When do the Kirari Deck lights at Mizonokuchi Station start?: Friday, Nov 6 to Sunday, Jan 31: KADOKAWA DREAMS at the lighting ceremony

Daily 4 p.m.–midnight, Nov 6 to Jan 31

The 27th Mizonokuchi Station Kirari Deck Illumination runs for 87 days, from Friday, Nov 6, 2026, to Sunday, Jan 31, 2027. The lights are on every day from 4 p.m. to midnight. Only on Thursday, Dec 31, they stay on until 5 a.m. on New Year's Day.

300,000 bulbs light up Kirari Deck

More than 300,000 bulbs decorate the Kirari Deck, the pedestrian deck in front of Mizonokuchi Station, along with the plants, trees and street lights around the bus terminal under the deck and the monument at the Entō Bunsui (cylindrical water divider) plaza.

This year's theme is "JOY! NOKUCHI DRIPPING FLOWER." Flowers are the main motif, with moving light that looks like drops falling from the flowers. The electricity is 100% renewable. The lights also stand for "Decarbonization Action Mizonokuchi," the area's effort to cut carbon emissions.

Gates, street lights and walls on nearby Pole Pole Street and at NOCTY are lit during the same period.

Lighting ceremony Nov 6 from 4:40 p.m.

The lighting ceremony starts at 4:40 p.m. on Friday, Nov 6, 2026, in the north-south free passage at Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station. After greetings from the organizers, the lights are switched on.

KADOKAWA DREAMS, a team in the professional dance league D.LEAGUE, then gives a dance performance. The Nishi-Takatsu Junior High School brass band also plays.

Run by a local committee

The Mizonokuchi Station Kirari Deck Illumination Executive Committee. Its members are the Takatsu Tourism Association, the Takatsu district federation of neighborhood associations, the Takatsu Ward Cultural Association, the Takatsu Ward shopping street federation, the Mizonokuchi Station shopping street promotion association, the NOCTY merchants' association, the Mizonokuchi Station neighborhood association, Mizonokuchi No. 5 neighborhood association, and Mizonokuchi Shintoshi Co., Ltd.

Between JR Musashi-Mizonokuchi and Tokyu Mizonokuchi

The Kirari Deck is on the pedestrian deck linking JR Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station and Tokyu Mizonokuchi Station. You can also check the location with the map button at the top of this article.

Contacts

The committee's office is run by the Regional Promotion Section, Town Development Department, Takatsu Ward Office (tel. 044-861-3140), and the NOCTY merchants' association office (tel. 044-814-7777).