9th ANNUAL NAGANO TOUMYOU FESTIVAL
ZENKOJI DREAM NIGHTLIGHT
LIGHTS IN THE 5 OLYMPIC AND BUDDHIST COLORS

The Toumyou Festival is held every year to commemorate the Winter Olympic Games in Nagano prefecture, central Japan, hosted in 1998, and to pass on to the future generations the Olympic spirit of praying for peace. In this event, the message for peace is conveyed through lights with the aim of reaching out to the world.
The United Nations declared the year 2011 the International Year of Forests to increase public awareness and strengthen the conservation and sustainable development of forests, a precious asset to all mankind. Nagano is a region surrounded by mountains, including the scenic Japan Alps, while the people of Nagano have for centuries lived in close harmony with their surrounding natural environment with due respect for the distinct four seasons. There cannot be too many places in Japan more suitable than Nagano for promoting the campaign launched by the world body.
Consequently, Japan and Germany celebrate the 150th anniversary of friendship between the two nations this year. Germany is a country known for its vast forests, including the renowned Schwarzwald (Black Forest).
The Toumyou Festival seizes this commemorative year to collaborate with the German Embassy in Japan to jointly deliver calls for forest protection and to further foster bilateral ties from Zenko-ji Temple in Nagano City, when the venue is lit with five colored “lights of peace”.

Dates & Time:

February 5 (Sat) - 13 (Sun) 18:00-21:00

Place:

Zenkoji Temple, Nagano

Information:

Executive Committee of Nagano Toumyou Festival

Tel:

026-259-1005

Official Site:

http://www.nagano-toumyou.com/