Shinjuku Southern Terrace

The annual Shinjuku Minamillumi light-up is back this winter, taking place from November 11 to February 14. Six venues in the area will be participating in this illumination special, namely the JR Minami Shinjuku Building, JR Shinjuku Miraina Tower, Suica Penguin Plaza, Takashimaya Times Square, Shinjuku Maynds Tower, and Shinjuku Southern Terrace. Suica Penguin Plaza, located in front of Shinjuku Station’s New South exit between the promenade and Takashimaya Times Square, is bathed in gold lights. The plaza features a pink illuminated ‘flower gate’ made to celebrate the penguin's graduation, complete with two adorable penguin statues. Trees along the 46-metre-long promenade at Southern Terrace are also decorated with golden lights that pulsate in a 'relay of light'. Venture further and you’ll come across a glistening Christmas tree adorned with warm golden lanterns (until December 25) set up on the second floor of Takashimaya Times Square, plus even more lights that illuminate the entire terrace. The illuminations take place daily from 5pm to 12midnight until the end of November, and from 4.30pm between December and February.