A beautiful bamboo light exhibition event starts in Honjo tonight, Wednesday November 22nd 2023. They have a bamboo light event like this each May too.
Bamboo Light Exhibition
The ‘BAM’ club of Waseda University organize these annual bamboo light exhibitions. They produced this November’s event with the cooperation of members from the Honjo Daiichi High School Art Club and Saitama Prefectural Kodama High School. Hundreds of bamboo lights will be displayed at the Honjo Civic Culture Hall for five nights from Wednesday November 22nd to Sunday November 26th, from 4.30 pm.
Apart from the beautiful bamboo lights, the students have organized a code deciphering game. If you answer correctly will receive a discount for the BAM club food truck! They will also be selling some bamboo on the night. In addition, they have planned some live performances on a special bamboo stage!
Information
Event: Bamboo Light Exhibition 竹あかり展示
Date: from Wednesday November 22nd to Sunday November 26th 2023
Time: from 4.30 pm to 8 pm, the venue will open from 4 pm.
Cost: there is no admission fee
Venue: Honjo Civic Culture Hall, on Google maps as Honjo City Community Hall, 1422-3 Kitabori, Honjo, Saitama 367-0031. View on Google Maps.
Access
The venue is about a 20 to 25 minute walk from both Honjo Waseda Bullet Train (Shinkansen) Station and Honjo Station.
Find even more events on this weekend here.
Also in Honjo:
- Honjo Park
- Marigold Hill which will also have illumination, but from the Saturday – the 25th
- The only ‘Nihon’ shrine in all of Japan as well as several other really interesting and off the beaten path points of interest.