Photo/Illutration A mystical ambience is created under the famed great wisteria trees lit up at the Ashikaga Flower Park in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, on Oct. 18. (Atsuo Negishi)

ASHIKAGA, Tochigi Prefecture--The Ashikaga Flower Park here ranks as the top illumination park in Japan for good reason: The 100,000-square-meter area undergoes a fairytale transformation every year with LED bulbs.

And now is the time to go.

Running until Feb. 14, the 22nd installment, titled “The Garden of Illuminated Flowers,” is decorated with about 5 million LED bulbs.

In March last year, the event was ranked as the best among the nation’s top three light shows the Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Nagasaki Prefecture and the Sapporo White Illumination show in Hokkaido’s capital.

The flower park usually attracts around 500,000 visitors during winter illumination season.

An addition this year is a mural of light 22 meters wide and 7 meters tall showcasing scenes from Japan’s four seasons. It stands next to a 20-meter wide, 9-meter deep stone garden also projected with images.

Adorned with projection mapping and about 200,000 bulbs, the section is one of the most popular spots at the venue.

The park also renovated the “Rose Garden of Light” section featuring 500,000 bulbs and the “Flower Castle” installation lit up with 350,000 bulbs.

The park’s famed great wisteria trees are decorated with 400,000 bulbs, while a tunnel of white wisteria vines is lit with 200,000 bulbs. The long-hanging wisteria flowers, which are popular among visitors for their reflection on the water surface, are fitted with 400,000 bulbs.

The light show starts at around 5 p.m. daily. The park is closed on Dec. 31.

For more information, visit the official website at (https://www.ashikaga.co.jp/flowerfantasy_special2023/en/).

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