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Nijo Castle Summer Festival “Nijo Castle x Naked Summer Special Light-up 2020” will be held!

2020.07.19

This summer, the World Heritage Site Nijo Castle will hold the Nijo Castle Summer Festival “Nijo Castle x Naked Summer Special Light-up 2020” to enjoy Nijo Castle during the cooler hours of the night.

This summer, the World Heritage Site Nijo Castle will hold the Nijo Castle Summer Festival “Nijo Castle x Naked Summer Special Light-up 2020” to enjoy Nijo Castle during the cool night hours.

This year, we will carry out after taking measures against all new coronavirus infectious diseases, such as setting the admission ticket to the day and setting the number of people.
In addition, VR content “NAKED NINJA -Nijo-jo Castle-” (tentative name) is also available, which allows people who cannot come to Nijo Castle to experience Nijo Castle. Please enjoy Nijo Castle at home.
*Content and period may be changed or canceled due to the influence of new coronavirus infection.

Overview

Period
Saturday, August 8, 2nd year to Sunday, August 30, 2nd year, Rewa

Reception time
7 pm-9:20 pm (final exit at 10 pm)

Contents
●Light-up at Karamon, Ninomaru Garden, Uchibori, Seiryuen
● AR experience using smartphones at Ninomaru Garden
●Distribution of online VR content where you can enjoy viewpoints and productions that you can not actually experience along with images of various parts of the castle

Nijo Castle/Ninomaru Garden

Fee

*All tickets above are designated on the day of entry.
*VR & goggles for VR contents (single unit) will be sold on the website “stores”. In addition to the above fees, additional shipping is required.
*Discount tickets for persons with disabilities are for persons with a disability certificate, a nursing certificate, a war and illness certificate, an A-bomb survivor certificate, a mentally ill health and welfare certificate, and up to one person and one caregiver. Please show the above certificate at the entrance ticket gate.

How to purchase a light-up ticket
It can be purchased at various play guides (Ticket Pia, Lawson Ticket, E-plus, CN Play Guide, Rakuten Ticket, Aso View), and Seven Eleven, Lawson, Family Mart, and Ministop all over the country.

Reference
Naked Corporation (Naked Homepage)
Since being established in 1997, Naked has been involved in many creative works centering on drama title backs, CF, music videos and corporate VPs. In addition, in recent years, we have been producing not only images and graphics but also the entire space, such as 3D projection mapping, illumination, and space production using images.

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