{"id":6970,"date":"2021-03-05T09:20:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T00:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/?p=6970"},"modified":"2021-03-05T09:20:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T00:20:36","slug":"%e3%80%90%e5%8b%95%e7%94%bb%e3%80%91%e5%86%ac%e3%81%ae%e4%b8%80%e5%a4%a7%e3%82%a4%e3%83%99%e3%83%b3%e3%83%88%e3%80%8c%e7%81%af%e3%81%ae%e5%9b%9e%e5%bb%8a%e3%80%8d-%e9%9b%aa%e3%81%a8%e3%82%ad%e3%83%a3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/en\/6970\/","title":{"rendered":"[Video] A big winter event &#8220;Corridor of Lights&#8221; Enjoy the co-starring of snow and candles!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Warm light from the snowy hometown!<br \/>\r\n<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>On February 27, the winter tradition of Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, &#8220;The Corridor of Lights,&#8221; was held in six areas, including Yasuzukaku and Urakawara Wards, and many people enjoyed the co-starring of snow and candles.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-137763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Still0301_00002-2.jpg\" alt=\"Still0301_00002\" width=\"801\" height=\"451\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Still0301_00002-2-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>This year&#8217;s &#8220;Light Corridor&#8221; was reduced in scale by canceling the creation of large snow sculptures and some teahouse services in order to prevent the spread of corona infection.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-137762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Still0301_000f06.jpg\" alt=\"Still0301_000f06\" width=\"802\" height=\"451\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Still0301_000f06-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>In the Entairabou district of Yasuzuka-Ward, the annual &#8220;Matching Shrine&#8221; was created in collaboration with 10 local residents and citizen volunteers.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-137761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Still0301_0000f5.jpg\" alt=\"Still0301_0000f5\" width=\"801\" height=\"451\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Still0301_0000f5-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>This year, when it was heavy snow, we didn&#8217;t have to worry about lack of snow like last year, and the work went smoothly.<\/p>\r\n<p>One of the participants said, &#8220;There is a lot of pure white snow this year. I want you to enjoy the light in the snow. The number of people is decreasing due to the aging of the population, and it is good to see a cheerful face while the whole (village) does not gather. Everyone is having fun too. &#8220;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-137764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Still0301_00001-1.jpg\" alt=\"Still0301_00001\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Still0301_00001-1-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-137765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Still0301_00010-1.jpg\" alt=\"Still0301_00010\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Still0301_00010-1-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>People who visited the matchmaking shrine prayed, &#8220;I came here for the first time, but it&#8217;s beautiful!&#8221; &#8220;I just got married. I hope I can stay for a long time &#8230;&#8221;.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-137760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Still0301_00004-3.jpg\" alt=\"Still0301_00004\" width=\"801\" height=\"450\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Still0301_00004-3-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>According to the city, the number of visitors this year was 7,970 (-1250 compared to the previous year).<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d7TW4EC--Eo?rel=0&amp;controls=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warm light from the &#8230;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/?p=6952","footnotes":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[33,211,35],"class_list":["post-6970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-topic","tag-33","tag-211","tag-35","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}