Written by TC Team
Each year from late autumn until mid-February, the trees along the Marunouchi area’s Nakadori Avenue are strewn with around 1.2 million fairy lights to give the area an extra special winter feel.
While you’re in the area, check out the White KITTE and Hibiya Magic Time Illumination light displays.
What is there to see and do?
In addition to lighting up the naked branches, there are illuminated sculptures on the sidewalks, an ice-skating rink, a miniature merry-go-round (seats only), local mascot Maru-kun, a piano, and stalls selling sausages, mulled wine, and treats.
Schedule 2024
The main lights along Nakadori Avenue will be on from November 14, 2024 to February 16, 2025. In December, the illuminations will run until midnight but revert to the 11 p.m. switch-off in January.
Gyoko-Dori Avenue, which stretches from the Imperial Palace to Tokyo Station, will be lit up from November 28 to December 25 and an ice skating rink will start. Marunouchi Street Park, which has a market, stalls, and other activities, will run from November 14 to December 25.
How to get there
As soon as you come out of the main Tokyo Station Building, you’ll be facing where you need to go, but if you get lost, Nakadori Street stretches from the Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan shopping mall in front of Yurakucho Station and ends at Otemachi Nakadori. The whole stretch is around 1.2 km.
- 110 m from Nijūbashimae Station Chiyoda Line (C10)
- 341 m from Tokyo Station Marunouchi Line (M17)Yamanote Line (JY1)Chūō Line (Rapid) (JC1)Tokaido Line (JT1)Yokosuka Line (JO1)Keiyō Line (JE1)Keihin-Tōhoku Line (JK26)Jōban Line (JJ3)
- 390 m from Ōtemachi Station Chiyoda Line (C11)Hanzomon Line (Z8)Marunouchi Line (M18)Tozai Line (T9)Mita Line (I9)
