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". 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. Green belt of Peace Boulevard – main venue 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 are operated by Hiroshima Electric Railway 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 = Hiroshima Light-up Project Executive Committee = 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 Hiroshima Dreamination Official website (in Japanese) Hiroshima Dreamination 2008