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A visiting parade float from the city of Aomori lights up a darkened room at the "World of Star Wars" exhibition, which ran for twelve days in Tokyo in December 2015.

A visiting parade float from the city of Aomori lights up a darkened room at the "World of Star Wars" exhibition, which ran for twelve days in Tokyo in December 2015.

The Nebuta Room - Aomori's 'Star Wars' Parade Floats

December 24, 2016

Star Wars fans, your feast for the eyes continues.

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A costume display, featuring Rey and BB-8 from The Force Awakens, welcomes visitors to the "World of Star Wars" exhibition in Shiodome, Tokyo, on December 23, 2015.

A costume display, featuring Rey and BB-8 from The Force Awakens, welcomes visitors to the "World of Star Wars" exhibition in Shiodome, Tokyo, on December 23, 2015.

'The World of Star Wars' Exhibition & Taco Bell in Japan

December 23, 2016

With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in theaters, here’s a Flashback Friday post, reprinting and updating a post from The Gaijin Ghost’s old abandoned Blogger page. This also serves as the inaugural post in our “Star Wars in Japan” series, which should be very fun for Force-sensitive geeks.

Timed to coincide with the worldwide theatrical release of The Force Awakens on December 18th, 2015, Japan’s first big year of Star Wars promotions came to a fabulous end last winter with a special, free, camera-friendly exhibition at Nippon Television Tower in Shiodome, Tokyo.

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Tags star wars in japan, the world of star wars exhibition