Visit report] "Akane Hotta" appeared at the Grand Front Osaka "Harry Potter" Christmas tree lighting ceremony♪ Enjoy the tree production from the first and second floors! Highlights♪

The Grand Wish Christmas 2022 event "Grand Wish Christmas 2022 - An Invitation to 'Harry Potter' Wizarding World Christmas" is being held at Grand Front Osaka from 10 Nov (Thu) to 25 Dec (Sun), 2022.It is. The main event, the Harry Potter Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, has been observed and is introduced here. We also explain how you can enjoy it differently depending on where you watch it.

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Grand Front Osaka 'Harry Potter' Christmas tree lighting ceremony 10 Nov 2022.

Harry Potter Christmas event at the entrance to the Grand Front Osaka building.'Grand Wish Christmas 2022 - An Invitation to a 'Harry Potter' Wizarding World Christmas'.posters and a number of Harry Potter wizarding world motif icons appear on the glass of automatic doors.Â

The main content of the Christmas event is the 13m high Harry Potter Christmas Tree.'Floating Magic Tree'.It is. The Christmas tree is located in the Knowledge Plaza on the first floor of the Grand Front Osaka North Building, so go straight to the back.

Mass media and officials at the Grand Front Osaka 'Harry Potter' Christmas tree lighting ceremony site â

The Harry Potter Christmas Lighting Ceremony at Grand Front Osaka did not appear to be attended by invited guests from the general public, and a number of suited officials and media people with cameras and TV cameras gathered in the partitioned off area.

At the start of the lighting ceremony, the place is crowded with TV cameras from behind and many media reporters and photographers stationed all around. Many members of the public also gather around the perimeter and on the second floor balustrade, and there are also a few people in Harriotta coats and dressing gowns...

Grand Front Osaka "Harry Potter" Christmas tree lighting ceremony with guest Akane Hotta♪

I expected one of the usual Harry Potter members, Harry Sugiyama or Mamoru Miyano, to be a guest at the Harry Potter Christmas tree lighting ceremony, but I was wrong.

Wearing a Christmasy red dress and a Gryffindor scarf-style stole, she talked with the MC about her own Harry Potter and Grand Front Osaka past.

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Akane Hotta, comments on the lighting ceremony

Akane Hotta, comments on the lighting ceremony「久しぶりに大阪に来てとても高揚しています。（クリスマスの思い出は）サンタさんにプレゼントを頼む時にベランダの外側に欲しい物を書いて、兄と一緒に「サンタさんお願いー！」と空に叫ぶと、翌朝枕元にプレゼントが届いていたことですね。
(On Harry Potter) I love the Harry Potter series and my favourite magic is Expecto Patronum. The part where Harry is able to master the spell is really cool and it's a scene that struck me as a child.
(What I want to achieve for Christmas) I got my scuba diving licence this summer, but the season when I can dive is limited, so I want a magical wetsuit that will keep me warm no matter how cold the sea is.
(How did you feel when you saw the lighting show?) I was very moved! It was uplifting, with lovely music, and as a fan I was delighted to see the tree, which is unique to Harry Potter, with Hedwig the Owl and Hogwarts Castle motifs scattered around it. And it's amazing that it's made from reusable paper panels. It's great that the entire facility uses renewable energy and is environmentally friendly.　I think it kills two birds with one stone, as you can enjoy shopping at Grand Front Osaka and also enjoy the world of Harry Potter. It was a fun time for me too, as I felt like I got an early taste of Christmas."

Note the frame-like object in the portrait behind Akane Hotta holding her wand! The silhouette of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry appears in red.

'Lumos Maxima! (Light!)" The main Christmas tree is lit with

Akane Hotta holds up her wand and says to the tree, "Lumos Maxima! （Lumos Maxima! (Light!), the main Christmas tree was lit up with a spectacular flash of light! A magical Christmas tree with a mysterious appearance was unveiled in Umeda, Osaka.

A fantastic light and sound lighting show, in which the story unfolds from an invitation to a Christmas party in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, was also unveiled for the first time, enveloping the entire venue in a magical space of light and enchanting visitors to the venue.

Main Christmas tree lighting show

The Grand Front Osaka Harry Potter Christmas Tree Lighting Show, which runs every evening every 20 minutes, was unveiled at the lighting ceremony. Before I say it is a difficult production to explain in words, it is a production that is difficult to grasp the content of the production as it is a mix of several productions, and I am not sure how to describe it, but to be honest, it looks very plain as it is a dark lighting show, but the production is very elaborate. Objects that looked like mirrors sometimes revealed wizarding animals and items from the wizarding world, and various objects were illuminated from top to bottom by lighting in the colours of the four Hogwarts houses and white lights, like a club, and were demonstrated with music from the Harry Potter films.

Footprints appear on the central staircase, which is based on the moving staircase at Hogwarts, and the silhouette of Hogwarts Castle appears on a large framed mirror-like panel in the lower centre. Most visitors don't notice this, as you have to look straight ahead to see it, and I didn't notice it when I was on the ground floor, but there are also lighting effects on the stage floor and surrounding floor, so seeing it from the second floor is a different experience.

Grand Front Osaka 'Harry Potter' Christmas tree - how to enjoy it on the ground floor

Enjoy the production from the front of the Christmas tree on the ground floor♪ Enjoy the production of the large portrait frame directly in front of the tree♪ Incidentally, this frame is intended to be enjoyed as a photo frame during the daytime for commemorative selfies [photo shooting spot]♪

Grand Front Osaka 'Harry Potter' Christmas tree - how to enjoy it - also on the second floor

If you arrive at the Grand Front Osaka North Pavilion from the second-floor connecting bridge at JR Osaka Station, you will inevitably arrive at the second floor, which can also be enjoyed from the second floor! You can enjoy the lighting effects on the floor, which are almost invisible when you are on the first floor. Various objects are projected onto the stage and the surrounding floor in accordance with the flow of the story.

The Harry Potter Christmas Tree at Grand Front Osaka is not flashy or impactful at first glance, but it contains many [hidden spot] production elements, so it is fun to appreciate it while exploring the detailed production contents above, beside and below! ヾ(≧▽≦)ノ

Right on the floor.Tully's Coffee, Grand Front Osaka, North Building, 1F.On the terrace in the event venue of theHarry Potter mince pies Milk teaIt is fun to invite a partner who likes Haribo and enjoys Haribo, but it is also fun to enjoy it by yourself.

[Map] Grand Front Osaka Harry Potter Christmas event location MAP

Grand Front Osaka Grand Wish Christmas 2022 - Invitation to a 'Harry Potter' Wizarding World Christmas.

1. ● Harry Potter Christmas tree (Grand Front Osaka, North Building)
2. ● Harry Potter stamp rally (Grand Front Osaka, North Wing and South Wing)
3. long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana) Harry Potter motif Flag
4. ■ Harry Potter motif special decoration
5. ● Tully's Coffee x Harry Potter collaboration shops (3 Grand Front Osaka shops)

Harry Potter Christmas Tree in Umeda, Osaka♪ Collaboration with Grand Front Osaka x Wizarding World Christmas event Period 10 Nov (Thu) - 25 Dec (Sun), 2022 Location: north side of Osaka Station

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'Harry Potter' Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
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Enjoy the complex tree production from the first and second floors!
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