is a winter festival of electric light held in Hiroshima, Japan since 2002. "Dreamination" is a composite word coined from "dream" and "illumination".
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 YearThemePeriod2002Peaceful land and a witch – turn the town into the fairylandNovember 6 – December 31, 2002; 18:00–23:002003Fairyland – story of The Dragon and the GeorgeNovember 15, 2003 – Jananuary 12, 2004; 17:00–23:002004Fairyland – story of a winemaker and a Christmas tree on a starlit hillNovember 17, 2004 – January 3, 2005; 17:00–23:002005Fairyland – story of a prince in merry-go-land in HartlandNovember 17, 2005 – January 3, 2006; 17:00–23:002006Fairyland – story of Maeterlinck's Blue BirdNovember 17, 2006 – January 3, 2007; 17:00–23:002007FairylandNovember 17, 2007 – January 3, 2008; 17:00–23:002008FairylandNovember 17, 2008 – January 3, 2009; 17:30–23:002009FairylandNovember 6, 2009 – January 3, 2010; 17:30–23:00
Sites Green belt of Peace Boulevard – main venue AreaLocation on Peace BoulevardAreaLocation on Peace BoulevardFruit groveNHK HiroshimaGuardian groveHotel Sunroute HiroshimaTower of the origami craneANA Crown Plaza HiroshimaDream treeHotel Dormy Inn HiroshimaPeace CastleHiroshima Crystal PlazaHoly placeHiroshima Daini Yuraku BuildingHopes of the citizensMitsui Garden Hotel HiroshimaSailing ship of healingTakeda Hiroshima BuildingHappy landHiroshima Tokyu InnPhoenix hillChugoku ApolloSnowfield of aurorasKouwa buildingParadise of angelsHiroshima Shinkin BankWingsOriental Hotel HiroshimaProtective god DragonHiroshima 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 Illuminated streetcars are operated by Hiroshima Electric Railway
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
Sponsor Hiroshima Light-up Project Executive Committee
Co-sponsors 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
External links Hiroshima Dreamination Official website Hiroshima Dreamination 2008