From Europe to Japan, see how cities dazzle and captivate with their own brand
of festive luminosity. Pictured here are white and blue light emitting diodes
(LED) used as stunning Christmas decorations at Tokyo Midtown in Tokyo.
JAPAN: A 100-meter tall Christmas tree is illuminated from the wall of Tokyo's
Akasaka Grand Prince hotel.
JAPAN: Zelkova trees are lit up by Christmas illuminations on Omotesando street
in Tokyo. Some 640,000 LED lights have illuminate the trees for the Christmas
season on the one-kilometre shopping district for the first time in 11 years.
JAPAN: People walk under light emitting diodes (LED) used as Christmas
decorations in Tokyo.
A couple admires 14-meter-high Christmas tree decorated with some 10,000 bulbs
in front of the main entrance of a hotel in Tokyo.
JAPAN: A couple eats an ice cream under light emitting diodes (LED) used as
Christmas decorations in Tokyo.
JAPAN: Women look at Christmas decorations made of light emitting diodes in
Tokyo.
JAPAN: Visitors enjoy watching the Christmas illuminations at the Tokyo MidTown
business and shopping facilities in Tokyo.
A family looks at Christmas illuminations at the Tokyo MidTown business and
shopping facilities in Tokyo.
CHINA: A woman views a fibre-optic Christmas tree displayed in front of an
office building in Beijing.