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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2025. Zelkova trees lining a 500-meter street are lit up with about 480,000 LED lights, with about 2.5 million people expected to visit through Dec. 28.

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2025. Zelkova trees lining a 500-meter street are lit up with about 480,000 LED lights, with about 2.5 million people expected to visit through Dec. 28.

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2024. Zelkova trees lining a 450-meter street are lit up with about 450,000 LED lights, with about 1.6 million people expected to visit through Dec. 25.

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2024. Zelkova trees lining a 450-meter street are lit up with about 450,000 LED lights, with about 1.6 million people expected to visit through Dec. 25.

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 8, 2023. Zelkova trees lining a 500-meter street are lit up with about 500,000 LED lights, with about 2.4 million people expected to visit through Dec. 25.

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3,000 yellow handkerchiefs fly to support post-quake work

SENDAI, Japan - About 3,000 yellow handkerchiefs sent from across Japan are tied to a zelkova tree in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 23, 2014, as a symbol of support for reconstruction work after the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.

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Sendai shaken by plan to fell zelkova trees

SENDAI, Japan - Residents of Sendai city in Miyagi Prefecture are divided over the fate of zelkova trees along the prefectural capital's Aoba Street.

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Sendai citizens enjoy illuminated trees

SENDAI, Japan - Citizens and tourists enjoy the annual Christmas and yearend illuminations in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 12 as 600,000 electric bulbs put to 190 zelkova trees along the city's thoroughfares are turned on by Mayor Hajimu Fujii.

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'Lighting pageant' opens in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - A row of zelkova trees is decorated by about 700,000 light bulbs as this year's ''lighting pageant'' opens on a street in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 12.

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Sendai's Pageant of Starlight show

Pedestrians walk through a tunnel of lights as the Zelkova trees that line the streets of Sendai in northeastern Japan are illuminated for the Sendai Pageant of Starlight on Dec. 9, 2022.

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Sendai's Pageant of Starlight show

Pedestrians walk through a tunnel of lights as the Zelkova trees that line the streets of Sendai in northeastern Japan are illuminated for the Sendai Pageant of Starlight on Dec. 9, 2022.

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Sendai citizens enjoy illuminated trees

SENDAI, Japan - Citizens and tourists enjoy the annual Christmas and yearend illuminations in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 12 as 600,000 electric bulbs put to 190 zelkova trees along the city's thoroughfares are turned on by Mayor Hajimu Fujii.

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Tokyo's Omotesando shopping street illuminated

Photo shows Tokyo's Omotesando shopping street illuminated by around 500,000 light-emitting diode bulbs on Dec. 1, 2015. The illumination of the zelkova-lined boulevard will go through Dec. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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900-year-old zelkova trees at Shinto shrine in Tokyo

Two giant Japanese zelkova trees said to be 900 years old stand in Nerima Hakusan Shrine in Tokyo on June 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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The Karamon Gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

Karamon is the main gate of Toshogu Shinto Shrine. Only high ranking government officials and feudal lords, who were allowed to meet the shogun directly, could use this gate during the Edo Period. The gate was painted white with kofun and embellished with carvings of dragons. The inscription on the upper portion reads Shuntei Choken-no-gi (Emperor Shun's Morning Greetings) and consists of 27 figures carved from one zelkova tree in four rows. The people in front of the gate are wearing the costumes of the Toshogu Festival.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐20‐0]

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The Karamon Gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

This is the main gate at Toshogu Shinto Shrine. Only high ranking government officials and feudal lords, who were allowed to meet the shogun directly, could use this gate during the Edo Period. The gate was painted white with kofun and embellished with parquetry, rosewood, and ebony carvings of dragons. The inscription on the upper portion reads Shuntei Choken-no-gi (Emperor Shun's Morning Greetings) and consists of 27 figures carved from one zelkova tree in four rows.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐38‐0]

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The Karamon Gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

This is the main gate at Toshogu Shinto Shrine. Only high ranking government officials and feudal lords, who were allowed to meet the shogun directly, could use this gate during the Edo Period. The gate was painted white with kofun and embellished with parquetry, rosewood, and ebony carvings of dragons. The inscription on the upper portion reads Shuntei Choken-no-gi (Emperor Shun's Morning Greetings) and consists of 27 figures carved from one zelkova tree in four rows.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number65‐28‐0]

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The Karamon Gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

This is the main gate at Toshogu Shinto Shrine. Only high ranking government officials and feudal lords, who were allowed to meet the shogun directly, could use this gate during the Edo Period. The gate was painted white with kofun and embellished with parquetry, rosewood, and ebony carvings of dragons. The inscription on the upper portion reads Shuntei Choken-no-gi (Emperor Shun's Morning Greetings) and consists of 27 figures carved from one zelkova tree in four rows.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number54‐45‐0]

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The Karamon Gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

Karamon, the main gate at Toshogu, was used only by high-ranking government officials and feudal lords granted permission to meet the shogun directly. The gate was covered in white kofun paint, and its pillars were embellished with engravings of dragons. The upper portion of the gate has an inscription reading Shuntei Choken-no-gi (Emperor Shun's Morning Greetings) and features 27 figures in four rows carved from one zelkova tree.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number54‐31‐0]

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The Karamon Gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

This is the main gate at Toshogu Shinto Shrine. Only high ranking government officials and feudal lords, who were allowed to meet the shogun directly, could use this gate during the Edo Period. The gate was painted white with kofun and embellished with parquetry, rosewood, and ebony carvings of dragons. The inscription on the upper portion reads Shuntei Choken-no-gi (Emperor Shun's Morning Greetings) and consists of 27 figures carved from one zelkova tree in four rows.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number54‐23‐0]

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The Karamon Gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

Karamon is the main gate of Toshogu Shinto Shrine. Only high ranking government officials and feudal lords, who were allowed to meet the shogun directly, could use this gate during the Edo Period. The gate was painted white with kofun and embellished with carvings of dragons. The inscription on the upper portion reads Shuntei Choken-no-gi (Emperor Shun's Morning Greetings) and consists of 27 figures carved from one zelkova tree in four rows. The people in front of the gate are wearing the costumes of the Toshogu Festival.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number54‐2‐0]

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Illumination event in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An annual illumination event starts Dec. 2, 2011, in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, in which zelkova trees are lit up with LED light bulbs. The event's organizers borrowed or bought with donations the light bulbs, since some 550,000 light bulbs they owned were all spoiled by the March 11 tsunami that hit the region. (Kyodo)

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Illumination event in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An annual illumination event starts Dec. 2, 2011, in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, in which zelkova trees are lit up with LED light bulbs. The event's organizers borrowed or bought with donations the light bulbs, since some 550,000 light bulbs they owned were all spoiled by the March 11 tsunami that hit the region. (Kyodo)

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'Lighting pageant' opens in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - A row of zelkova trees is decorated by about 700,000 light bulbs as this year's ''lighting pageant'' opens on a street in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 12.