Celebrating Chinese New Year in Nagasaki Chinatown, Chinese culture is spread all over the world

❤Chinese New Year, in a foreign country, Chinese people also decorate the city with enthusiasm to celebrate the Chinese New Year together. 👍As one of the three major Chinatowns in Japan, Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown holds a lantern festival every Chinese Lunar New Year. The Nagasaki Light Festival in 2024 used about 15,000 lanterns (Chinese lanterns) and artworks to decorate the streets of Nagasaki, which were colorful. When the sun sets, the lanterns light up the streets of Nagasaki. 🌟Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown, since the middle of the Edo period, has been reclaimed by Chinese traders to build cities and warehouses for merchants. Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown is centered on a crossroad, 250 meters long from east to west and 250 meters wide from north to south. The cobblestone road surface was built in cooperation with Nagasaki's sister city in Fujian Province. After a hundred years, there are now about 40 Chinese restaurants, Chinese pastry shops, and Chinese grocery stores in a row. 🖼The Nagasaki Lantern Festival, which decorates the winter in Nagasaki, was originally a Spring Festival event held by Chinese people in Shinchi Chinatown. Gradually, it has also evolved into a local feature of Nagasaki. Now, it has become an important event in winter, and lanterns are lit up in the streets and alleys of Nagasaki, attracting many tourists to watch the lights. The Nagasaki Lantern Festival is open during the Lunar New Year every year, lasting for 15 days (from February 9 to 25, 2024), full of authentic Chinese style. 📍Lantern Festival Address: Nagasaki City Center Street Area (Peace Park・Inasayama・Glover Garden, etc.).