Extensive lighting event with imposing LED Mount Fuji opens in central Japan

KUWANA, Mie – Organizers turned on the annual grand lighting event at the Nabana no Sato tourist facility here on October 18, bringing to life an LED Mount Fuji and its surrounding forests that is this year’s theme.

The exhibition opens to the general public on October 19th and runs until June 1st, 2025. The lights are turned on daily after sunset.

The 155-meter-wide main site features a broad field of lights anchored by the 35-meter-high Mount Fuji. The display changes every eight minutes, displaying 13 different scenes, including “Blue Fuji”, representing the rich nature of the surrounding sea of ​​trees, and “Red Fuji”, inspired by the ukiyo-e art of Katsushika Hokusai.

Additionally, a new attraction was added this year: a 100-meter light tunnel called “sea sakura,” which is inspired by the image of cherry blossoms blooming over a vast ocean. Other highlights include “the great river of light,” a water lighting display where lights move like the Three Kiso Rivers that flow on the Nobi Plain in central Japan, and the “field of light flowers,” with beds of bright flowers in a three-dimensional design.

The event organizer commented: “We hope that people from Japan and around the world will enjoy the grandeur of Mount Fuji.”

(Japanese original by Kazuki Yamazaki, Nagoya Photo and Video Department)