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Kinpaku Kirara (Gold Leaf Yukitsuri) & Tree Fantasy Illumination

A street illumination enhanced with gold leaf!

During the winter period, the area around Omicho market is decorated in 'Kinpaku Kirara' installations: the statues are decorated with gold leaf in the 'Yukitsuri' snow suspension style (a traditional method seen in Kanazawa for protecting tree branches from heavy snow using straw ropes) and the trees are illuminated with a total of 7,000 LED lights.

Information

Date
Mid October to early February
Time
16:45–22:00 (or until 06:00 the next day for the night of December 31)
Address
Around Omicho Market, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Price
Free
By Public Transportation
About 1 minute by foot from the Musashigatsuji・Omi-cho Market bus stop (No.RL14 or LL1)on the KANAZAWA LOOP BUS route
Contact
Musashi Area Light-Up Executive Committee
Phone
076-260-2412

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