Illumination

The capital’s landmark JR Tokyo Station and nearby office buildings are glowing in various hues this holiday season.

Parts of the Imperial Palace are being lit up after dusk in trial illuminations by the Imperial Household Agency.

KOBE—Nighttime sightseers are admiring this city's winter illuminations this year, an annual tradition dating from 1995, the year Kobe was recovering from a devastating...

SHUNAN, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The "Lighting Flowers in the Sky" illumination ceremony, a major attraction of the city's Winter Tree Festival, was held at the Aozora Koen park...

KYOTO--A pair of enormous dragons are making a splash at Kyoto's Kodaiji temple, where the garden has been done up to resemble the ocean.

Tokyo Sky Tree, the world’s tallest free-standing tower, brightened the night in the nation's capital on April 19 with lights of blue and purple.

Tokyo Sky Tree, a new broadcast tower under construction in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, was aglow in white lights on Dec. 23 to celebrate the holiday season.

Parts of Tokyo's Ginza district were lit up Nov. 25 with special illumination symbolizing hope for rebuilding after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Like medieval pop art, colorful graphic images were projected on the walls of the renowned Hirosaki castle in Aomori Prefecture's Hirosaki on Nov. 8, making for an eerie effect.

KYOTO -- The grounds at Kyoto's Kodaiji temple will be lit up from Oct. 21 through Dec. 4 in an event set up to pray for reconstruction efforts in the quake-hit Tohoku region.