Originally Posted by
Pickles
I usually find these light shows in Japan to be deeply disappointing and a waste of time, I don't know what the attraction really is. You got lucky it wasn't crowded, disappointing and crowded is even worse than disappointing and sparsely attended. If you want truly miserable when it comes to illumination shows, this one takes the cake:
https://www.marunouchi.com/lp/brightchristmas2021/ But the Japanese seem to love them, whatever.
As an aside, the Oikeibajo station is on the Haneda Monorail, which isn't "not connected to any network." The Monorail terminates at Hamamatsu-cho, a major JR node, and there is an Oedo line station below Hamamatsu-cho station.
Agreed. I went to the Tokyo Midtown illumination several years ago and it was bright but all one color. Same with this year's illumination at HuisTen Bosch in Sasebo, all a boring ,monochrome, usually blue or white, with no Xmas colors like red and green. The creative and colorful Xmas light displays at many people's homes in the US are usually much more interesting.