Hiroshima Dreamination

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".

Hiroshima Dreamination
GenreLighting
Location(s)Hiroshima
Founded2002
Websitehttp://www.dreamination.com

Overview

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

Sites
AreaLocation on Peace BoulevardAreaLocation on Peace Boulevard
Fruit groveNHK HiroshimaGuardian groveHotel Sunroute Hiroshima
Tower of the origami craneANA Crown Plaza HiroshimaDream treeHotel Dormy Inn Hiroshima
Peace CastleHiroshima Crystal PlazaHoly placeHiroshima Daini Yuraku Building
Hopes of the citizensMitsui Garden Hotel HiroshimaSailing ship of healingTakeda Hiroshima Building
Happy landHiroshima Tokyu InnPhoenix hillChugoku Apollo
Snowfield of aurorasKouwa buildingParadise of angelsHiroshima Shinkin Bank
WingsOriental Hotel HiroshimaProtective god DragonHiroshima Kenshin

Illuminated streetcars

Events
  • 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
  • Hiroshima Light-up Project Executive Committee

Co-sponsors

References
  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.

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