Originally started as a Chinese New Year festival to celebrate the Chinese lunar new year, it has become the Lantern Festival, Nagasaki’s largest winter festival. From Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown, Minato Park, Central Park, Megane Bridge, and Hama-ichi and Kankodori shopping arcades, the center of Nagasaki is lit up with 15,000 thousand richly-colored lanterns (Chinese lanterns) and fantastically decorated with large works of art. Events steeped in Chinese culture, such as dragon dances, Chinese acrobatics, and Erhu performances are held at different venues throughout the city during the festival.

Event Dates	Every year around February
Event Details	Please see the official website for details.
Official site	https://www.at-nagasaki.jp/lantern-festival
Location (venue)	Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown, and other locations
Address	1500-1, Shinchi-machi, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki (Minato Park)
Venue website	https://www.at-nagasaki.jp/lantern-festival

Region	Kyushu
Category	ライトアップ, 踊り

Event organizers may change the date and time. Please check the official website.

update: Nov.13.2024