiodome

Caretta Shiodome is a big shopping mall that consists of many shops, cafes, and restaurants, which is located in Shinbashi area. You can easily access here as it is not so far from central Tokyo such as JR Tokyo Station. Caretta Shiodome’s illumination has been collaborated with Disney’s movies in the past years, attracting many people who visit here. Do not miss the romantic collaboration with the fantastic illumination and the soundtrack of the movies!

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Address	B2F Caretta Shiodome, 1-8-2, HIgashi Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-7090
Access	4 minutes walk from JR Shinbashi Station (Shiodome Exit)
Date & Lightning Hours	14 Nov 2019 to 14 Feb 2020 (closed on 1&2 January 2020) 14 Nov to 31 Dec 19/17:00～23:00 3 Jan to 14 Feb 2020/18:00～23:00
Phone	+81-3-6218-2100 (9:30～18:00)
Halal restaurant nearby	Chandrama (Indian Cuisine) New Shinbashi Building 4F, 2-16-1, Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0004 +81-3-6268-8339 Lunch：11:30～15:00/Dinner：18:00～22:30

10.Yomiuri Land

Yomiuri land is an amusement park which is located in Inagi-City, Tokyo, where approximately 45 minutes from JR Tokyo Station. Its illumination is called“Jewellumination” as the shining light up looks like jewels by its brightness. Have you ever seen such amusement park that is decorated with thousands of lights? You will definitely be impressed by the illumination throughout the park.

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Address	4-1-4015-1, Yanoguchi, Tama-ku, Inagi-City, Tokyo, 206-8725
Access	Approximately 45 minutes from Tokyo Station 75 minutes from Haneda airport, 120 minutes from Narita airport by train
Date & Lightning Hours	24 Oct 2019 to 6 May 2020 16:00～20:00 *Illumination not available on 20～23 Jan, 4～6 Feb, weekdays on 2～19 Mar, 6～24&27～30 Apr, 1 May
Phone	+81-44-966-1111
Halal restaurant nearby	Asian Yakiniku Halal Restaurant(BBQ) 5-27-9, Tamagawa, Chofu-City, Tokyo 182-0025 +81-42-445-2491 Lunch 11:00～15:00/Dinner 17:30～23:00

So, which winter illumination spot do you like the most? If you spend your time in Tokyo around Christmas season, visit there and find your favorite one!

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