🌸 Lantern Ceremony at the Garden Labyrinth 🌸
🗓️ Saturday 20 September 2025 | 3pm–7pm
📍 Friendship Park, Queens Garden – Bunbury WA
FIRST RELEASE OPEN: 50 LANTERNS AVAILABLE
(More will be released in the coming months).
Join us for a magical afternoon of Japanese-inspired activities, creativity, reflection, and connection at the Bunbury Garden Labyrinth.
✨ What to Expect:
Decorate your own lantern to float at sunset or take home
Walk the labyrinth in a community ceremony
Try on kimonos (gold coin donation)
Japanese tea ceremony (free)
Kids’ craft workshops ($5)
Lolly drop with Kite Kinetics
Live Japanese music
Spring sunshine, good vibes, and meaningful moments
🎨 Lantern Options:
Float Your Lantern – $25 (includes floating base, returned after event)
Take-Home Lantern – $15 (for display only, not for floating)
Pre-order your lantern via the ticket link – limited numbers available!
🌅 Sunset Ceremony:
At sunset, we’ll gather in the centre of the labyrinth and walk together to the foreshore for the floating ceremony. It’s a gentle, reflective moment to honour loved ones or release a wish into the water.
🎟️ Free entry to the festival – just purchase your lantern in advance if you’d like to join the ceremony. Lantern numbers are limited and won’t be available at the gate.
🌱 Please note: only floating lanterns provided with a base may be placed on the water. All lanterns are eco-friendly and collected afterward.
🕊️ Come early, get creative, soak in the atmosphere, and be part of something truly special.
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