Total Lunar Eclipse

On the evening of Wednesday 26 May, a total lunar eclipse, when the moon passes completely into the earth’s shadow, could be seen across Japan. Did you see it?

Here at Hyakuna Garan, we enjoyed the starry sky, the supermoon and the total eclipse together with our guests.

From about 7.09 pm the moon rose with its lower edge already in shadow; the eclipse became total at 8.19 pm, and the partial eclipse ended at 9.53 pm.

It was, we hear, the first time since September 1997 that a total eclipse had coincided with a “supermoon”, when the full moon comes closer to the earth and looks larger than usual.

The moon through the telescope was beautiful too, and we are sure it made a lovely memory of our guests’ stay.

We look forward to welcoming you to Hyakuna Garan, under skies full of stars.