Sunshine City 2019 — Welcome to Christmas City

2019.12.19

Aquarium creatures and mini-santas welcome you as a tree, such as a flying penguin tree with sparkling lights, a big tornado tree of fish, and a jellyfish welcome tree!
Sunshine City (Tokyo, Ikebukuro) is entitled “Sunshine City 2019 Welcome to Christmas City” from November 14 (Thursday) to December 25 (Wednesday), from children to adults at various locations in the facility. We provide a fun Christmas experience.

Sunshine City’s unique photo spots where aquarium creatures and mini-santas greet you all appear in various places in Sunshine City. At the Sunshine Aquarium, the “flying penguin tree” with a penguin motif will be a Christmas celebration, and the “flying penguin tree” lighting performance by sea lions will also be held for a limited time.

In addition, for the underwater performance in the large water tank “Sunshine Lagoon”, we will carry out “Santa Dive” where Santa appears, and we will also deliver a greeting of Kotsumeka Oso with Christmas ver.
In addition, “Jellyfish Welcome Tree” and “Fish Tornado Tree of Fish” will also appear in the specialty store Alpa, creating a soothing Christmas with a cute world view. In addition, there will be Christmas live performances by artists, sales of Christmas cakes and gift items, and a Christmas lottery for winning luxury prizes.

Aquarium creatures and mini-santa photo spot

At the west entrance of the specialty store Alpa 1st floor, a jellyfish welcome tree with a height of about 4m, which looks like a jellyfish floating in an aquarium, will appear. In addition, in the specialty store street Alpa 1st floor fountain front square, there will be a “fish big tornado tree” where 300 fish are swimming in a lively atmosphere of Christmas .

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