Arashiyama winter lights
December 14th 2021.
At the beginning of winter 2021, Arashiyama made a final light show on its famous bridge and surrounded mountains. They have done this for the past 20 years to attract people and tourists but now as it is very well known the light show is no more needed. So we went to see the last one... both sides of the river was packed with people when the night came. All eager to look at the scenery. It was cold to stay next to the river so after a while we crossed the bridge to go on the other side and see what was happening there... and we saw many lights on the ground, all made by visitors who stop to draw on a special piece of paper that will then be put to encircle a light There is a queue of people wanting to draw something... the lights all look very bright lying on the ground or hanging on the trees....
© PHOTOS BY JC DUMONT