Winter Light Festival lighting up Lethbridge – Lethbridge | 24CA News
The opening week of the Winter Light Festival at Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden noticed greater than 2,000 guests.
“It’s absolutely breathtaking, just beautiful,” mentioned festival-goer, Suzanne Buck.
“The ice sculptures are such a great addition,” mentioned Jan Pawluk, one other mesmerized customer.
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It’s the seventh yr of the pageant and Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden’s advertising supervisor mentioned it’s a novel expertise.
“As soon as you come through the gates it’s just a magical feeling. We’ve had everything from proposals here to just date nights,” mentioned Eric Granson. “The turnout has been fantastic and we just love seeing everybody enjoy the lights, whether it’s their first time or their seventh time.”
The lights themselves don’t have any which means in Japanese tradition, however Granson mentioned, “What we do like to do to bring together in Japanese tradition is that friendship, and that staying close together during the holiday season; that’s something we really love to embrace here.”
The mixture of brilliant lights and Japanese backyard landscapes had first-time customer Josiah Gadl starstruck.
“It was a celebration to me of the wonderful, diverse place that we live in,” mentioned Gadl.
In whole, greater than 170,000 bulbs have been used, and a brand new igloo dome expertise was added to this yr’s show.
Granson mentioned with the brand new Bunka Centre and fireplace pits across the grounds, the pageant received’t have to shut as usually as final yr resulting from chilly climate.
“We’ll be staying open pretty much every night, so definitely dress warm accordingly.”
First-time customer Myrna Doktorchik mentioned it’s one thing you don’t need to miss. “It’s worth the admission and your time, just come down and see it — it’s beautiful.”
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