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The Lantern event, that celebrates the “Spring Festival” better known as the Chinese New Year, has as its theme for this year the Chinese saying "NenNen-Yuyo: for a prosperous life" and is represented by a magnificent display of lights in red colors. 150 paper lanterns give form to the main attraction, a great dragon that rises in the Chinatown Main Street, and another small and cute The "Yokohama Chinatown Chinese New Year" is a seasonal winter tourist event in Yokohama that began in 1987. This year, the event will be held for 2025 days from January 1 to February 29, 2, and will feature a spectacular countdown with lion dances, Chinese New Year entertainment performances (stage) such as dance and acrobatics, a Chinese New In China, the New Year according to the lunar calendar is called "Shunsetsu" and it is customary to celebrate it with great pomp. Yokohama Chinatown has been holding the Shunsetsu since 1986 so that people can enjoy the holiday in the same way as they do in China, and this year marks the 39th anniversary. Yokohama Chinatown's Spring Festival celebration has a history of nearly 40 years. Initially featuring dance performances on a special stage, it has since grown into one of the most representative Chinese New Year celebrations in Japan, thanks to the expansion of the local Chinese community and the increasing influence of Chinese culture. The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival as it is known in China, will be celebrated with several events, one of which is the Lion Dance Parade. The Lion Dance is typically performed by two dancers inside a stylised lion costume who dance the way a lion supposedly moves. February 8 to 9: (location and time kept secret): A new addition for 2025. Surprise street performances will take over Chinatown throughout the day. February 11 (from 4:30 p.m.): There will be an extravagant celebratory parade that loops around Chinatown and, as expected, there will be plenty of dancing and performers dressed in emperor costumes. Yokohama Chinatown's Spring Festival celebration has a history of nearly 40 years. Initially featuring dance performances on a special stage, it has since grown into one of the most representative This year's Shunsetsu Touka has the theme of "Little Dragon's Joy" and will decorate the entire city with gorgeous illuminations. The main dragon lantern, one of the largest in Japan, is displayed on Chinatown Boulevard, and cute, smaller dragons fly in the night sky over Chinatown on Shanghai Road. 横浜中華街は2025年の春節イベントを1月29日より開催！春節期間中は提灯・ランタンで輝く横浜中華街全域にて中国伝統文化の演舞やパレードなどの伝統行事をどなたでも無料で観覧して楽しめます。採青（つぁいちん）・春節娯楽表演・祝舞遊行・元宵節燈籠祭の他、初の試みとして街なか The biggest event on Chinatown’s calendar is not surprisingly Chinese New Year. Between mid-February until early March, the area hosts an epic, if not the biggest in the nation, Chinese New Year celebration. During the Chinese New Year parade, which typically takes place during the first weekend of the celebrations, you’ll find the streets I had never been to a Chinese New Year parade before, but seeing it was exactly how I envisioned it would be - and that's way better than anything I could have expected. The second weekend (Day 8) of the 15-day Spring Festival celebration sees a traditional parade make its way through Chinatown, delighting crowds with a vast array of performers. The Lantern Festival in Yokohama is the final day of Lunar New Year celebration. Expect parades, performances, and of course lion dances. Spring Festival, a Chinese festival celebrating the Lunar New Year, is the biggest event in Yokohama Chinatown that began in 1986, and has become a winter tradition in Yokohama, attracting more than 1 million people every year. The 2023 Chinese New Year will be held on Saturday, February 10, 2024, the day the new year begins! Join us as we explore the Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, a celebration deeply rooted in Chinese and other Asian cultures. We'll highlight this festive occasion with photos from GTN staff, focusing on the vibrant 2024 Spring Festival Illumination in Yokohama Chinatown. Plus, we'll provide easy-to-follow directions to reach Yokohama Chinatown by train, whether you're coming from 1st February and 2nd February STREET PERFORMANCE ARTS AND CUSTOMS. As well as the main performances and the parades held during the Chinese New Year Celebration, Yokohama’s Chūkagai will see the weekend of the 1st and 2nd of February jump to life with traditional street performances which include dances, rituals and music. 2023 Chinese New Year celebration in Chinatown, Yokohama, Japan0:00 Chinatown in Yokohama1:20 New Year performances4:20 Chinese New Year countdown5:15 Lion d [Yokohama Chinatown “Chinese New Year Lanterns 2025”] The lantern event for the “Spring Festival,” better known as the Chinese New Year, is currently underway and will run until February 12, 2025. The event adopts this year’s theme from the Chinese saying Nen-Nen Yu-Yo – “for a prosperous life” – sh 横浜中華街で春節イベントにて祝舞遊行（しゅくまいゆうこう）」が2024年2月23日に開催されたので行ってきました！中華街全体を獅子舞・龍舞・皇帝衣装隊らがパレードする春節の一大イベント。今年はレックウザの龍舞やピカチュウもパレードに登場し、中華街は大盛り上がり。現地の様子 The Chinese New Year (also called the Chinese Lunar Year or Chinese Spring Festival) is the longest and grandest festival in Yokohama. The festivities last for around seven days to two weeks and ends on the eve of the Lunar New Year. The date of the Chinese New Year varies as it may occur sometime between January or February. About us. Chinese New Year Parade. Named one of the top ten Parades in the world by International Festivals & Events Association and USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice award, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the few remaining night illuminated Parades in North America and the biggest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of Asia.
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