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".

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.

Sites

 * 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

 * 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

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