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PHOTO BY TARO FUJIMOTO

Friday 14th November, 06:27 AM JST

Tokyo Midtown in Roppongi is a sea of lights after the Christmas illumination ceremony on Thursday night. About 700,000 LEDs will illuminate the area from 4 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. through Dec 25.　For more photos, visit JapanToday.Gallery

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SushiSake3 at 09:17 AM JST - 14th November

That's beautiful and a great shot.
nisegaijin at 09:27 AM JST - 14th November

That's very nice. Time to take my DSLR for a walkabout.
Altria at 09:27 AM JST - 14th November

Looks like the same display as last year.
mojibake at 10:04 AM JST - 14th November

Great, more flickery LED christmas lights. Am I the only one who finds the rapid pulsing harsh on the eyes compared to the smooth glow of the old-fashioned kind?
Proffessor at 10:05 AM JST - 14th November

It's the same every year, Altria. Nothing new.
jerseyboy at 10:05 AM JST - 14th November

As all the ads here say: "Happy Merry Christmas" everyone.
ichinensei at 10:20 AM JST - 14th November

Tokyo is more Chrismassy than Toronto.. sad...
fatloser at 11:25 AM JST - 14th November

More wasted energy and pollution. There is nothing beautiful about destroying the planet! When will people realize that this leaves a carbon footprint. Yes, CO2 makes those pretty light shine. WAKE UP to the damage humans are doing to the earth!!!!!!!!!!! They are not pretty!! They are deadly!!!!!!!!!!
adm_kenshin at 03:19 PM JST - 14th November

fatloser: LEDs are more energy-efficient than light bulbs, so the footprint is smaller than you think. Besides, the Japanese have deserved their christmas lights for taking the train instead of the car.
Helter_Skelter at 03:22 PM JST - 14th November

of course there wiil be someone writing about global warming.

When you're right, you're right.
meanmutha at 03:26 PM JST - 14th November

their obsessed.
tclh at 07:14 PM JST - 14th November

Looking at this awsome photo ,I for a while think that credit crunch ,recession, financial meltdown..etc is just a joke.It is such a positive picture.
marsnairb at 08:54 PM JST - 14th November

do you global people know that its just Al Gore and his evil weather machine. so fatloser you and your people sit back enjoy the lights they are beautiful.
Sarge at 11:12 PM JST - 14th November

Good as this photo is, it doesn't do justice to this fantastic light display. Have to see it to believe it.
gyouza at 07:31 AM JST - 15th November

Dear fatloser - adm_kenshin is right. LED's are highly efficient at producing the spots of ligh you see. Compared to incandescent lights (which are very rare in Japan - and lose 98% of their energy in heat), they hardly register on the energy scale. 700,000 LEDs would of course have some impact on the environment, but it isn't as outragous as you might be suggesting.