Giant Xmas tree in northern Japan

Giant Xmas tree in northern Japan

A 20-meter-tall Christmas tree is illuminated with about 150,000 LED lights in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 30, 2024.

Giant Xmas tree in northern Japan

Giant Xmas tree in northern Japan

A 20-meter-tall Christmas tree is illuminated with about 150,000 LED lights in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 30, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

Giant Christmas Tree in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 25, 2024 - A 20-meter-tall giant Christmas tree is seen in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2024.

Giant Xmas tree in northern Japan

Giant Xmas tree in northern Japan

A 20-meter-tall Christmas tree is illuminated with about 150,000 LED lights in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 1, 2023.

Giant Xmas tree in northern Japan

Giant Xmas tree in northern Japan

A 20-meter-tall Christmas tree is illuminated with about 150,000 LED lights in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 1, 2023.

Christmas tree in Hokkaido's Hakodate

Christmas tree in Hokkaido's Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Around 100,000 electric bulbs on a 20-meter-tall Christmas tree are lit up in front of red brick warehouses along the waterfront in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 29, 2014. The fir tree was presented by Halifax, Hakodate's sister city of Canada. Photo was taken using a crossfilter.

Plastics sail for next-generation freighters

Plastics sail for next-generation freighters

SASEBO, Japan - A 20-meter-tall, 8-meter-wide sail made of reinforced plastics is tested on land in the port city of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Jan. 25, 2014. It has been developed by the University of Tokyo and collaborators from the shipping and shipbuilding industry for cutting cost in maritime transportation. The group is planning to test the prototype sail on the sea as early as October.

Snow statue of Transformers

Snow statue of Transformers

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Photo shows a 20-meter-tall snow statue of Optimus Prime, a robot character in the animation series ''Transformers,'' in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Feb. 8, 2012, the first day of the annual Asahikawa Winter Festival. The festival runs through Feb. 12.

Xmas tree in northern Japan

Xmas tree in northern Japan

Photo taken in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido shows a 20-meter-tall Christmas tree lit with about 150,000 LED lamps.

Xmas tree in northern Japan

Xmas tree in northern Japan

Photo taken in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido shows a 20-meter-tall Christmas tree lit with about 150,000 LED lamps.

Xmas tree in northern Japan

Xmas tree in northern Japan

Photo taken in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido shows a 20-meter-tall Christmas tree lit with about 150,000 LED lamps.

Christmas tree in Hakodate, Japan

Christmas tree in Hakodate, Japan

A 20-meter-tall Christmas tree is lit up in front of red brick warehouses in the Hokkaido city of Hakodate, northern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2021.

Christmas tree in Hakodate, Japan

Christmas tree in Hakodate, Japan

A 20-meter-tall Christmas tree is lit up in front of red brick warehouses in the Hokkaido city of Hakodate, northern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2021.

Christmas tree in Hakodate, Japan

Christmas tree in Hakodate, Japan

A 20-meter-tall Christmas tree is lit up in front of red brick warehouses in the Hokkaido city of Hakodate, northern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2021.

Hokkaido snapshot: Christmas tree lit up in northern Japan

Hokkaido snapshot: Christmas tree lit up in northern Japan

The lights on a 20-meter-tall Christmas tree are turned on in Hakodate in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov, 28, 2015, to mark the start of the annual Hakodate Christmas Fantasy event in the port city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Christmas tree lighting in Hakodate

Christmas tree lighting in Hakodate

Around 150,000 electric bulbs on a 20-meter-tall Christmas tree are lit up in front of red brick warehouses along the waterfront in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 28, 2014, as "Hakodate Christmas Fantasy," a Christmas illumination event, starts. The fir tree was presented by Halifax, Hakodate's sister city in Canada. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Snow statue of Transformers

Snow statue of Transformers

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Photo shows a 20-meter-tall snow statue of Optimus Prime, a robot character in the animation series ''Transformers,'' in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Feb. 8, 2012, the first day of the annual Asahikawa Winter Festival. The festival runs through Feb. 12. (Kyodo)

Christmas tree in Hokkaido's Hakodate

Christmas tree in Hokkaido's Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Around 100,000 electric bulbs on a 20-meter-tall Christmas tree are lit up in front of red brick warehouses along the waterfront in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 29, 2014. The fir tree was presented by Halifax, Hakodate's sister city of Canada. Photo was taken using a crossfilter. (Kyodo)

Christmas tree in Hakodate

Christmas tree in Hakodate

A 20-meter-tall Christmas tree is lit up at sea off Hakodate's red brick warehouses, a popular sightseeing spot, in northern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2020.

Christmas tree in Hakodate

Christmas tree in Hakodate

A 20-meter-tall Christmas tree is lit up at sea off Hakodate's red brick warehouses, a popular sightseeing spot, in northern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2020.

Christmas tree in Hakodate

Christmas tree in Hakodate

A 20-meter-tall Christmas tree is lit up at sea off Hakodate's red brick warehouses, a popular sightseeing spot, in northern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2020.

Christmas tree lit up in Hakodate

Christmas tree lit up in Hakodate

A 20-meter-tall fir tree is lit up with about 150,000 lights in the Kanemori Warehouse area, a tourist spot in Hakodate in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Dec. 1, 2016, to mark the start of the annual Hakodate Christmas Fantasy event in the port city. The tree was presented by Canada's Halifax city, Hakodate's sister city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo