Wa-no-akari at Hyakudan Kaidan 2023
Artistic lighting in Japanese style*

1 July – 24 September 2023
Hotel Gajoen Tokyo

*The post title, not the official translation

Wa-no-akari: The 2023 theme is “hyakkiyako”

“Hyakkiyako” or “hyakki yagyo” means that innumerous goblins, ghosts and ghouls alike roam at large under the veil of darkness. The expression and also refers to such a night.

Steaming summer days in Japan are the time when people welcome eerie beings from the other world into this world, in order to feel a bit of chill.

We visited this extraordinary show to give you some views.