With the group's third entry into the Tokyo Dome a little more than a month away, welcome events are continuing across downtown Tokyo.
According to YG Entertainment, Blackpink will open a special light-up event in collaboration with Kobe Port Tower in Japan from today (the 1st) until Jan. 18 next year. This project was planned to commemorate the Tokyo Dome concerts held for three days starting Jan. 16, 2026, and going forward a "pink light-up" campaign will be rolled out sequentially at major towers across Japan.
The starting point, Kobe, will have the landmark Port Tower and surrounding areas reorganized as "Blackpink spots," coloring the entire city pink. Blackpink concept visuals can be found throughout the streets, and various experiential contents will also be offered to visitors.
On the fifth-floor rooftop observation deck of Port Tower, a photo zone featuring continuous Blackpink visuals has been set up so that visitors can walk around from the entrance and shoot to complete a video that feels like an image film. In addition, various contents are prepared, including a photo exhibition documenting the world tour and a limited-menu cafe inspired by Blackpink's color, and they have been crowded from the first day.
Blackpink's Tokyo Dome concerts mark their third entry after 2019 and 2023. Expectations among local fans are at a peak for their first solo Japan concerts in about 2 years and 9 months. To commemorate the world tour, relay pop-up stores have been open since July at major department stores in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Nagoya, and pop-ups are also ongoing at nine nationwide stores of the country's largest lifestyle shop, Loft (LOFT). Despite the long-term operations, fans have continued to visit steadily, proving high popularity.
Blackpink began in July with the first K-pop girl group concert at Goyang Sports Complex and is continuing the 16-city, 33-show "BLACKPINK WORLD TOUR 'DEADLINE'". They successfully completed performances in North America and Europe and recently headed to Asia to interact with fans.
[Photo] Provided by YG Entertainment.
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