Sanrio Puroland runs its Christmas season, "Puroland Illumination Christmas," from November 6 to December 25, 2026. The whole indoor park fills with candy-house lights, and the characters spend the season playing Santa's helpers.
One thing catches a lot of first-time visitors off guard, so here it is up front. A passport (the admission ticket) alone will not get you in.
You also need a separate timed-entry reservation. Without one you cannot enter, even with a paid passport, and that passport is non-refundable.
For how to buy a passport, how the reservation works, and the walk from Tama-Center Station, see our Sanrio Puroland tickets and reservation guide. This article sticks to the 2026 Christmas season itself: the dates, the shows, and how to choose your day.
You need both a passport and a timed-entry reservation to get in. Slots are capped each day, and weekend and pre-Christmas dates tend to fill first.
Dates, and the indoor advantage
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Puroland is a fully indoor theme park, so neither rain nor December cold will cut your day short. For a winter trip to Tokyo, that weatherproofing is a real plus.
Item | Detail |
|---|---|
Event | Puroland Illumination Christmas |
Dates | November 6 – December 25, 2026 |
Venue | Sanrio Puroland (Tama, Tokyo; 5-min walk from Tama-Center Station, fully indoor) |
Entry | Passport + timed-entry reservation (both required) |
Hours | Vary by day (check the official schedule) |
Opening and closing times shift from day to day, and so do the park's closed days. Once your date is set, confirm the hours on the official schedule.
Booking the timed-entry reservation
Entry is the part to sort out first. The reservation comes bundled into the "official e-passport with reservation," which requires a free Sanrio+ membership account. Since it's tied to that account, set it up and book before you travel.
You can read the crowd level off the official reservation calendar, which marks each date as open, almost full, or closed. Weekends and the days just before Christmas go first, so a weekday is the easier pick if your schedule allows.
Same-day slots are sometimes released, but reserve ahead for any date you can't miss.
Passport prices change by date (a day passport runs roughly ¥3,900–6,900 for adults), and our tickets and reservation guide walks through the types.
You can also buy a passport on Klook, but check whether that ticket includes the timed-entry reservation. If it doesn't, you'll still need to book the reservation separately on the official site.
Christmas shows and lights
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The headline is the Sweet Sparkle Illumination, a roughly ten-minute projection show that runs daily from November 6 to December 25 on the first floor of Puro Village, where light born from the park's candy-making gathers to illuminate the Tree of Wisdom.
Hello Kitty and Little Twin Stars (Kiki & Lala) are heard but not seen, and Jackie, from The Bears' School (Kuma no Gakko), appears in the show's opening video, which plays every day of the season.
Two more shows bookend the day: a Welcome Greeting right after opening, with characters in Christmas outfits for about ten minutes, and a Christmas-special Tick-Tock Castle Dance about 15 minutes before closing.
One note for parade fans. The newly revamped main parade, The Quest of Wonders Parade (about 25 minutes), is not a Christmas-only version. Only the guest in its pre-show swaps out for the season.
Which day to go: the character schedule
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The parade's pre-show guest changes by date, and that's the appearance worth planning around. It's separate from Jackie's daily cameo in the opening video.
As the parade's live guest, Jackie shows up on just four days, so target those dates if seeing Jackie in person is the draw.
Date | Parade pre-show guest |
|---|---|
Nov 21–22, Dec 19–20 | Jackie (The Bears' School) |
December 7 | Ichigo no Osama (the Strawberry King) |
Other days in December | Wish me mell |
Other days in November | Kuromi |
Here's the catch: all four Jackie days fall on weekends (Nov 21–22 and Dec 19–20), and weekends near Christmas are exactly the dates that book out first. So if Jackie is the goal, reserve early and expect crowds.
Want a special guest without the weekend crush? December 7, with Ichigo no Osama (the Strawberry King), lands on a Monday. And for the calmest visit of all, pick a weekday in November, when Kuromi takes the pre-show.
Away from the parade, a Bears' School stamp rally runs through the park. Collect stamps at four spots to earn one Santa card.
Limited food and goods
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Both the Christmas menu and the goods go on sale from November 6, and the menu alone runs to 20 items.
The centerpiece is the Hello Kitty Christmas Beef Curry (¥1,650), with color-coded versions for My Melody, Kuromi and the rest. For a fuller plate, there's a Hello Kitty roast chicken and roast beef plate (¥1,850).
On the sweet side, all on the menu from November 6, there's a Bears' School parfait with an exclusive ticket holder (¥1,000), a Hello Kitty strawberry-and-cinnamon churro (¥800), and an Illumination Morning Set of pon-de donuts and waffles (¥1,300).
You'll find the goods at the entrance shop: character plush (¥3,300 each, or ¥5,830 for Kiki & Lala), a ginger-cookie ring charm (¥880), mini towels (¥1,045) and more.
There's also the interactive Wonder Ribbon Light Challenge, where you gather light at three trees around the park. The Wonder Ribbon Light that powers it sells for ¥3,850.
This article was translated from the original Japanese with AI assistance and reviewed by our editorial team. The Japanese version is authoritative.