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Hiroshima Flower Festival is a spring festival held each year on May 3, 4 and 5 in the downtown area of Hiroshima City in Hiroshima Prefecture. The festival, which began in 1977 and will be held for the 48th time this year, is known as the biggest event in all of Hiroshima. The venue for the festival is Peace Boulevard and Peace Memorial Park in Naka Ward of Hiroshima City.
ひろしまフラワーフェスティバルは、毎年5月3日、4日、5日に広島県広島市の中心部で開催される春のお祭りです。ひろしまフラワーフェスティバルは1977年に始まり、今年で48回目を迎えます。広島で最大級のイベントとして有名です。会場は広島市中区の平和大通り、平和記念公園です。
The Hiroshima Flower Festival started in 1977 and this year will be the 48th festival since it started. The festival is known as the biggest event in Hiroshima.
* Let's transform Hiroshima into a city full of music, greenery and flowers.
* Let's share the greatness and preciousness of living in peace with everyone!
* Let's export warm human relationships and rich life culture from Hiroshima to the world.
These 3 ideas have been the main themes of the Flower Festival, for 48 years since it began in 1977. The festival for the anniversary of the Atomic Bomb dropping on the 6th of August recognises 'stillness' as it's theme. To co-ordinate with this, the Flower Festival, celebrated in the warmth of May when the town is bathed in green, calls itself the 'energetic movement' festival.
The festival consists of 3 main parts; parades (a flower parade on the 3rd and a traditional Japanese dance (Yosakoi) parade on the 5th), stages (there are about 30 stages placed around Peace Boulevard, each with their own individual performance schedule) and street venders (situated in about 80 different places along and around Peace Boulevard from the 3rd to the 5th). 1.6 million people come to celebrate the festival annually. In recent years, the festival has taken place not only during the day, but continued into the night with Peace Memorial Park decorated with paper crane monuments and peace candles. This year, there will also be various concerts and traditional Japanese dance (Kagura) performances to enjoy.
「広島を花と緑と音楽のあふれる都市にしよう」
「平和に生きることのすばらしさと尊さを、参加者みんなで分かち合おう」
「広島から世界へ、豊かな生活文化と温かい人間関係の交流を呼びかけよう」
ひろしまフラワーフェスティバル(FF)が発足した1977年から48回を経た今日まで受け継がれている祭りの三つのスローガンです。平和記念式典がある8月6日を中心とする祈りの「静」の式典に対し、新緑が映える5月3日~5日に開かれるFFは生命感あふれる「動」の祭典と位置付けられます。祭りは、パレード、ステージ、ひろばを中心に構成。近年は夜の展開も広がり、平和を願うメッセージを添えたキャンドル、市民が育てた花が平和記念公園を彩り、神楽などの催しも開かれています。
The festival is located about 20 minutes from JR Hiroshima Station.
If traveling by streetcar:
JR広島駅から約20分
●路面電車
広島電鉄「原爆ドーム前」下車 徒歩10分、「袋町」下車 徒歩5分、「中電前」下車 徒歩5分
●バス
「広島バスセンター」下車 徒歩10分
●航路
広島港(宇品港)から、路面電車、バスで約30分
In Hiroshima Flower Festival venue, there are 5 areas, “Peace Memorial Park”, “Ohte-machi”, “Shirakami”, “Mikawa-cho” and “Tanaka-machi”. In each of these areas, there is an information centre with staff who can speak English. They will provide information about the event and assist you with lost and founds.
Additionally, at a booth near the “The Flower Tower” in Peace Memorial Park, there will be high school students from Hiroshima Global Academy presenting the highlights of the event in English. They will introduce what the festival is about, and share information on the stage performances, parades, local dishes and much more. There are also appealing points that only they know as high school students living in Hiroshima. Feel free to visit us!
ひろしまフラワーフェスティバル(FF)の会場内には、「平和公園」、「大手町」、「白神」、「三川町」、「田中町」の5ブロックにそれぞれ案内所があり、英語が話せるスタッフが常駐しています。会場内のイベントの案内をはじめ、迷子や落し物の対応にもあたります。
さらに、平和記念公園内の「花の塔」近くに設置したブースでは、広島叡智学園の高校生たちが英語でフラワーフェスティバルの見所や魅力を伝えます。フラワーフェスティバルがどんなお祭りかを説明し、ステージやパレード、グルメなどの情報を教えます。高校生たちが考える広島の魅力も紹介します。気軽にお立ち寄りください。