{"id":75920,"date":"2012-11-28T17:33:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T08:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?p=30360"},"modified":"2016-04-01T01:35:05","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T16:35:05","slug":"xmas-illumination-mini-guide","status":"publish","type":"guide","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/guides\/xmas-illumination-mini-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Xmas Illumination Mini Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tis the season! when Fukuoka City comes alive with Christmas and New Year\u2019s illuminations. Fukuoka Now\u2019s recommendations for the best festive lights in town…<\/p>\n

\u201cHakata, City of Lights\u201d<\/strong>
\nThis year\u2019s illumination takes inspiration from nature\u2019s own light display, the aurora. Enjoy 700,000 lights, plus the mini train \u201cBun Bun Go\u201d decorated for the Christmas season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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-Hakata Station Ekimae Hiroba
\n-11\/16~1\/15
\n-17:00~24:00
\n-700,000 lights<\/p>\n

\u201cChristmas of the Sun 2012\u201d<\/strong>
\nOriginal Christmas illuminations can be found all over the Canal City shopping complex. Christmas events include workshops, quizzes and a roaming Santa Claus. Ho, ho, ho!<\/p>\n

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-Canal City Hakata
\n-11\/10~12\/25
\n-17:00~23:00<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s Go Tenjin Christmas 2012 – Tenjin Hikari Square\u201d<\/strong>
\nRecently reopened, the newly named \u201cTenjin Hikari Square\u201d boasts an ice-skating rink, merry-go-round and 300,000 lights for the Xmas season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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-Kego Park
\n-12\/1~12\/25
\n-17:00~24:00 (not fixed schedule)
\n-300,000 lights<\/p>\n

Special! Hilton\u2019s Christmas Model Train<\/strong>
\nFor the first time in Fukuoka, the Hilton\u2019s decorations include an 84m\u00b2 model of a wintery European town with a 40-car model train whizzing through it. The kids will love it!<\/p>\n

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– Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk 4F
\n– 11\/10~1\/9
\n– 6:00~23:00<\/p>\n

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Have a safe and happy holiday period!
\nFukuoka Now<\/strong><\/p>\n

Originally published in Fukuoka Now Magazine (fn168, Dec. 2012<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tis the season! when Fukuoka City comes alive with Christmas and New Year\u2019s illuminations. Fukuoka Now\u2019s recommendations for the best festive lights in town… \u201cHakata, City of Lights\u201d This year\u2019s illumination takes inspiration from nature\u2019s own light display, the aurora. Enjoy 700,000 lights, plus the mini train \u201cBun Bun Go\u201d decorated for the Christmas season.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":30364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","categories":[4914],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75920","guide","type-guide","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","location-fukuoka-city","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guide\/75920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guide"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/guide"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}