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LEDs stretching from Aozora Koen park's symbolic tree in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, illuminate the winter sky on Nov. 30. (Tadashi Mizowaki)
Children pose for a memorial photo under the colorful lights at the Winter Tree Festival in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Nov. 30. (Satoshi Juyanagi)
Local children sing at the lighting ceremony of the illumination event of the Winter Tree Festival in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Nov. 30. (Satoshi Juyanagi)
Visitors to the lighting ceremony at Aozora Koen park, Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, walk under the lights on Nov. 30. (Satoshi Juyanagi)
SHUNAN, Yamaguchi Prefecture -- The "Lighting Flowers in the Sky" illumination ceremony, a major attraction of the city's Winter Tree Festival, was held at the Aozora Koen park in front of JR Tokuyama Station on Nov. 30.