Winter is a time when people rarely want to go outcompared to other seasons.
During this winter … Kyushu has a variety of festivals that would appeal you to go out.
1. Yamaga Bamboo lantern Festival(Yamaga city)
Place: Yamaga-shi, Kumamoto Prefecture
Date: February 1 (Fri), 2 (Sat), 8 (Fri), 9 (Sat), 15 (Fri), 16 (Sat), 22 (Fri), 23 (Sat) ,2019
Yamaga-shi was once known as a large production area of Japanese umbrellas.
Is not it possible to make a lively festival like before …? Therefore, “Yamaga Bamboo lantern Festival or bamboo hundred color festival” is born from such a feeling.
Let Japanese the light from umbrella and bamboo of Yamaga city warm you up.
2. Unzen Hikari-no-Hanabouro (Unzen Light Bouquet)(Unzen City)
Place: Unzen city, Nagasaki prefecture
Date and time: February 2 – 23 ,2019
“Lighting flower blob” is a light event that images frost ice, the sparkling spa and the tree of a walking path are gleamedly illuminated in Unzen.
In addition, the fireworks that imagined the flower boil also will rise.
Please enjoy the fantastic world of hot water and illumination and the fireworks you see in the clear night sky.
Place: Nagasaki city, Nagasaki prefecture
Date and time: February 5 – 19,2019
Nagasaki Lantern Festival (長崎ランタンフェスティバル) is the biggest lantern festival in Japan, which is held in Nagasaki City every year. Celebrating Chinese New Year with over 15,000 lanterns and lights, brightening up the city.
