Tanabata Sky Lantern Festival (Saitama)
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Tanabata Sky Lantern Festival (Saitama)

Saitama City, Saitama

Venue: Daimon-kamiike Retarding Basin Plaza (next to Saitama Stadium 2002 Park)

Jul 17 – Jul 23, 2026

The Tanabata Sky Lantern Festival is a large night event expressing Tanabata's motif of sending wishes to the stars through LED sky lanterns. In 2026 the Saitama venue runs July 17-23 at the Daimon-kamiike Retarding Basin Plaza beside Saitama Stadium 2002 Park. Visitors write wishes on lanterns in place of paper strips, and from 17:00 to 21:00 countless glowing lanterns rise into the summer night sky in a dreamlike scene. Using safe flameless LEDs, it is produced by the company that first commercialized LED sky lanterns. Its photogenic light displays have made it a popular new-style Tanabata event for families and couples.
Countless LED sky lanterns floating in the night sky
Access

About 20 min walk from Urawa-Misono Station (Saitama Railway)

Hours

17:00–21:00

Admission

Paid (advance ticket required)

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