Shibuya Blue Cave (Ao no Dokutsu) — photo by Tetsu, 2025
Shibuya Blue Cave (Ao no Dokutsu) 2026 Confirmed
青の洞窟 SHIBUYA — Tokyo (Kanto)
Last updated: Fri, November 6, 2026
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- Season
- Fri, Dec 11 – Sun, Dec 27, 2026
- Time
- 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Venue
- Shibuya Koen-dori to the Yoyogi Park zelkova avenue (渋谷公園通り〜代々木公園ケヤキ並木)
- Tickets
- Free to walk through.
- Official site
- shibuya-aonodokutsu.jp
The Blue Cave lines the zelkova trees from Shibuya's Koen-dori up to Yoyogi Park with around 500,000 blue lights, turning the avenue into a glowing blue tunnel for the weeks before Christmas — one of Tokyo's most photographed December light displays.
Background
Last season (2025) it ran from December 4 to December 25, lit 5:00–10:00 PM. For 2026 the organizers have announced December 11–27; the new centerpiece is a large Christmas-tree-shaped video signage, "THE BLUE TREE", at the Yoyogi Park zelkova avenue.
Getting there
10 min walk from JR Harajuku Station or Meiji-jingumae Station (Tokyo Metro); also reachable from Shibuya, Yoyogi-koen and Yoyogi-Hachiman stations.
Tips
- Lit 5:00–10:00 PM each night (per the 2026 organizers' announcement). Hours can change for rain, and the organizers may stop the lights if the avenue gets too crowded.
- Weeknights are much calmer than the weekends and Christmas Eve.
- It is a short walk from Harajuku and Omotesando, so it fits an evening in that area.
Maintained by Tetsu Yamamoto · Last verified against the official source: Fri, November 6, 2026