HANA・BIYORI, the innovative flower park operated by Yomiuriland Corporation, announces an upgraded version of its "HANAakari - HANA・BIYORI × Bamboo Lanterns" event, launching on October 23, 2025.
"HANAakari" is a Japanese-style illumination event where the entire park is enveloped in soft light through bamboo lantern objects and elegantly illuminated trees, flowers, and cultural properties. This year introduces several new spots including "Touka Tairin" (Grand Illuminated Bloom) and "Waakari no Yagura" (Japanese Light Tower). The upgraded version is once again created by CHIKAKEN, a bamboo lantern production group aiming for coexistence with nature.
Visitors can enjoy this Japanese-style illumination, which offers a different atmosphere from the vibrant illuminations at the neighboring Yomiuriland amusement park.
Event Period: October 23, 2025 (Thu) onwards
Hours: 4:00 PM - 8:30 PM
※For detailed operating hours, please check the official website (https://www.yomiuriland.com/hanabiyori)
Admission: Adults (Junior high school and above): ¥800 / Elementary school students: ¥500 / Preschool children: Free
※Discounted rates available for Yomiuriland amusement park visitors. Please check the official website for details.
New Spots Introduction
Touka Tairin (Grand Illuminated Bloom)
A decorative installation resembling a grand bloom appears at the entrance of the connecting path between HANA・BIYORI and the amusement park. This mystical light entrance combines multiple bamboo objects.
Waakari no Yagura (Japanese Light Tower)
A tower-style object is installed in front of the entrance to "Hanakei no Yu," the hot spring facility within HANA・BIYORI. A lantern with the logo decorates the center, creating an impressive design during the day and welcoming visitors with warm light at night.
Bamboo Ball Wind Spinner
This decoration incorporates flower-shaped pinwheels inside bamboo balls. Visitors can enjoy the gently rotating pinwheels catching the wind and the shimmering light display at night.
Light Flower Garden
Flower-motif decorations line the connecting path between HANA・BIYORI and the amusement park, creating a scene of beautiful flowers blooming in the garden.
HANAakari Venue Map
About CHIKAKEN - Bamboo Lantern Production Team
～A bamboo lantern production group spreading bamboo lanterns as a new Japanese culture and aiming for coexistence with nature～
A unit centered around Chikao Ikeda and Kenji Mishiro, who met at Sojo University in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Based on the "Festival-Style Community Development" advocated by their mentor Professor Keiichi Uchimaru, they established "CHIKAKEN," a bamboo lantern production and production group, in April 2007. Based in Kumamoto, they continue to light bamboo lanterns across Japan, creating unique "landscapes" and "stories" for each location.
They aim for bamboo lanterns that connect "people to people, people to towns, and people to nature" to be inherited as a new Japanese "culture" rather than being consumed as a one-time "business." In addition to festivals created in collaboration with local communities nationwide, they develop bamboo lantern productions as a new Japanese aesthetic. They exhibited bamboo lanterns as a new Japanese culture at the G7 Ise-Shima Summit (May 2016) spouse program dinner venue and the G7 Hiroshima Summit (May 2023) government public relations exhibition area.
Adjacent Amusement Park "Yomiuriland" Hosts "Yomiuriland Jewellumination"
"Yomiuriland Jewellumination," which started in 2010, is an unparalleled spot where visitors can enjoy jewel-colored illuminations unique to this location and Tokyo's spectacular night view simultaneously. This year's event is also produced by world-renowned lighting designer Motoko Ishii. This season features the sub-theme "LIGHT HOP⤴," expressing fun and vibrancy through light, creating a space that makes visitors want to return again and again.
Event Dates: October 23, 2025 (Thu) - April 5, 2026 (Sun) - Total 149 days ※Excluding closed days
■March 2, 2026 (Mon) - March 13, 2026 (Fri) weekdays: Daytime amusement park operation only
※For detailed operating hours, please check the official website (https://www.yomiuriland.com/jewellumination/)
※Discounted rates available for HANA・BIYORI visitors
☆Yomiuriland + HANA・BIYORI Night Set Ticket Available for Limited Time!
A special set ticket allowing admission to both facilities is available through the "Yomiran CLUB" shared membership system for Yomiuriland, as well as ticket sales windows at both Yomiuriland and HANA・BIYORI. Visitors can enjoy both "Yomiuriland Jewellumination" and "HANAakari - HANA・BIYORI × Bamboo Lanterns" simultaneously.
Yomiran CLUB registration (free) available here → https://land-member.yomiuriland.com/login/sign_up
