With the coming cold months and longer nights in Japan, colorful lights begin to illuminate countless parks, shopping malls and train stations around the country, providing romantic backgrounds for lovers and urging shoppers and commuters that now is the season to spend your well-earned money to buy gifts for your loved ones.
For avid photographers and casual shooters, this is also the season to take out those high-ISO cameras and shoot among the lights because while the days are short, those brightly lit illuminations may give you colors you otherwise won’t see when the sun is out. I hope these glittering shots of lights may inspire you.
Please explore the photostreams of these talented flickr photographers if you liked the photos.
{Browse down to see a list of illumination spots around Tokyo at the end of the post.}
Tokyo Midtown by Mori Chan
{Blog: Endless Story and Journey} The larger version is spectacular.
Star lights by bn@za7
{Blog: Be natural}
Harmonia Crystal by HAMACH!
{Blog: まわりぶろぐ}
Girl with lights by mrhayata
{Blog: City Walking}
Tokyo Tower by yoheiyamashita
{Blog: yoheiyamashita’s blog}
Blue wave by mrhayata
Cool colors by open-arms
Tokyo Midtown illumination by Mori Chan
138 Tower lights by kanonn
{Blog: monchouchou!} Wallpaper-sized versions are available.
Light flower farm by emrank
Toki no Sumika bn@za7
Night walk by atmo
{Blog: +avec vous}
Illumination spots around Tokyo
Yurakucho Marion
2008.11.01 (Sat) - 2008.12.25 (Thu)
Light-up Christmas in Shibuya
2008.11.01 (Sat) - 2009.01.12 (Fri)
Tokyo Lightopia 2008
2008.12.19 (Fri) - 2008.12.28 (Sun)
Tokyo Midtown Christmas 2008
2008.11.13 (Thu) - 2008.12.25 (Thu)
Tokyo Dome City Happy Christmas 2008
2008.11.13 (Thu) - 2008.12.25 (Thu)
LaLaport Toyosu Christmas 2008
Until 2008.12.25 (Thu)
Harumi Triton Square
2008.11.21 (Sun) - 2008.12.25 (Thu)
Tokyo Tower Christmas Illumination 2008
Until 2008.12.25 (Thu)
Caretta Ocean Christmas 2008
2008.11.28 (Fri) - 2008.12.25 (Thu)
Tama Center Illumination 2008
2008.11.08 (Sat) - 2009.01.07 (Wed)
Mitsui Outlet Park Xmas
2008.11.14 (Fri) to 12.25 (Thu)
Omotesando Hills Ruby Christmas
2008.11.13 (Thu) - 2008.12.25 (Thu)
Artelligent Christmas 2008
2008.11.05 (Wed) - 2008.12.25 (Thu)
Venusfort Illumination ‘08-’09 Brilliance of Planets
2008.11.08 (Sat) - 2009.03.15 (Sun)
Ebisu Garden Place Illumination 2008
2008.11.01 (Sat) - 2009.01.12 (Mon)
13th Odaiba Memorial Tree
2008.11.01 (Sat) - 2008.12.25 (Thu); 2009.01.01 (Mon) - 2009.01.12 (Fri); 2009.01.24 (Sat) - 2009.03.14 (Sat)
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