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Tanabata Sky Lantern Festival 2023: See a Sky of Lights This Summer!
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The Tanabata Sky Lantern Festival offers participants the chance to watch in awe as over a thousand brightly glowing lanterns float in the sky. The festival will be held in venues in Tokyo, Kyoto, Aichi, and Fukuoka this July and August.
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The much anticipated Tanabata Sky Lantern Festival will be held in the summer of 2023 at four venues in Tokyo, Aichi, Kyoto, and Fukuoka. At its fifth edition this year, the event will feature the release of over a thousand stunning, glowing orange sky lanterns.
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The Sky Lantern Festival - A Hauntingly Beautiful Scene of Floating Lights
Drawing inspiration from other floating lantern celebrations, the first Sky Lantern Festival was held in Japan in 2017 as an exciting way to celebrate the colorful Tanabata Festival, also known as the Star Festival. Since then, many visitors have been mesmerized by the magical sight of countless floating orange lanterns lighting up the summer night.
The events in Tokyo, Kobe, and Fukuoaka will take place indoors, allowing visitors to enjoy the lanterns regardless of weather conditions. The Kyoto event will be held outside, where spectators will be dazzled by the floating lanterns in a large open space.
The events will be full-scale summer festivals and will include fairs offering food as well as live performances.
2023 Event Details
The Tanabata Sky Lantern Festival 2023 will be held at four separate venues in Tokyo, Aichi, Kyoto, and Fukuoka as follows:
Fukuoka
Venue: West Japan General Exhibition Hall New Building ABC Exhibition Hall
Address: Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Asano, Kokurakita 3-7-1
Schedule: July 14 (Friday) - July 16 (Sunday)
Tokyo
Venue: Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Sankaku Hiroba
Address: Tokyo, Shinjuku, Nishi-Shinjuku 2-6-1
Schedule: July 21 (Friday) - July 23 (Sunday)
Kyoto
Venue: Kyoto Prefectural Kizugawa Sports Park
Address: Kyoto, Joyo, Tono, Kitazumi 14-8
Schedule: July 28 (Friday) - July 30 (Sunday)
Aichi
Venue: Aichi Sky Expo- Aichi International Exhibition Center Exhibition Hall A
Address: Aichi, Tokoname, Centrair 5-10 Aichi Sky Expo Hall A
Schedule: August 25 (Friday) - August 27 (Sunday)
For details and ticket reservations please check the official website of the event: https://www.snc-ts.com/ (Japanese)
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