<p>Beautiful lanterns in Odaiba during Ocean Day in July</p>

Beautiful lanterns in Odaiba during Ocean Day in July (Photo: Manish Prabhune)

Umi no Hi (Ocean Day) at Odaiba

Beautiful lanterns lit up on the beach

Manish Prabhune Feb 19, 2013 - 1 min read

<p>Beautiful lanterns in Odaiba during Ocean Day in July</p>

<p>Volunteers setting up and lighting the lanterns</p>

<p>The whole beach is covered with lanterns</p>

<p>Busy volunteers</p>

<p>Umi no hi (Ocean Day) is celebrated every year on the third Monday of July</p>

<p>Odaiba waterfront</p>

<p>Simply stunning</p>

Odaiba, Tokyo's romantic beach front and popular dating spot, is set in a wonderful light using beautiful paper lanterns, which are lit up by citizen volunteers every year on the third Monday in July to celebrate Ocean Day.

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Manish Prabhune

Manish Prabhune @manish.prabhune

Travelling to various places and locations in Japan for over 20 years now, I want to share my experiences and also hear about destinations that I still have not been to in the land of the rising sun. Am a photography enthusiast and love to do slow shutter blue hour photography in Tokyo.