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Sapporo White Illumination

Sapporo White Illumination, a popular seasonal light event, begins at Odori Park in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 21, 2025.

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Sapporo White Illumination

Sapporo White Illumination, a popular seasonal light event, begins at Odori Park in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 21, 2025.

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China: Serene Winter Evening Captured By Camera In Yantai, Shandong

This is the dazzling moment that heavy snowfall was captured, further highlighted by bright headlights from a nearby building. On the evening of December 20, 2024, in Yantai, Shandong Province, the video showed a serene winter solstice evening blanketed in snow as large, swirling snowflakes fell steadily. From a residential building, someone had shone high-beam headlights, intensifying the magical effect of the snowy scene. The strong illumination created a dreamlike visual, showcasing the flakes in vivid detail against the night sky. The snowfall had continued through the evening, leaving the city coated in a thick layer of pristine white, much to the delight of residents.

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Sapporo White Illumination

SAPPORO, Japan, Nov. 22 Kyodo - Sapporo White Illumination, a popular seasonal light event, begins at Odori Park in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 22, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Sapporo White Illumination

Sapporo White Illumination, a popular seasonal light event, begins at Odori Park in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 22, 2024.

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Sapporo White Illumination

Sapporo White Illumination, a popular seasonal light event, begins at Odori Park in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 22, 2024.

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Sapporo White Illumination

Sapporo White Illumination, a popular seasonal light event, begins at Odori Park in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 22, 2024.

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[Breaking News]Sapporo White Illumination

SAPPORO, Japan, Nov. 22 Kyodo-Sapporo White Illumination, a seasonal light event, begins at Odori Park in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 22, 2023. (Kyodo)

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Sapporo White Illumination

Sapporo White Illumination, a seasonal light event, begins at Odori Park in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 22, 2023.

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Sapporo White Illumination

Sapporo White Illumination, a seasonal light event, begins at Odori Park in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 22, 2023.

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People walk in illuminated Odori Park in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - People walk in the illuminated Odori Park in Sapporo in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 21, 2014, the opening day of Sapporo White Illumination.

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Event to herald snow season starts in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo White Illumination, a popular seasonal event, starts in Sapporo in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 21, 2014.

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Umbrella artwork adorns Kyoto temple garden in illumination

KYOTO, Japan - Brightly colored traditional Japanese umbrellas in red, purple and white stand out under lighting at the Hashintei traditional dry-landscape garden in Kodaiji, a Buddhist temple in the ancient capital of Kyoto, western Japan, during an illumination test on Oct. 21, 2014, ahead of a special night-viewing period for autumnal foliage from Oct. 24 to Dec. 14.

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London Tower Bridge

LONDON, Britain - An illumination of red, blue and white, the colors of the Union Jack, begins on a trial basis at the London Tower Bridge in the British capital on May 30, 2012, ahead of hosting the summer Olympics.

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Sapporo White Illumination

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo is lit up on Nov. 25, 2011, as the city's seasonal ''Sapporo White Illumination'' started the same day.

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Sapporo White Illumination

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo's O'Dori Park is lit up on Nov. 25, 2011, as the city's seasonal ''Sapporo White Illumination'' started the same day.

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Trees, objects in Sapporo's main downtown area lit up

SAPPORO, Japan - Trees and objects in Odori Park in Sapporo's main downtown district are lit up on Nov. 28 for an annual event called ''Sapporo White Illumination'' which marks the coming of the snow season in the capital city of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido.

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Glover Garden in Nagasaki lit up

NAGASAKI, Japan - Trees at the Glover Garden, a famous tourist spot in Nagasaki, have been illuminated with white and blue light-emitting diodes. The illumination will be offered during the Golden Week holiday in May and during summer holidays.

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Aqua-tree appears at Osaka aquarium

OSAKA, Japan - An illumination shaped like a Christmas tree, called an aqua-tree, appeared at an aquarium in Osaka on Oct. 28. The 26-meter-high tree, illuminated in blue and white with light emitting diodes, will be shown until Dec. 25.

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Sapporo's ''White Illumination'' starts

SAPPORO, Japan - Tourists and citizens take to Odori Koen Park in Sapporo, central Hokkaido, on Nov. 19 as some 370,000 lamps light up trees and other objects in the annual Christmas and yearend illumination.

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Illumination event in Sapporo

Sapporo White Illumination, a seasonal light-up event, begins at Odori Park in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 19, 2021.

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Illumination event in Sapporo

Sapporo White Illumination, a seasonal light-up event, begins at Odori Park in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 19, 2021.

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Illumination event in Sapporo

Sapporo White Illumination, a seasonal light-up event, begins at Odori Park in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 19, 2021.

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Sapporo's ''White Illumination'' starts

SAPPORO, Japan - Tourists and citizens take to Odori Koen Park in Sapporo, central Hokkaido, on Nov. 19 as some 370,000 lamps light up trees and other objects in the annual Christmas and yearend illumination. (Kyodo)

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Annual winter illumination starts in Sapporo

Odori Park in Sapporo, northern Japan, is decorated with some 520,000 light bulbs as the annual Sapporo White Illumination event kicks off on Nov. 20, 2015. Illumination will run through Dec. 25 at the park and through March 14 along the Minami-ichijo Dori avenue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Glover Garden in Nagasaki lit up

NAGASAKI, Japan - Trees at the Glover Garden, a famous tourist spot in Nagasaki, have been illuminated with white and blue light-emitting diodes. The illumination will be offered during the Golden Week holiday in May and during summer holidays. (Kyodo)

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Trees, objects in Sapporo's main downtown area lit up

SAPPORO, Japan - Trees and objects in Odori Park in Sapporo's main downtown district are lit up on Nov. 28 for an annual event called ''Sapporo White Illumination'' which marks the coming of the snow season in the capital city of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. (Kyodo)

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Aqua-tree appears at Osaka aquarium

OSAKA, Japan - An illumination shaped like a Christmas tree, called an aqua-tree, appeared at an aquarium in Osaka on Oct. 28. The 26-meter-high tree, illuminated in blue and white with light emitting diodes, will be shown until Dec. 25. (Kyodo)

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Event to herald snow season starts in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo White Illumination, a popular seasonal event, starts in Sapporo in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 21, 2014. (Kyodo)

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People walk in illuminated Odori Park in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - People walk in the illuminated Odori Park in Sapporo in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 21, 2014, the opening day of Sapporo White Illumination. (Kyodo)

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Sapporo White Illumination

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo is lit up on Nov. 25, 2011, as the city's seasonal ''Sapporo White Illumination'' started the same day. (Kyodo)

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Sapporo White Illumination

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo's O'Dori Park is lit up on Nov. 25, 2011, as the city's seasonal ''Sapporo White Illumination'' started the same day. (Kyodo)

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Illumination event in Sapporo

Sapporo White Illumination, a popular seasonal event, begins at Odori Park in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Nov. 20, 2020.

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Illumination event in Sapporo

Sapporo White Illumination, a popular seasonal event, begins at Odori Park in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Nov. 20, 2020.

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Cherry blossom illumination in Fukushima

Pink and white LED lights lighten trees in front of JR Iwaki Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2019. The illumination began the same day to represent a famous row of cherry blossom trees in the nearby town of Tomioka, where the government's evacuation order partially remains in place following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cherry blossom illumination in Fukushima

Pink and white LED lights lighten trees in front of JR Iwaki Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2019. The illumination began the same day to represent a famous row of cherry blossom trees in the nearby town of Tomioka, where the government's evacuation order partially remains in place following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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