PHOTO BY TARO FUJIMOTO

Enya plants 'illumination tree' at Tokyo Midtown

Thursday 27th November, 08:58 PM JST

By Taro Fujimoto

TOKYO —

Irish singer Enya, 47, on Thursday night appeared at an illumination tree-planting ceremony held at Tokyo Midtown in Roppongi.

Enya is scheduled to appear on NHK’s year-end music program “Red & White Singing Contest” (Kohaku uta gassen) on Dec 31 as a special guest for a “Save The Earth” event. During the ceremony, Enya said, “Please look forward to my performance on the program.”

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borscht at 09:01 PM JST - 27th November

Is an 'illumination' tree the same as a fir tree? If so, shouldn't we read that Enya planted a tree that was used in a Christmas decoration scheme? She's going to be on NHK Dec 31? Isn't Jero going to be on, too? Are they on the same color scheme?
koizumi at 09:28 PM JST - 27th November

For goodness sakes, it's a blooming Christmas tree.

Is illumination tree some kind of new PC thing here in Nippon?
rajakumar at 10:59 PM JST - 27th November

Enya to perform on Dec 31,2008 at "save the earth" 2008 event. Good news for Enya fans.
northlondon at 11:46 PM JST - 27th November

A pretty manky-looking tree compared to all the expensive glitter on show at Midtown. C-List celeb anyone ?
Skywards at 03:09 AM JST - 28th November

Illumination=tree lighting. The tree itself is special only because of its planting at the ceremony of turning on the lights. But hey, Enya will be on the Red & White show? Perhaps NHK will invite more international musicians for future show to mix with the Japanese ones? 21st-century, you have arrived in J-music.
zaichik at 06:22 AM JST - 28th November

Enya is scheduled to appear on NHK’s year-end music program “Red & White Singing Contest” (Kohaku uta gassen) on Dec 31 as a special guest for a “Save The Earth” event.

My ex-husband will be a happy bunny....
ultradodgy at 09:18 AM JST - 28th November

Where's Enya?

All I see is an extra from Lord of the Rings.
Altria at 11:46 AM JST - 28th November

They just can't get enough of Enya here.