is a winter festival of electric light held in
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...
,
Japan
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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
A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor Electronics, device that Light#Light sources, emits light when Electric current, current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron holes, releasing energy i ...
lights.
Theme and staging dates
Sites
* Green belt of
Peace Boulevard
is one of the main streets in Hiroshima, Japan, which faces the south side of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
The street is wide and runs {{convert, 3.6, km, abbr=off from east to west, between Tsurumi-cho and Fukushima-cho within the green ...
– main venue
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Namiki-dori
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Kinzagai
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Chuo-dori
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Hondōri
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Nakanotana
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Hiroshima Alice Garden
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Higashi-Shinnten-chi public plaza
* Eastern riverside of
Motoyasu River
* The former Hiroshima Branch of the
Bank of Japan
The is the central bank of Japan.Louis Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric. (2005). "Nihon Ginkō" in The bank is often called for short. It has its headquarters in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo.
History
Like most modern Japanese instituti ...
– one of the Hiroshima buildings hit by the 1945 atomic bomb.
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Kamiyachō Shareo is an underground city located in central Hiroshima.
It is the key underground network connecting public transport services around the Kamiyachō area.
It contains two stations of the Astram Line and three stations of the Hiroden Main Line and the ...
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NTT Motomachi Cred
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Hakushima Q-Garden
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Urban View Grand Tower
Illuminated streetcars
* Illuminated
streetcars
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
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
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Chugoku Shimbun
The is a Japanese local daily newspaper based in Hiroshima. It serves the Chūgoku region of Japan with a market share in Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Shimane, Okayama and Tottori Prefectures. The newspaper publishes morning and evening editions. Th ...
– Japanese daily newspaper for
Chūgoku region, based in Hiroshima
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NHK Hiroshima – Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Hiroshima
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Hiroshima Telecasting
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Hiroshima Home Television
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Shinhiroshima Telecasting
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Hiroshima FM
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Hiroshima P-station
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Fureai Channel
References
External links
Hiroshima Dreamination Official website
Hiroshima Dreamination 2008
{{coord missing, Hiroshima Prefecture
Festivals in Hiroshima
Winter festivals in Japan