1/8(月祝)まで、東京・大崎五反田エリアの目黒川が桜色に染まる「目黒川みんなのイルミネーション」開催中。"冬の桜"が目黒川を優しく包み込みます→https://t.co/akRfOiaBup pic.twitter.com/gJ642xNIGU

— イベントチェッカー製作委員会 (@event_checker) December 12, 2017

The breathtaking display of over 420,000 LED lights is powered entirely by electricity produced from biodiesel fuel, itself recycled from cooking oil collected from neighborhood homes and restaurants.

渋谷・青の洞窟
数年前中目黒の目黒川沿いで開催。素晴らしくきれいだったが住民の反対があったやで一年で終わってしまった。桜🌸は自然に咲くから嫌でも人が集まってくるがイルミなら開催しなきゃ集まらないわけで、NHK～代々木公園なら住民問題は起きないね。#青の洞窟 pic.twitter.com/0Nm2WcnFvf

— 🐸Hide and seek🐸 (@Hideyuk05927207) December 3, 2017

And if you find the pink color scheme not quite wintery enough, you’ll be happy to know that at the edges of the lit-up areas there are trees in blue as well.

To reach the illuminated section, exit Osaki Station (on the JR Yamanote Line) and head north until you reach the river, from where the “winter sakura” stretch to the west. Alternatively, you can walk two blocks south from Gotanda Station (also on the Yamanote Line) and follow the river east.

The sakura illumination is going on now, and continues until January 8, 2018, so you can enjoy it either before Christmas or after, or both if you find it so beautiful you want to go back again.

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