光と火の祭り — 世界の月ごとのガイド
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1月の光と火の祭り
- パルマ・デ・マヨルカ 🇪🇸 スペインSant Sebastia · 1月17日〜21日Palma's patron saint, and the one night the city is entirely its own: bonfires in half a dozen squares on 19 January, people grilling sausages over them, free stages until the small hours.79
- ヤズド 🇮🇷 イランSadeh fire festival · 1月28日〜2月2日The Zoroastrian midwinter fire festival, lit at dusk outside the city at the end of January.74
- ホイアン 🇻🇳 ベトナムFull moon lantern night · 1月1日〜12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.70
- レッチェ 🇮🇹 イタリアFocara di Novoli · 1月14日〜18日A twenty-metre cone of vine cuttings is stacked all winter at Novoli, twenty minutes north, and burnt on the eve of Sant'Antonio Abate.69
- 神戸市 🇯🇵 日本Kobe Luminarie · 1月25日〜2月10日(例年)The light memorial for the 1995 earthquake, which moved out of December in recent years and now runs for about ten nights at the turn of January into February across Meriken Park and the old settlement.69
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日〜5月31日(例年)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.68
- 奈良市 🇯🇵 日本Wakakusa Yamayaki · 1月20日〜28日(例年)The grass on Wakakusa hill is set alight on the fourth Saturday of January, fireworks first.67
- 釜山広域市 🇰🇷 大韓民国Haeundae Light Festival · 11月29日〜1月18日(例年)Haeundae Beach and the seafront square light up with large-scale sculptures and media art each winter, organised by the district office and free to walk through from 6 to 11pm.66
- ナパ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Napa Lighted Art Festival · 1月10日〜2月20日(例年)Five weeks of free light installations along a walking route through downtown Napa and the riverfront, with building projections in the first week or so.64
- ローリー 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国NC Chinese Lantern Festival · 11月15日〜1月12日(例年)Giant illuminated lantern scenes fill Koka Booth Amphitheatre in neighbouring Cary each evening for about eight weeks, with nightly cultural performances.62
- ドゥシャンベ 🇹🇯 タジキスタンSada fire festival · 1月30日The ancient Tajik festival of fire, made an official national celebration, is marked in Dushanbe with bonfires, music and folk shows on 30 January.61
- リッチモンド 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国GardenFest of Lights · 11月15日〜1月5日(例年)Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is strung with around a million lights from mid-November into the first days of January.59
- 仙台市 🇯🇵 日本Donto-sai · 1月14日New Year decorations are burned at Osaki Hachimangu on 14 January and a procession of men walks to it through the cold in loincloths, carrying bells.57
- 松本市 🇯🇵 日本Castle projection mapping · 12月10日〜2月20日(例年)From mid-December to mid-February the castle keep is lit with projection mapping every evening, a short looping show that has become the town's winter night-out.57
- 日光市 🇯🇵 日本Yunishigawa Kamakura Festival · 1月25日〜3月2日(例年)Hundreds of small snow huts lit by candles along the riverbed at Yunishigawa Onsen, deep in the mountains of the city's northern district.55
- 富士河口湖町 🇯🇵 日本Kawaguchiko Winter Fireworks · 1月24日〜2月23日(例年)Free weekend fireworks over the lake from three launch points, the winter counterpart to the August festival, set against a snow-capped Fuji.55
- アムステルダム 🇳🇱 オランダAmsterdam Light Festival · 11月26日〜1月17日Light installations along the canals through the darkest eight weeks of the year, free to walk and ticketed by boat.48
- 札幌市 🇯🇵 日本Sapporo White Illumination · 11月20日〜3月14日Odori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.40
- オタワ 🇨🇦 カナダWinter Lights Across Canada · 12月5日〜1月8日(例年)Confederation Boulevard is strung with lights from early December to early January, and a free sound-and-light show is projected onto the Parliament buildings most evenings.32
- 野沢温泉スキー場 🇯🇵 日本Dosojin Fire Festival · 1月15日Men of twenty-five and forty-two defend a wooden shrine on the night of 15 January while the rest of the village attacks it with burning torches.30
2月の光と火の祭り
- 台南市 🇹🇼 中華民国Yanshui Beehive Fireworks · 2月5日〜3月10日(例年)Racks of bottle rockets fired horizontally into the crowd at Yanshui on Lantern Festival night.91
- キャンベラ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアEnlighten Festival · 2月25日〜3月10日(例年)For ten nights the national institutions are projected onto and open late, so the buildings people normally drive past become the reason to be out.89
- ヤズド 🇮🇷 イランSadeh fire festival · 1月28日〜2月2日The Zoroastrian midwinter fire festival, lit at dusk outside the city at the end of January.81
- 台北市 🇹🇼 中華民国Lantern Festival · 2月15日〜3月15日(例年)The city runs its own lantern displays for a fortnight after Lunar New Year, and Pingxi up the branch line releases sky lanterns on two announced nights.79
- ホイアン 🇻🇳 ベトナムFull moon lantern night · 1月1日〜12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.77
- ナパ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Napa Lighted Art Festival · 1月10日〜2月20日(例年)Five weeks of free light installations along a walking route through downtown Napa and the riverfront, with building projections in the first week or so.73
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日〜5月31日(例年)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.70
- 神戸市 🇯🇵 日本Kobe Luminarie · 1月25日〜2月10日(例年)The light memorial for the 1995 earthquake, which moved out of December in recent years and now runs for about ten nights at the turn of January into February across Meriken Park and the old settlement.70
- 奈良市 🇯🇵 日本Nara Rurie winter illumination · 2月5日〜16日(例年)For a week in mid-February, blue light links Todaiji, Kasuga Taisha and Kofukuji through Nara Park, with evening temple openings and food stalls; it is the park's one busy night-time event of winter.69
- 松本市 🇯🇵 日本Castle projection mapping · 12月10日〜2月20日(例年)From mid-December to mid-February the castle keep is lit with projection mapping every evening, a short looping show that has become the town's winter night-out.62
- ブリストル 🇬🇧 イギリスBristol Light Festival · 2月15日〜3月1日(例年)Ten nights of light installations around the harbour and the old centre in late February, free and walkable in an evening.62
- 日光市 🇯🇵 日本Yunishigawa Kamakura Festival · 1月25日〜3月2日(例年)Hundreds of small snow huts lit by candles along the riverbed at Yunishigawa Onsen, deep in the mountains of the city's northern district.60
- エレバン 🇦🇲 アルメニアTrndez, the fire holiday · 2月13日〜14日Bonfires in courtyards and churchyards on the evening of 13 February, with couples jumping the flames.59
- 富士河口湖町 🇯🇵 日本Kawaguchiko Winter Fireworks · 1月24日〜2月23日(例年)Free weekend fireworks over the lake from three launch points, the winter counterpart to the August festival, set against a snow-capped Fuji.58
- ポートランド 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Portland Winter Light Festival · 2月1日〜12日(例年)Ten nights of light installations along the waterfront and out in the industrial east side in early February.55
- ルクセンブルク 🇱🇺 ルクセンブルクLiichtmessdag · 2月2日On 2 February children walk the streets after dark with home-made lanterns and sing at doors for sweets.53
- ジルト島 🇩🇪 ドイツBiikebrennen · 2月21日Nine bonfires are lit across the island on the evening of 21 February to burn out the winter, followed by kale and pork in the village halls.52
- 札幌市 🇯🇵 日本Sapporo White Illumination · 11月20日〜3月14日Odori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.45
- メスティア 🇬🇪 ジョージアLamproba torch festival · 2月5日〜25日(例年)Svan villages cut birch torches and carry them to the family graves after dark, one for every man in the household.40
3月の光と火の祭り
- キャンベラ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアEnlighten Festival · 2月25日〜3月10日(例年)For ten nights the national institutions are projected onto and open late, so the buildings people normally drive past become the reason to be out.90
- バレンシア 🇪🇸 スペインLas Fallas · 3月1日〜19日A daytime gunpowder concert in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento every day from 1 March, then on the night of the 19th several hundred enormous sculptures are burned in the streets that built them.84
- 台北市 🇹🇼 中華民国Lantern Festival · 2月15日〜3月15日(例年)The city runs its own lantern displays for a fortnight after Lunar New Year, and Pingxi up the branch line releases sky lanterns on two announced nights.82
- 台南市 🇹🇼 中華民国Yanshui Beehive Fireworks · 2月5日〜3月10日(例年)Racks of bottle rockets fired horizontally into the crowd at Yanshui on Lantern Festival night.82
- テヘラン 🇮🇷 イランChaharshanbe Suri · 3月14日〜19日(例年)The fire festival on the last Tuesday evening before the new year: bonfires at every junction, fireworks that are technically illegal, and hospitals braced for it.81
- ホイアン 🇻🇳 ベトナムFull moon lantern night · 1月1日〜12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.75
- ザグレブ 🇭🇷 クロアチアFestival of Lights Zagreb · 3月15日〜25日(例年)Five evenings of free light installations and projections across the Upper and Lower Towns in March.74
- 奈良市 🇯🇵 日本Omizutori · 3月1日〜14日Burning cedar torches are run along the balcony of Todai-ji's Nigatsu-do every night for a fortnight, the 12th being the big one.74
- 済州市 🇰🇷 大韓民国Jeju Fire Festival · 3月1日〜15日(例年)A whole hillside at Saebyeol Oreum is set alight over a weekend to burn off the old grazing grass.73
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日〜5月31日(例年)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.73
- ブリストル 🇬🇧 イギリスBristol Light Festival · 2月15日〜3月1日(例年)Ten nights of light installations around the harbour and the old centre in late February, free and walkable in an evening.67
- ルクセンブルク 🇱🇺 ルクセンブルクBuergbrennen bonfires · 2月8日〜3月15日(例年)On the first Sunday of Lent every village and city quarter burns a wooden cross on a hill to see winter off.65
- 日光市 🇯🇵 日本Yunishigawa Kamakura Festival · 1月25日〜3月2日(例年)Hundreds of small snow huts lit by candles along the riverbed at Yunishigawa Onsen, deep in the mountains of the city's northern district.65
- 札幌市 🇯🇵 日本Sapporo White Illumination · 11月20日〜3月14日Odori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.57
4月の光と火の祭り
- バレッタ 🇲🇹 マルタMalta International Fireworks Festival · 4月14日〜5月1日(例年)Maltese fireworks clubs and foreign teams compete over the Grand Harbour on several nights in late April.93
- アリススプリングス 🇦🇺 オーストラリアParrtjima festival of light · 4月5日〜20日(例年)Ten free nights of First Nations light work thrown across two kilometres of the MacDonnell Ranges at the Desert Park, with talks and music underneath it.89
- ソウル特別市 🇰🇷 大韓民国Lotus Lantern Festival · 4月25日〜5月25日(例年)Lanterns hang through the temple courtyards for weeks and a parade fills Jongno on the weekend before Buddha's Birthday, which is usually in May.85
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日〜5月31日(例年)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.81
- プラハ 🇨🇿 チェコBurning of the Witches · 4月30日Bonfires go up on Petrin, Ladronka and the hills around the city on the night of 30 April to see winter off.79
- チューリッヒ 🇨🇭 スイスSechselauten · 4月12日〜22日(例年)The guilds parade on the third Monday of April and burn a snowman on a bonfire; how fast his head explodes is taken as the summer forecast.78
- エディンバラ 🇬🇧 イギリスBeltane Fire Festival · 4月30日A ticketed fire procession up Calton Hill on the night of 30 April, run by volunteers and cold enough that most of the audience regrets what they wore.76
- ストックホルム 🇸🇪 スウェーデンValborg · 4月30日Bonfires and choirs on the evening of 30 April, at Skansen and along the water at Riddarfjarden.73
- ホイアン 🇻🇳 ベトナムFull moon lantern night · 1月1日〜12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.68
5月の光と火の祭り
- バレッタ 🇲🇹 マルタMalta International Fireworks Festival · 4月14日〜5月1日(例年)Maltese fireworks clubs and foreign teams compete over the Grand Harbour on several nights in late April.94
- ソウル特別市 🇰🇷 大韓民国Lotus Lantern Festival · 4月25日〜5月25日(例年)Lanterns hang through the temple courtyards for weeks and a parade fills Jongno on the weekend before Buddha's Birthday, which is usually in May.90
- 釜山広域市 🇰🇷 大韓民国Busan Lotus Lantern Festival · 5月1日〜17日(例年)Streets fill with handmade lotus lanterns and a parade in the run-up to Buddha's Birthday, a UNESCO-listed tradition with roots going back 1,200 years.88
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日〜5月31日(例年)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.85
- ブルノ 🇨🇿 チェコIgnis Brunensis fireworks · 5月25日〜7月10日(例年)The international fireworks competition is fired over the Brno dam on a handful of Wednesday and Saturday nights between late May and early July, with drone shows on some of them.85
- シドニー 🇦🇺 オーストラリアVivid Sydney · 5月22日〜6月14日(例年)Three weeks of projections and light walks around the harbour from the end of May, on the coldest evenings of the year, with the ferries and Circular Quay solid after six.83
- ホイアン 🇻🇳 ベトナムFull moon lantern night · 1月1日〜12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.62
- ダナン 🇻🇳 ベトナムDa Nang Fireworks Festival · 5月25日〜7月15日(例年)Six competition nights spread over about six weeks, with international teams firing over the Han River from a grandstand in the middle of town.61
- ヴィエンチャン 🇱🇦 ラオスBoun Bang Fai, the rocket festival · 5月1日〜6月15日(例年)Villages around the capital fire homemade bamboo rockets into the sky to ask for rain, with a good deal of drinking and mud on the ground beneath them.50
6月の光と火の祭り
- フンシャル 🇵🇹 ポルトガルAtlantic Festival · 6月1日〜30日(例年)Fireworks fired over the bay on the first three Saturdays of June as an international competition, set to music, watched from the seafront and from the boats moored off it.94
- コペンハーゲン 🇩🇰 デンマークSankt Hans Aften · 6月23日Bonfires on the beaches at Amager and Bellevue on the evening of 23 June, with a witch on top and a song everyone in the crowd knows by heart.92
- ブルノ 🇨🇿 チェコIgnis Brunensis fireworks · 5月25日〜7月10日(例年)The international fireworks competition is fired over the Brno dam on a handful of Wednesday and Saturday nights between late May and early July, with drone shows on some of them.92
- サンクトペテルブルク 🇷🇺 ロシアScarlet Sails · 6月18日〜30日(例年)The school-leavers' night in late June: a tall ship with red sails comes up the Neva and the city puts on its largest fireworks.90
- ハイデルベルク 🇩🇪 ドイツCastle illumination nights · 6月1日〜7月15日(例年)Red flares light the castle ruin and fireworks go off over the old bridge for about twenty minutes, on the first Saturday of June and again in July.89
- オーデンセ 🇩🇰 デンマークSankt Hans Aften · 6月23日Midsummer Eve on 23 June: bonfires are lit by beaches, lakes and in parks across the country, often with a witch figure on top, while people sing the midsummer song and picnic into the light evening.89
- オーフス 🇩🇰 デンマークSankt Hans Aften · 6月23日Midsummer Eve on 23 June: bonfires are lit by beaches, lakes and in parks across the country, often with a witch figure on top, while people sing the midsummer song and picnic into the light evening.88
- バルセロナ 🇪🇸 スペインSant Joan · 6月23日〜24日Bonfires, firecrackers and fireworks on the beach from dusk until dawn on the night of the 23rd, followed by a public holiday to sleep it off.87
- エルサレム 🇮🇱 イスラエルFestival of Light · 6月1日〜7月5日(例年)A week of projections and light installations along marked routes inside the Old City walls, free and running late.87
- イビサ島 🇪🇸 スペインNit de Sant Joan · 6月23日〜24日Bonfires on the beaches on midsummer night and people jumping the waves at midnight, which is the island's own festival rather than an imported one.87
- ピサ 🇮🇹 イタリアLuminara di San Ranieri · 6月16日〜17日On the night of 16 June the palazzi along both banks of the Arno are outlined in tens of thousands of candles and the street lights go off.87
- アリカンテ 🇪🇸 スペインHogueras de San Juan · 6月20日〜25日Ninety-odd sculptures go up in the streets on 20 June and burn on the night of the 24th, with daily mascleta bangs in Plaza de los Luceros.85
- デトロイト 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Ford Fireworks · 6月20日〜30日(例年)The river fireworks in late June are shared with Windsor across the water, and both riverfronts fill by mid-afternoon.84
- オーレスン 🇳🇴 ノルウェーSlinningsbalet midsummer bonfire · 6月19日〜25日(例年)Teenagers spend two months stacking pallets into a tower on the Slinningen point and light it on the Saturday nearest 23 June.84
- アンドラ・ラ・ベリャ 🇦🇩 アンドラSolstice fire festivals · 6月21日〜24日On midsummer night the parishes carry burning torches down off the mountainsides into the villages, a Pyrenean tradition UNESCO lists across the three countries that share it.77
- シドニー 🇦🇺 オーストラリアVivid Sydney · 5月22日〜6月14日(例年)Three weeks of projections and light walks around the harbour from the end of May, on the coldest evenings of the year, with the ferries and Circular Quay solid after six.77
- アデレード 🇦🇺 オーストラリアIlluminate Adelaide · 6月26日〜7月19日(例年)A winter light and culture festival across the CBD with more than a hundred events, light installations and immersive art running through most of July.74
- バケイラ=ベレット 🇪🇸 スペインHaro de Les solstice fire · 6月23日Down the valley at Les, a burning fir trunk is dropped in the square on midsummer night, one of the Pyrenean fire festivals UNESCO lists.70
- オラニエスタッド アルバDia di San Juan · 6月24日Midsummer bonfires and the Dera Gai dance in red and yellow, held out in the country districts rather than in town.69
- ダニーデン 🇳🇿 ニュージーランドMidwinter Carnival · 6月8日〜25日(例年)A lantern procession around the Octagon on the darkest weekend of the year, with the lanterns made in community workshops over the preceding months.66
- ホイアン 🇻🇳 ベトナムFull moon lantern night · 1月1日〜12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.52
- ダナン 🇻🇳 ベトナムDa Nang Fireworks Festival · 5月25日〜7月15日(例年)Six competition nights spread over about six weeks, with international teams firing over the Han River from a grandstand in the middle of town.51
- ヴィエンチャン 🇱🇦 ラオスBoun Bang Fai, the rocket festival · 5月1日〜6月15日(例年)Villages around the capital fire homemade bamboo rockets into the sky to ask for rain, with a good deal of drinking and mud on the ground beneath them.47
7月の光と火の祭り
- ケルン 🇩🇪 ドイツKoelner Lichter · 7月8日〜8月5日(例年)A boat convoy and a fireworks set piece over the Rhine on a Saturday evening in summer, watched from both banks.90
- ブルノ 🇨🇿 チェコIgnis Brunensis fireworks · 5月25日〜7月10日(例年)The international fireworks competition is fired over the Brno dam on a handful of Wednesday and Saturday nights between late May and early July, with drone shows on some of them.87
- ミンスク 🇧🇾 ベラルーシKupalle · 7月5日〜8日Midsummer night in the Belarusian calendar: bonfires, wreaths on the water and the fern-flower story, held at the open-air museums and villages outside the city rather than in it.86
- ハイデルベルク 🇩🇪 ドイツCastle illumination nights · 6月1日〜7月15日(例年)Red flares light the castle ruin and fireworks go off over the old bridge for about twenty minutes, on the first Saturday of June and again in July.85
- エルサレム 🇮🇱 イスラエルFestival of Light · 6月1日〜7月5日(例年)A week of projections and light installations along marked routes inside the Old City walls, free and running late.83
- サウス・レイク・タホ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Lights on the Lake fireworks · 7月3日〜5日Barge fireworks off the south shore on the fourth, watched from boats and from the beach at Nevada Beach.83
- カンヌ 🇫🇷 フランスFestival d'Art Pyrotechnique · 7月4日〜8月24日(例年)Six firework shows fired from a barge in the bay across July and August, one country a night, judged as a competition.83
- カルカソンヌ 🇫🇷 フランスEmbrasement de la Cite · 7月14日At half past ten on 14 July the lights go out and the ramparts appear to burn, for about twenty-five minutes.83
- モナコ 🇲🇨 モナコFireworks competition · 7月10日〜8月20日(例年)Several evenings across July and August when competing teams fire from a barge in Port Hercule and the whole waterfront and the Rock turn out for it.82
- ブレッド 🇸🇮 スロベニアBled Days · 7月18日〜31日(例年)A craft fair and free concerts round the lake on the fourth weekend of July, ending on the Saturday night when thousands of candle-lit eggshells are floated on the water before the fireworks.81
- ヴェネツィア 🇮🇹 イタリアFesta del Redentore · 7月14日〜21日(例年)A pontoon bridge to the Giudecca and forty-five minutes of fireworks over the basin on the third Saturday of July, watched from boats moored gunwale to gunwale.78
- ザダル 🇭🇷 クロアチアNight of the Full Moon · 7月15日〜8月15日(例年)For a few nights in high summer the waterfront switches off its lights and the quays are lit by candles and torches, with the boats along the Riva selling what the region grows and catches.78
- ボストン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Boston Pops on the Esplanade · 7月4日The Pops play the Hatch Shell on the Charles on the Fourth and the fireworks follow at dusk.76
- アデレード 🇦🇺 オーストラリアIlluminate Adelaide · 6月26日〜7月19日(例年)A winter light and culture festival across the CBD with more than a hundred events, light installations and immersive art running through most of July.76
- コロンバス 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Red, White and Boom · 7月1日〜5日(例年)The largest fireworks display in the Midwest, fired over the Scioto on the evening of the 3rd with a street festival along the Mile all day.71
- 大理市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国Torch Festival · 7月15日〜8月20日(例年)Bai and Yi villages around Erhai raise a pine torch in the square on the twenty-fourth of the sixth lunar month and carry smaller ones through the fields after dark.66
- 麗江市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国Naxi Torch Festival · 7月15日〜8月20日(例年)Pine torches outside every door on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth lunar month, usually late July or early August.63
- 東京都 🇯🇵 日本Sumida River fireworks · 7月20日〜31日(例年)Twenty thousand shells over the river at Asakusa on the last Saturday of July, watched by close to a million people.58
- ダナン 🇻🇳 ベトナムDa Nang Fireworks Festival · 5月25日〜7月15日(例年)Six competition nights spread over about six weeks, with international teams firing over the Han River from a grandstand in the middle of town.56
- ホイアン 🇻🇳 ベトナムFull moon lantern night · 1月1日〜12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.56
8月の光と火の祭り
- カルガリー 🇨🇦 カナダGlobalFest fireworks · 8月15日〜9月1日(例年)Four nights of competing international fireworks teams with food pavilions underneath, at the end of August.94
- ケルン 🇩🇪 ドイツKoelner Lichter · 7月8日〜8月5日(例年)A boat convoy and a fireworks set piece over the Rhine on a Saturday evening in summer, watched from both banks.89
- サンタフェ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Zozobra and Fiestas de Santa Fe · 8月28日〜9月14日(例年)A fifteen-metre marionette stuffed with the year's written-down troubles is burned in front of tens of thousands on the Friday before Labor Day, and the town's fiestas follow the week after.88
- ケベック・シティー 🇨🇦 カナダGrands Feux Loto-Quebec · 8月1日〜24日(例年)Free pyromusical shows fired from a barge on the St Lawrence between Quebec and Levis, spread across Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights through the month; the boardwalk spots fill early.87
- アヌシー 🇫🇷 フランスFete du lac · 8月1日(例年)The pyrotechnic show over the water on the first Saturday of August pulls a six-figure crowd into a small town.87
- サン・セバスティアン 🇪🇸 スペインAste Nagusia · 8月8日〜18日(例年)The week around 15 August, when an international fireworks competition is fired over the bay every night and judged by the crowd on the promenade.84
- カンヌ 🇫🇷 フランスFestival d'Art Pyrotechnique · 7月4日〜8月24日(例年)Six firework shows fired from a barge in the bay across July and August, one country a night, judged as a competition.82
- モナコ 🇲🇨 モナコFireworks competition · 7月10日〜8月20日(例年)Several evenings across July and August when competing teams fire from a barge in Port Hercule and the whole waterfront and the Rock turn out for it.80
- ブダペスト 🇭🇺 ハンガリーSt Stephen's Day · 8月20日The national holiday on 20 August ends with fireworks along the Danube, watched from both banks and from Gellert Hill.79
- シンシナティ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Riverfest fireworks · 8月30日〜9月8日(例年)On the Sunday of Labour Day weekend half a million people line both banks for a half-hour firework show fired off barges and the Purple People Bridge.79
- ザダル 🇭🇷 クロアチアNight of the Full Moon · 7月15日〜8月15日(例年)For a few nights in high summer the waterfront switches off its lights and the quays are lit by candles and torches, with the boats along the Riva selling what the region grows and catches.75
- コトル 🇲🇪 モンテネグロBoka Night · 8月12日〜28日(例年)Usually the third Saturday of August: decorated boats parade the length of the harbour under lanterns, a prize goes to the best, and it finishes with fireworks off the walls.74
- 麗江市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国Naxi Torch Festival · 7月15日〜8月20日(例年)Pine torches outside every door on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth lunar month, usually late July or early August.68
- 富士河口湖町 🇯🇵 日本Kawaguchiko Lake Festival Fireworks · 8月5日Around ten thousand fireworks over the lake with Mount Fuji behind them, the largest of the Fuji Five Lakes' summer displays and running since 1917.67
- アディスアベバ 🇪🇹 エチオピアBuhe, the Transfiguration · 8月18日〜19日On the eve of 19 August boys go door to door singing and cracking braided whips, and neighbourhoods light bonfires in the evening.63
- 大理市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国Torch Festival · 7月15日〜8月20日(例年)Bai and Yi villages around Erhai raise a pine torch in the square on the twenty-fourth of the sixth lunar month and carry smaller ones through the fields after dark.63
- 奈良市 🇯🇵 日本Kasuga Mantoro · 8月14日〜15日Three thousand lanterns lit along the stone approach and through the shrine on the two nights of Obon.60
- 長野市 🇯🇵 日本Lake Suwa fireworks · 8月15日On 15 August tens of thousands of fireworks go up over Lake Suwa, about an hour and a half south by train, watched by crowds in the hundreds of thousands.60
- 京都市 🇯🇵 日本Gozan no Okuribi · 8月16日Five giant characters are lit on the hills on the evening of 16 August to send the ancestors home.54
- 鹿児島市 🇯🇵 日本Kinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks · 8月1日〜31日(例年)One of Kyushu's largest displays, fired over the port with the volcano behind it on a late-summer Saturday.52
- ホイアン 🇻🇳 ベトナムFull moon lantern night · 1月1日〜12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.50
9月の光と火の祭り
- サンタフェ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Zozobra and Fiestas de Santa Fe · 8月28日〜9月14日(例年)A fifteen-metre marionette stuffed with the year's written-down troubles is burned in front of tens of thousands on the Friday before Labor Day, and the town's fiestas follow the week after.92
- ハイデルベルク 🇩🇪 ドイツSeptember castle illumination · 9月1日〜8日(例年)The third and last illumination of the year, on the first Saturday of September, with a beer garden and live music on the Nepomuk terrace at the end of the old bridge from late afternoon.91
- シンシナティ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Riverfest fireworks · 8月30日〜9月8日(例年)On the Sunday of Labour Day weekend half a million people line both banks for a half-hour firework show fired off barges and the Purple People Bridge.89
- サン・ミゲル・デ・アジェンデ 🇲🇽 メキシコAlborada · 9月26日〜10月1日(例年)For the feast of the town's patron the fireworks start at four in the morning over the Parroquia and go on until sunrise.89
- カルガリー 🇨🇦 カナダGlobalFest fireworks · 8月15日〜9月1日(例年)Four nights of competing international fireworks teams with food pavilions underneath, at the end of August.86
- ウッチ 🇵🇱 ポーランドLight Move Festival · 9月28日〜10月12日(例年)Projections and light installations thrown onto the palaces and tenements down Piotrkowska over one long autumn weekend, when it is dark early enough to work and not yet cold enough to hurt.81
- アディスアベバ 🇪🇹 エチオピアMeskel · 9月26日〜28日The demera bonfire is lit in Meskel Square on the eve of 27 September in front of a crowd that fills the whole bowl.67
- バハルダール 🇪🇹 エチオピアMeskel · 9月26日〜28日A demera bonfire is stacked and lit on the eve of 27 September, and the direction the pole falls is read for the year ahead.66
- 野沢温泉スキー場 🇯🇵 日本Toro Matsuri (Lantern Festival) · 9月8日〜9日The Yuzawa Shrine festival: on the night of 8 September lantern processions climb to the shrine for lion and court dances, and more than a thousand fireworks go up over the village.64
- シンガポール 🇸🇬 シンガポールMid-Autumn Festival · 9月1日〜10月5日(例年)Lanterns go up over Chinatown for weeks beforehand and the mooncake stalls take Smith Street; the street celebration itself lands on the weekend nearest the full moon, and it is shoulder to shoulder after dark.60
- 広州市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国Mid-Autumn Festival · 9月5日〜10月8日(例年)The Cantonese call it the Mooncake Festival and mean it: boxes stacked in every bakery for a fortnight, then lanterns in the parks on the night of the full moon.50
- 香港 🇭🇰 香港Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon · 9月5日〜10月10日(例年)Lanterns go up in Victoria Park and a straw dragon stuck with incense is carried through the lanes of Tai Hang for three nights.47
- マカオ 🇲🇴 マカオFireworks Display Contest · 9月1日〜10月10日(例年)Five nights spread over four weeks, two displays a night from a barge in front of Macau Tower, with teams competing.46
- 深圳市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国Mid-Autumn Festival · 9月15日〜10月5日(例年)A three-day holiday when families gather for mooncakes and reunion dinners; parks and waterfront promenades put on lantern displays and light shows, and domestic travel bookings surge around the long weekend.46
- ホイアン 🇻🇳 ベトナムFull moon lantern night · 1月1日〜12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.44
- ホーチミン市 🇻🇳 ベトナムMid-Autumn Festival · 9月5日〜10月5日(例年)Luong Nhu Hoc street in District 5 turns into a wall of paper lanterns for a fortnight beforehand, and mooncakes appear on every corner.43
10月の光と火の祭り
- サン・ミゲル・デ・アジェンデ 🇲🇽 メキシコAlborada · 9月26日〜10月1日(例年)For the feast of the town's patron the fireworks start at four in the morning over the Parroquia and go on until sunrise.94
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日〜5月31日(例年)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.82
- プラハ 🇨🇿 チェコSignal light festival · 10月12日〜20日(例年)Four evenings of projections and light installations walked as a route through the old town.73
- ライプツィヒ 🇩🇪 ドイツLichtfest · 10月8日〜10日On 9 October the ring road is lit with installations to mark the 1989 Monday demonstration that broke the regime's nerve without a shot.72
- ベルリン 🇩🇪 ドイツFestival of Lights · 10月3日〜15日(例年)Ten evenings in early October with projections on the Brandenburg Gate, the cathedral and the television tower.71
- ベルン 🇨🇭 スイスRendez-vous Bundesplatz · 10月15日〜11月25日(例年)A free projection show on the parliament building, three times a night for about five weeks.71
- 広州市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国Mid-Autumn Festival · 9月5日〜10月8日(例年)The Cantonese call it the Mooncake Festival and mean it: boxes stacked in every bakery for a fortnight, then lanterns in the parks on the night of the full moon.70
- ウィットビー 🇬🇧 イギリスWhitby Abbey Illuminated · 10月20日〜11月2日(例年)English Heritage floods the abbey ruin with coloured light on the dark evenings of half-term week.69
- リヴァプール 🇬🇧 イギリスRiver of Light · 10月22日〜11月2日(例年)A free trail of light installations along the waterfront for ten nights around the end of October, lit early because it is dark early.68
- ノーンキャウ 🇱🇦 ラオスAwk Phansa and river lights · 10月1日〜31日(例年)The end of Lent is celebrated with candles around the temples and small banana-trunk boats of flowers and candles floated down the Nam Ou at night; riverside towns hold their boat races around the same days.68
- ルアンパバーン郡 🇱🇦 ラオスAwk Phansa and Lai Heua Fai · 10月5日〜31日(例年)The end of the rains retreat, and the night Luang Prabang floats lit boats down the Mekong: the biggest thing in the local year after new year.67
- ウッチ 🇵🇱 ポーランドLight Move Festival · 9月28日〜10月12日(例年)Projections and light installations thrown onto the palaces and tenements down Piotrkowska over one long autumn weekend, when it is dark early enough to work and not yet cold enough to hurt.67
- 香港 🇭🇰 香港Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon · 9月5日〜10月10日(例年)Lanterns go up in Victoria Park and a straw dragon stuck with incense is carried through the lanes of Tai Hang for three nights.65
- 深圳市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国Mid-Autumn Festival · 9月15日〜10月5日(例年)A three-day holiday when families gather for mooncakes and reunion dinners; parks and waterfront promenades put on lantern displays and light shows, and domestic travel bookings surge around the long weekend.65
- シポー郡区 🇲🇲 ミャンマーThadingyut festival of lights · 10月1日〜31日(例年)The end of Lent is marked with oil lamps and paper lanterns on houses and pagodas for three nights, and it is a public holiday.64
- カロー 🇲🇲 ミャンマーTaunggyi fire balloon festival · 10月25日〜11月30日(例年)Shan State's capital, a couple of hours east, spends the week before the Tazaungmon full moon launching hot-air balloons, many strung with fireworks.64
- マカオ 🇲🇴 マカオFireworks Display Contest · 9月1日〜10月10日(例年)Five nights spread over four weeks, two displays a night from a barge in front of Macau Tower, with teams competing.63
- マンダレー 🇲🇲 ミャンマーThadingyut, festival of lights · 10月1日〜31日(例年)The end of the Buddhist lent: candles and lamps on every house and monastery for three days, and the start of the season when people travel again.63
- バガン 🇲🇲 ミャンマーThadingyut, festival of lights · 10月1日〜31日(例年)The end of Buddhist Lent, marked with candles and paper lanterns on pagoda platforms for three nights.60
- ヤンゴン 🇲🇲 ミャンマーThadingyut, festival of lights · 10月1日〜31日(例年)The end of Buddhist Lent, when candles and coloured lights go up on every house and pagoda platform for three nights and younger people pay respects to their elders.57
- モーラミャイン 🇲🇲 ミャンマーThadingyut festival of lights · 10月1日〜31日(例年)Candles and strings of bulbs on every house and monastery for the full moon that ends the Buddhist Lent, and a river town that is worth walking after dark for a change.56
- シンガポール 🇸🇬 シンガポールMid-Autumn Festival · 9月1日〜10月5日(例年)Lanterns go up over Chinatown for weeks beforehand and the mooncake stalls take Smith Street; the street celebration itself lands on the weekend nearest the full moon, and it is shoulder to shoulder after dark.52
- ビガン 🇵🇭 フィリピンRaniag Twilight Festival · 10月25日〜11月2日(例年)The town lights lanterns and stages a night festival around All Saints' and All Souls', which is also when Ilocano families come home to the cemeteries.50
- ホーチミン市 🇻🇳 ベトナムMid-Autumn Festival · 9月5日〜10月5日(例年)Luong Nhu Hoc street in District 5 turns into a wall of paper lanterns for a fortnight beforehand, and mooncakes appear on every corner.45
- ホイアン 🇻🇳 ベトナムFull moon lantern night · 1月1日〜12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.45
11月の光と火の祭り
- 広州市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国International Light Festival · 11月10日〜30日(例年)Eleven days of installations along the new axis at Huacheng Square and Haixinsha.86
- 釜山広域市 🇰🇷 大韓民国Busan Fireworks Festival · 11月1日〜10日(例年)An hour of fireworks over Gwangalli bridge on a Saturday in early November, watched by around a million people, with the beachfront closed to traffic.82
- カロー 🇲🇲 ミャンマーTaunggyi fire balloon festival · 10月25日〜11月30日(例年)Shan State's capital, a couple of hours east, spends the week before the Tazaungmon full moon launching hot-air balloons, many strung with fireworks.82
- インレー湖 🇲🇲 ミャンマーTaunggyi balloon festival · 11月1日〜25日(例年)On the Tazaungmon full moon the hill town up the road launches paper balloons loaded with fireworks, which go off overhead as often as they go up.81
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日〜5月31日(例年)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.80
- ローリー 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国NC Chinese Lantern Festival · 11月15日〜1月12日(例年)Giant illuminated lantern scenes fill Koka Booth Amphitheatre in neighbouring Cary each evening for about eight weeks, with nightly cultural performances.77
- チェンライ 🇹🇭 タイ王国Loi Krathong · 11月5日〜30日(例年)Floats onto the Kok river on the twelfth full moon; smaller than the Chiang Mai version and easier to be in the middle of.76
- テーサバーンナコーン・チエンマイ 🇹🇭 タイ王国Loi Krathong · 11月5日〜30日(例年)Falls on the full moon of the twelfth Thai lunar month; the lantern release reschedules flights around it.74
- Pai 🇹🇭 タイ王国Loy Krathong · 11月5日〜30日(例年)Floats onto the Pai river below the bamboo bridge and lanterns off the field behind the walking street; small enough that the whole town is at it.74
- リッチモンド 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国GardenFest of Lights · 11月15日〜1月5日(例年)Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is strung with around a million lights from mid-November into the first days of January.74
- カンチャナブリー 🇹🇭 タイ王国Loy Krathong · 11月5日〜30日(例年)Floats released onto the Kwai from the town bank on the twelfth full moon, with the bridge lit above them.71
- テーサバーンナコーン・プラナコーンシーアユッタヤー 🇹🇭 タイ王国Loi Krathong · 11月5日〜30日(例年)Floats go onto the old canals and the river around the island on the full moon of the twelfth lunar month, which is the one night the ruins are busy after dark.70
- ヤンゴン 🇲🇲 ミャンマーTazaungdaing · 11月1日〜30日(例年)The festival of lights that follows a month later, with all-night weaving contests at Shwedagon where teams make monks' robes between dusk and dawn.69
- ホットスプリングス国立公園 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Garvan Gardens Holiday Lights · 11月20日〜12月31日(例年)Millions of lights fill the university's woodland garden on Lake Hamilton from late November to New Year's Eve, evenings only and closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas; weekend nights bring long queues at the gate.67
- ホアヒン郡 🇹🇭 タイ王国Loy Krathong · 11月5日〜30日(例年)Floats go out from the fishing pier and the hotel beaches on the twelfth full moon, which is the one night the whole seafront is lit.66
- バンコク 🇹🇭 タイ王国Loy Krathong · 11月5日〜30日(例年)Candles and banana-leaf floats go onto every canal and onto the Chao Phraya on the November full moon.65
- 城関区 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国Ganden Ngamchoe butter lamps · 11月25日〜12月31日(例年)Tsongkhapa's memorial day, when rows of butter lamps are set along the roof parapets and window ledges of the old town after dark.65
- ビガン 🇵🇭 フィリピンRaniag Twilight Festival · 10月25日〜11月2日(例年)The town lights lanterns and stages a night festival around All Saints' and All Souls', which is also when Ilocano families come home to the cemeteries.65
- ケンブリッジ 🇬🇧 イギリスFireworks night on Midsummer Common · 11月5日The city council's free bonfire-night display on Midsummer Common is one of the biggest in the region, with food stalls from early evening and fireworks at 7pm; the riverside paths are packed afterwards.63
- ロンドン 🇬🇧 イギリスBonfire Night · 11月5日Fireworks on and around 5 November, run by the boroughs rather than the city, so the good ones are in the parks out from the centre and often ticketed.61
- 札幌市 🇯🇵 日本Sapporo White Illumination · 11月20日〜3月14日Odori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.59
- ユトレヒト 🇳🇱 オランダSint Maarten · 11月11日The city's patron saint.59
- ウィットビー 🇬🇧 イギリスWhitby Abbey Illuminated · 10月20日〜11月2日(例年)English Heritage floods the abbey ruin with coloured light on the dark evenings of half-term week.58
- ベルン 🇨🇭 スイスRendez-vous Bundesplatz · 10月15日〜11月25日(例年)A free projection show on the parliament building, three times a night for about five weeks.57
- アムステルダム 🇳🇱 オランダAmsterdam Light Festival · 11月26日〜1月17日Light installations along the canals through the darkest eight weeks of the year, free to walk and ticketed by boat.56
…11月はほか9か所。
12月の光と火の祭り
- グアテマラシティ 🇬🇹 グアテマラQuema del Diablo · 12月7日At six on the evening of the seventh, households burn rubbish and a papier-mâché devil outside the front door to clear the year out.96
- アンティグア・グアテマラ 🇬🇹 グアテマラQuema del Diablo · 12月7日At six in the evening on 7 December households burn their rubbish and a paper devil in the street to clear the year out.93
- スフリエール 🇱🇨 セントルシアFestival of Lights and Renewal · 12月12日〜13日On the eve of National Day, 13 December, Castries lights its Christmas displays, judges a lantern competition and closes with fireworks; the next day is a public holiday.73
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日〜5月31日(例年)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.72
- 別府市 🇯🇵 日本Beppu Christmas Fantasia · 12月20日〜25日(例年)Fireworks set to music launched from boats in Beppu Bay on the weekend around Christmas, watched from Matogahama Park and Spa Beach, with children's choirs and food stalls first.72
- マートルビーチ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Nights of a Thousand Candles · 12月1日〜31日(例年)Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, about half an hour south, lights thousands of hand-lit candles among its sculptures on selected December evenings.71
- 釜山広域市 🇰🇷 大韓民国Haeundae Light Festival · 11月29日〜1月18日(例年)Haeundae Beach and the seafront square light up with large-scale sculptures and media art each winter, organised by the district office and free to walk through from 6 to 11pm.70
- ローリー 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国NC Chinese Lantern Festival · 11月15日〜1月12日(例年)Giant illuminated lantern scenes fill Koka Booth Amphitheatre in neighbouring Cary each evening for about eight weeks, with nightly cultural performances.65
- 松本市 🇯🇵 日本Castle projection mapping · 12月10日〜2月20日(例年)From mid-December to mid-February the castle keep is lit with projection mapping every evening, a short looping show that has become the town's winter night-out.62
- リッチモンド 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国GardenFest of Lights · 11月15日〜1月5日(例年)Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is strung with around a million lights from mid-November into the first days of January.61
- リヨン 🇫🇷 フランスFete des Lumieres · 12月5日〜8日(例年)Four nights of light installations around 8 December, free, and the busiest thing that happens here all year: a couple of million people on the same few bridges.59
- 城関区 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国Ganden Ngamchoe butter lamps · 11月25日〜12月31日(例年)Tsongkhapa's memorial day, when rows of butter lamps are set along the roof parapets and window ledges of the old town after dark.57
- ホットスプリングス国立公園 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Garvan Gardens Holiday Lights · 11月20日〜12月31日(例年)Millions of lights fill the university's woodland garden on Lake Hamilton from late November to New Year's Eve, evenings only and closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas; weekend nights bring long queues at the gate.56
- ブライトン 🇬🇧 イギリスBurning the Clocks · 12月21日A solstice lantern parade down to the beach on 21 December, where the paper lanterns are burned and there are fireworks over the water.55
- ホイアン 🇻🇳 ベトナムFull moon lantern night · 1月1日〜12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.54
- アムステルダム 🇳🇱 オランダAmsterdam Light Festival · 11月26日〜1月17日Light installations along the canals through the darkest eight weeks of the year, free to walk and ticketed by boat.51
- 札幌市 🇯🇵 日本Sapporo White Illumination · 11月20日〜3月14日Odori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.42
- オタワ 🇨🇦 カナダWinter Lights Across Canada · 12月5日〜1月8日(例年)Confederation Boulevard is strung with lights from early December to early January, and a free sound-and-light show is projected onto the Parliament buildings most evenings.35