# LED Landscape Scenery Japan's Winter Light Festival Recreates Scenery One Rarely Gets to See By Elise Ying-Hei Ho | Published 2012-11-11 | World Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/winter-light-festival References: [boredpanda](http://www.boredpanda.com/led-light-tunnel-japan/) & [nagashima-onsen.co.jp](http://nagashima-onsen.co.jp/) Never have we been closer to the sunrise, stars or rainbows until the Winter Light Festival in Japan. Japan has devoted an entire botanical garden into creating a [tunnel of lights](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/shapes-of-light) depicting seductive scenery that one rarely gets to see up close. Popular sites include the snowy plains of Mount Fuji, the rising sun from the mountaintop, tunnels of snowflakes and the [Northern Lights](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/evening-sky). The festival just opened this week and will remain open until the end of March 2013. For those interested, the festival takes place in the Nabana no Sato garden, which is located on Nagashima Island. Using over [seven million LEDs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/all-lit-up), each bulb inserted into botanical-inspired shades, the Winter Light Festival is definitely a memorable local and tourist attraction. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 6.4/10 - Popularity: 89% | Activity: 94% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [World](https://www.trendhunter.com/world) > [Travel](https://www.trendhunter.com/travel) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **LED Landscape Scenery:** There is a trend for using LED lights to create unique and attractive landscape scenery. - **Botanical-inspired Lighting:** The use of botanical-inspired shades for LED lights is becoming popular for enhancing landscape scenery. - **Seasonal Light Festivals:** There is a trend for creating seasonal light festivals that attract both locals and tourists to botanical gardens. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Tourism:** Botanical gardens and tourist attractions can benefit from creating unique and attractive landscape scenery using LED lights. - **Event Planning:** Event planners can incorporate botanical-inspired LED lighting to enhance the ambiance of seasonal festivals and attract more visitors. - **LED Lighting Manufacturing:** Manufacturers can develop specialized LED bulbs and botanical-inspired shades to cater to the growing demand for creating unique landscape scenery. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Immersive Light Festivals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lektrik-festival-of-lights.md) - [Virtual Sakura Exhibitions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/teamlab-forest.md) - [Light Garden Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/imaginarium360.md) - [Light-Based Walking Experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/illumination-tree-lights.md) - [Orb Lighting Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mangrove-island.md) - [Thematic Outdoor Lights Experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tim-burton-light-trail.md) - [Winter Light Art Experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nordic-lights.md) - [Thematic Large-Scale Light Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spooky-at-illumi.md) - [Immersive Light Show Experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/llumi.md)