【 Kagawa 】Reoma Resort's Grand Winter Lights, and its 3 Best Photo Locations

An Efficient Tour around Reoma Light World

The Reoma Light World Illuminations are held at Marugame, Kagawa’s Reoma Resort. Once you walk into this huge-scale illumination, you are bathed in a world of light from 2.5 million light bulbs! This event won The National Illumination Award 5 years consecutively, as judged by Night View Appraisers all over Japan, and certified as Japan Night View Heritage in 2018.

The whole theme park is dazzling with illumination!

I, your reporter, live in Kagawa, and actually visited Reoma Resort. I will provide you with valuable information on how to enjoy this vast illumination event fully and efficiently with some tips and recommended routes. I’ve found some must-see photogenic spots in Reoma Light World!

■5 Spots or events featured in this article
1. Illumination lightening ceremony
2. Fantastic Parade
3. Legend Palace
4. Miraculous Aurora Show
5. Wishing－A Sacred Wish－

Reoma Light World offers fantastic events, including fascinating light shows of great detail, and projection mapped performances. The schedule of each show and event differs depending on the season and date, so visiting their official HP before visiting is recommended.

【Reoma Light World: Schedule for Each Event】※Illumination will be provided everyday
＊Reoma Winter Illumination：〜March 1, 2020(Sunday)
＊Fantastic Parade：Saturday/Sunday/holiday, 〜February 29, 2020 (Saturday)
＊Legend Palace：Daily
＊Miraculous Aurora Show：Everyday, 〜March 1, 2020 (Sunday)
＊Wishing－A Sacred Wish－：Saturday/Sunday/holiday〜March, 1, 2020(Sunday)

1.  Illumination lightening ceremony（Location: Bird Land）

Tree is lightened synchronized with music

Location：In front of Gokko Town in Bird Land
Time：5:15pm, daily（Until March 1, 2020）

The 23m illumination tree, the highest tree of its kind in Chugoku Shikoku, is situated at the square in Bird Land.At around 5:15pm, when the sky turns to dusk, the tree will be lighted and  synchronized with fantastical music, and all 2.5 million light bulbs in the park will at once!
 
After viewing the illumination lighting ceremony, let’s head to Magical Street to see the Fantastic Parade. Before the Parade starts at 6pm, we have time to enjoy some of the park’s attractions!

Rainbow Bandit has been popular since the opening of the Park

Rainbow Bandit is very close to the Parade main stage, and has been everyone’s favorite attraction since the opening of the Park. I guarantee that you will be uplifted by lovable characters!

2.Fantastic Parade（Location: Magical Street）

Enjoyable Parade, where the characters gather

Location：Magical Street
Time：1pm/6pm (For 25 minutes), Saturday/Sunday/holiday, 〜February 29, 2020(Saturday)

At 6pm, let’s move to Magical Street for the Parade. In this Fantastic Parade, the Park characters show up in vehicles inspired by rainbows and books. The Dance performance by the prince and princess is adorable, and you can not help but be uplifted once you see this Parade!

Dance Performance in front of Jungle Stage

For the best viewing spot, get to the front of the Jungle Stage to see characters and dancers in an inspiring  performance. The guests can join in too!

【Perfect photo spots within the Park】

Before moving onto the next spot, I want to show you some photoshoot locations. There are many illumination spots for taking memorable, fantastic photos in Reoma Resort!

Recommended Photo Spot① Boat Pier of Lakeboard Dixie Queen

Photo spot: Beautiful reflection of light on the lake

In front of the boat pier is one of the best photo locations! By riding a boat, you can enjoy scenery from the lake too. At this spot, you can see an illuminated bridge, a big ferris wheel and the “Bird Flyer” ride all at the same time! The best shooting moment is when Bird Flyer goes high up in the sky.

Recommended Photo Spot② Water Stage

You can view 3 attractions all at the same time

There’s a secret spot for great photos that’s not even posted in the Park pamphlet! Here, you can take a great shot of the train, the Kindergarten Railroad, crossing the bridge. I highly recommend you also board this train, because the train itself will be illuminated as it runs through the Woods of Light!

Recommended Photo Spot ③ Twinkle Harmoney

9 Patterns of lighting

I strolled around the Park, and returned to Gokko Town where the big illuminated tree is Here, You will find the bell, Twinkle Harmony, which is highly recommended for couples. By ringing this bell with your loved one, you can create lighting patterns and sparkles around the bell. in one of 9 patterns of lighting. If you get the light pattern that concentrates around the bell, rumor says your wishes will come true!

What’s in the Oriental Trip area?

After leaving the attractions, I visited the Oriental Trip area, where I found replicas of Angkor Dynasty temples and Middle-Eastern mosques. 

These exotic buildings become even more beautiful when they are illuminated at night.
It’s a 15-minute walk from the Park entrance, to Oriental Trip.  If there are small children in your travel group or you don’t have enough time for the walk, it may be a good idea to keep this place in mind for next time.

The Light Tunnel is the longest escalator in Japan! It takes 3 minutes and 14 seconds from the start to finish!

The accessway to Oriental Trip is the longest escalator in Japan, also called the Magic Straw. It’s a whole 3-minute ride to the exotic Oriental Trip area, so sit back and enjoy the ride.
*Note: To enter into the Oriental Trip, you will require a ticket, known as “Wide”.

Illuminated Oriental Trip
The picture on the right shows Prasat Hin Arun, a replica of a temple from the Angkor Dynasty, and the picture on the left shows a replica of Taschichho Dzong, a monastery from the Bhutan Dynasty. Viewing these architectures when lit up at night is a much more exotic experience than during the day!

3. Legend Palace（Location：Oriental Trip）

Exotic Visual Beauty Projected on the Wall of Mosque

Location：Mosque in Oriental Trip
Time：6:30～8:30pm, daily（Duration: 6 mintues /30 minutes interval ※Show starts at 7pm/7:30pm/8pm only on March 1, 2020）

One of the best features in Oriental Trip is the 3D projection mapping, Legend Palace, where you will be surrounded by 360 degrees of light! This technology is introduced for the first time in western Japan. The best spot for shooting pictures is the right back side of the temple. This way, you can capture 2 lightened architectures in your background.

4. Miraculous Aurora Show（Location : Magical Street）

Fantastical Aurora Show

Location：In front of  LOVE Ring, Magical Street
Time：7pm, daily, until March 1, 2020（Duration : 10 minutes）

After fully enjoying the projection mapping at Legend Palace and the exotic scenery of Oriental Trip, I returned to Magical Street where I enjoyed the Parade earlier. Here, you can view the Miraculous Aurora Show, which is a dazzling aurora projected into the night sky.

The aurora in the sky and its reflection in the water are wondrous sights that immerse you into the park’s fantasy world.

5. Wishing－A Sacred Wish－（Location：Bird Land）

Brand-new Entertainment Showー「Wishing－A Sacred Wish－」（Photo by Reoma Resort）

Location：In front of Gokko Town in Bird Land
Time：8pm Saturday/Sunday/holiday, 〜March 1, 2020 (Sunday), Duration:15 minutes 

The perfect finale will be a spectacular entertainment show, ‘Wishing-a Sacred Wish-‘ which includes 3D projection mapping, illuminations, a dance show, and fireworks! This is their brand-new entertainment show introduced this winter. The outstanding part of this show is not only the projected images, but the engaging story that unfolds. I promise you that adults will be fascinated just as much as the children!

Heart-warming Winter Story（Photo by Reoma Resort）

In this show, the winter character of Reoma Resort, Yukky will be featured. This seasonal event exclusively held until March 1st, 2020 is a must-see!

 * The program may change without prior notice

Unfortunately, I ran out of time and couldn’t try the ferris wheel on this day, but I did get to see its illuminations! Please note that the waiting line could take more than 1 hour, so be prepared if you would like to include the ferris wheel in your plans.

Illumination, created with a wish to make visitors truly happy!

To the local people of Kagawa, including myself, Reoma Resort is a community-based theme park that we visited for our school field trips, and take our own kids to as adults. It’s a very well-loved theme park to the locals.

The Reoma Resort is the 5th largest theme park in Japan, that fully utilizes its land to create an enjoyable experience for all visitors.
I felt the passionate drive of the staff members to make visitors happy.
If you plan a trip to Kagawa in winter, illumination of Reoma Resort is a must-see, without any doubt!