The “Corridor of Lights” to illuminate the silver world will be held in Miwa and Maki. Fireworks will be launched as well! (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

2025.2.19

Joetsu CityCorridor of lights

On Saturday, March 15, “Corridor of Lights,” a winter event in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, was held in Maki and Miwa wards, where visitors enjoyed the fantastic atmosphere of the silver-world mountain villages illuminated by candles and other candles. The “Corridor of Lights” will be held again on Saturday, March 22nd in five districts including Yasuzuka and Oshima.

This year, the “Corridor of Lights” will be held over two days in seven districts of Joetsu City, with a total of approximately 100,000 candles and other items illuminating the silver world.

On the first day, the 15th, the event was held in two districts, Sanwa and Maki. In Sanwa Sports Park in Sanwa Ward, a 3-meter-tall snow sculpture of a snake was made in accordance with the “Year of the Snake.

Visitor.
‘I thought it was beautiful with all the yellows and blues mixed in.’

Sanwa Nature and Community Nurturing Society Masaharu Sato, Chairman
The year of the Snake,” said Masaharu Sato, Chairman of the Sanwa Nature and Community Nurturing Association. There have been various disasters, so we put our hopes on the Year of the Snake to be a good year.

In addition, 1,000 snow lanterns and heart-shaped illuminations were set up, and visitors enjoyed taking pictures and other photos.

This is the second year that Sanwa Ward has participated in the “Corridor of Lights. Because of the lack of snowfall last year, we were not able to use snow in the production, so this year we focused on the co-starring of snow and lights.

Masaharu Sato, Chairman, Society for Nurturing Nature and Community in Sanwa
One of the appeals of the festival was the “Feast of Snow and Lights. We were able to express that. I think it was a good result because we were able to express it in a natural way.

Meanwhile, about 3,000 candles were lit at the Maki Community Plaza in Maki Ward. One of the main attractions was a jumbo slide about 20 meters high.

Visitors.
“It was great, perfection was amazing, 120 percent.”

At 6:00 p.m., about 1,800 fireworks were launched, and the candles and the lights of the fireworks decorated the venue.

Osamu Igarashi, President, NPO Maki Shinkokai
The venue was made magnificent by the cooperation of so many people. This is one of the unifying forces of Maki Ward. However, there are some difficulties, such as the aging of the population and the lack of manpower, but we will continue to discuss these issues with everyone.