138 Winter Light Display 2025
| Date : | Nov 15–Dec 25, 2025 / Jan 2–Jan 4, 2026 |
Mirai: Moments to the Present and Forever into the Future
138 Tower Park is an expansive park in the city of Ichinomiya and illuminated with innumerable lights about one month before Christmas during its famous winter light display event.
This year's theme is "Mirai: Moments to the Present and Forever into the Future", with "Mirai" meaning "future" in Japanese. The light display is held around the park with butterflies serving as a symbol of luck and growth while a phoenix stands further in, creating a fantastic world other than our own. Along the pathway, light performances take place, based on the keywords of "See", "Feel", and "Experience".
Visitors are sure to feel a sense of brightness and hope in regard to the future in this radiant story of light and warmth.
Event info
Special light display preview
See the illumination before its event period even starts. The park's visitation hours are extended to 8:00 pm on November 14 with anyone free to come and enjoy the view.
• Date and time: 5:00 pm–8:00 pm; Thu, Nov 13, 2025
Note:
• Light display only at 138 Twin Arch with no admission.
Lighting Ceremony
Everyone yells out the countdown together, sparking a unanimous light-up of Twin Arch 138 and the surrounding area. A bubble show and brass band performance take place, adding to the gorgeous atmosphere as the lights flick on.
• Date and time: 4:30 pm–5:45 pm; Sat, Nov 15, 2025
• Location: Outdoor stage
Christmas Ichinomiya Candle Fest 2025: Illustrate Your Wishes on Paper Bag Lanterns
• Date and time: 3:00 pm–8:00 pm (light-up from 5:00 pm); Sat, Nov 22, 2025
• Location: Outdoor stage and event plaza
Paper bag lantern workshop (3:00 pm–7:00 pm)
Write your wishes on and illustrate on two paper bags with one lit up with an LED light and the other available for you to take home.
• Price: JPY 100 (2 bags)
• Application: Various times at the venue on the day of the event
Paper bag lantern exhibit (5:00 pm–8:00 pm)
One thousand five hundred paper bag lanterns illustrating dreams of that special someone or hopes for the future are lit up, decorating the venue.
Live performance stage for fun by all (5:00 pm–8:00 pm)
Enjoy live ocarina and electronic organ performances.
Find other event programs on the Kiso Sansen Park 138 Tower Park website's event page (Japanese. External link.).
EVENT OVERVIEW
| Date | Light display hours: 5:00 pm–9:00 pm Note: • Lighting Ceremony starts from 4:30 pm on Sat, Nov 15, 2025. |
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| Place | 138 Tower Park, Kiso Sansen National Government Park |
| Location | 〒491-0135 21-3 Urasaki, Komyoji, Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi |
| Fee | Free of charge (admission fee required to enter the Observation Tower) |
| Parking | Available, free of charge (700 standard-size vehicle spaces and 19 bus spaces) Note: • Parking lot opens at 8:00 am. |
| Restrooms | Available |
| Phone number | 0586-51-7105 |
Note: This page may not be current due to update time differences between site databases.
Should accuracy be critical, please verify this information using a direct source, whenever possible.
ACCESS
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- Access by public transport
- From Nagoya Station, take the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line. Get off at Ichinomiya Station and take the Meitetsu Bus bound for the Ichinomiya Multipurpose Gym for approx. 30 min. Get off at 138 Tower Park Bus Stop and walk 5 min.
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- Access by car
- • 20 min. from Ichinomiya Interchange on the Meishin Expressway.
• 8 min. from Ichinomiya-Kisogawa Interchange on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway.
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