Hiroshima Dreamination

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Hiroshima Dreamination

Genre| Lighting
Location(s)| Hiroshima
Founded| 2002
Website| http://www.dreamination.com

Hiroshima Dreamination (ひろしまドリミネーション) is a winter festival of electric light held in Hiroshima, Japan since 2002. "Dreamination" is a composite word coined from "dream" and "illumination".

## Overview

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The festival is hosted by the Light-up Hiroshima Project Executive Committee and supported by all public and private broadcasters in Hiroshima as a winter night attraction in for residents and visitors. Every street in downtown Hiroshima, together with the town squares are illuminated with a million and a half LED lights.

## Theme and staging dates

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Year | Theme | Period

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2002[1] | Peaceful land and a witch – turn the town into the fairyland | November 6 – December 31, 2002; 18:00–23:00
2003[2] | Fairyland – story of The Dragon and the George | November 15, 2003 – Jananuary 12, 2004; 17:00–23:00
2004[3] | Fairyland – story of a winemaker and a Christmas tree on a starlit hill | November 17, 2004 – January 3, 2005; 17:00–23:00
2005[4] | Fairyland – story of a prince in merry-go-land in Hartland | November 17, 2005 – January 3, 2006; 17:00–23:00
2006[5] | Fairyland – story of Maeterlinck's Blue Bird | November 17, 2006 – January 3, 2007; 17:00–23:00
2007[6] | Fairyland | November 17, 2007 – January 3, 2008; 17:00–23:00
2008[7] | Fairyland | November 17, 2008 – January 3, 2009; 17:30–23:00
2009[8] | Fairyland | November 6, 2009 – January 3, 2010; 17:30–23:00

## Sites

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* Green belt of Peace Boulevard – main venue

Area | Location on Peace Boulevard | Area | Location on Peace Boulevard

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Fruit grove | NHK Hiroshima | Guardian grove | Hotel Sunroute Hiroshima
Tower of the origami crane | ANA Crown Plaza Hiroshima | Dream tree | Hotel Dormy Inn Hiroshima
Peace Castle | Hiroshima Crystal Plaza | Holy place | Hiroshima Daini Yuraku Building
Hopes of the citizens | Mitsui Garden Hotel Hiroshima | Sailing ship of healing | Takeda Hiroshima Building
Happy land | Hiroshima Tokyu Inn | Phoenix hill | Chugoku Apollo
Snowfield of auroras | Kouwa building | Paradise of angels | Hiroshima Shinkin Bank
Wings | Oriental Hotel Hiroshima | Protective god Dragon | Hiroshima Kenshin

* Namiki-dori
* Kinzagai
* Chuo-dori
* Hondōri
* Nakanotana
* Hiroshima Alice Garden
* Higashi-Shinnten-chi public plaza
* Eastern riverside of Motoyasu River
* The former Hiroshima Branch of the Bank of Japan – one of the Hiroshima buildings hit by the 1945 atomic bomb.
* Kamiyachō Shareo
* NTT Motomachi Cred
* Hakushima Q-Garden
* Urban View Grand Tower

## Illuminated streetcars

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* Illuminated streetcars are operated by Hiroshima Electric Railway[9]

## Events

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* Opening Event – parade, opening ceremony, lighting up ceremony, mini concerts on the first day
* Memorial Light up Ceremony and Mini Concert – every Saturday and on two national holidays in front of Hiroshima Crystal Plaza on Peace Boulevard
* Photo Contest
* Monument Design Contest
* Dreami coffee shop

## Sponsorships

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### Sponsor

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* Hiroshima Light-up Project Executive Committee

### Co-sponsors

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* Chugoku Shimbun – Japanese daily newspaper for Chūgoku region, based in Hiroshima
* NHK Hiroshima – Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Hiroshima
* Hiroshima Telecasting
* Hiroshima Home Television
* Shinhiroshima Telecasting
* Hiroshima FM
* Hiroshima P-station
* Fureai Channel

## References

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1. ^ "Hiroshima Dreamination 2002". Archived from the original on 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
2. ^ "Hiroshima Dreamination 2003". Archived from the original on 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
3. ^ "Hiroshima Dreamination 2004". Archived from the original on 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
4. ^ "Hiroshima Dreamination 2005". Archived from the original on 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
5. ^ "Hiroshima Dreamination 2006". Archived from the original on 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
6. ^ "Hiroshima Dreamination 2007". Archived from the original on 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
7. ^ "Hiroshima Dreamination 2008". Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
8. ^ "Hiroshima Dreamination 2009". Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
9. ^ "Hiroden Illuminated streetcars". Archived from the original on 2010-09-10. Retrieved 2009-10-24.

## External links

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* Hiroshima Dreamination Official website (in Japanese)
* Hiroshima Dreamination 2008