Tokyo Midtown Christmas lighting

Christmas has come to Tokyo midtown. The building and its gardens light up to celebrate the holiday season.


The trees lining at the entrance are decorated with candle flame colored lights, the lights are powered by solar-generated electricity.


The canopy square “prism avenue”, at the plaza also is decorate with a net of lights where a 6 minutes “story” is presented.


The main event is at the grass square, that it turns into a starlight garden, and at the tune of John Lennon's “Happy Christmas (war is over)”, ａ light show representing shooting stars turning into stardust can be enjoyed.


The show can also be enjoyed from indoors from the midtown tower.

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Roppongi

Roppongi in the Minato ward is a popular entertainment area in Tokyo, especially for the foreigners living in Japan.


The Name Roppongi literally means “six trees”, although the origin of the name is not clear, it is said that it originated because of six old pine trees that use to be in the area.
The area was not extensively populated, Until the Edo period when two towns where created there. After the WWII, the U.S forces occupied the military facilities in the area and many bars and restaurants open to service the facilities, starting the area reputation of foreigner’s neighborhood.


The area has become popular recently after the construction of Roppongi hills, Tokyo Midtown and the museum triangle: The national museum of art Tokyo, the Mori Art museum, and the Suntory Museum of Art.
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Tokyo Midtown

Tokyo Midtown is a large commercial, residential, Museum and office space in the Tokyo’s Roppongi area. The Midtown Tower at 248 meters is the tallest building in Tokyo, and the fourth in Japan.


The Midtown garden is a natural art gallery, on the “gardenside” area there is also the Suntory Museum of art.


The five floor retail galleria offers a wide variety of shops and restaurants.

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