The Hiroshima Flower Festival has been held every year since 1977 during Golden Week, from 3 May to 5 May. More than one million people take part in the festival each year.[citation needed]
The origin of the festival is the Japanese professional baseballCentral League Champion parade for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp team in 1975. At the inaugural festival in 1977, Agnes Lum had to be escorted from the festival on a fire truck due to the number of fans overwhelming the event.[1]
Mikoshi, Kagura and peace concerts are held at night.
Flower singeredit
A featured performer termed the Flower singer was arranged to sing the theme song each year up to 2005. From 2006 the Flower singer was replaced with Flower Festival special guests, and other guests were also noted. These performers have been:
^元祖“黒船グラドル”アグネス・ラム来日騒動 [The uproar of the arrival in Japan of the original "foreign gravure idol" Agnes Lum (page 3)] (in Japanese). Nikkan Gendai. March 7, 2014. Archived from the original on November 13, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
^. Archived from the original on 2009-04-11. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
^. Archived from the original on 2009-04-11. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
External linksedit
Official website (in Japanese)
This article related to a Japanese festival or holiday is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
hiroshima, flower, festival, this, article, needs, updated, please, help, update, this, article, reflect, recent, events, newly, available, information, october, 2017, ひろしまフラワーフェスティバル, flower, festival, held, annually, hiroshima, japan, symbol, flower, tower, . This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information October 2017 The Hiroshima Flower Festival ひろしまフラワーフェスティバル is a flower festival held annually in Hiroshima Japan Hiroshima Flower FestivalSymbol Flower Tower with FlameLocation s HiroshimaFounded1977Websitehttp www hiroshima ff com Contents 1 Overview 2 History 3 Themes 4 Events 4 1 Parades 4 2 Concerts and performances 4 3 Flower singer 5 References 6 External linksOverview editThe Hiroshima Flower Festival has been held every year since 1977 during Golden Week from 3 May to 5 May More than one million people take part in the festival each year citation needed The festival includes multiple stages for entertainment shops a small zoo and other amusement attractions along Peace Boulevard and in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Many concerts dancing shows fashion shows talk shows and traditional and contemporary performances featuring local citizens and other events are held throughout the area Locals also participate in a parade and Yosakoi dance on Peace Boulevard History editThe origin of the festival is the Japanese professional baseball Central League Champion parade for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp team in 1975 At the inaugural festival in 1977 Agnes Lum had to be escorted from the festival on a fire truck due to the number of fans overwhelming the event 1 Themes editThe underlying themes of the festival are to 2 Make Hiroshima full of flowers greens and music Share the brightness and dignity of life with all people Appeal for a warm hearted cultural and personnel interchange from Hiroshima to the world Events editThe key events of the festival are 3 Parades edit Flower parade on May 3 Kinsai visit us Yosakoi parade on May 5 Concerts and performances edit Multiple concerts and performances on twenty stages and in seventy squares every day Candlelight services with peace messages and origami cranes Mikoshi Kagura and peace concerts are held at night Flower singer edit A featured performer termed the Flower singer was arranged to sing the theme song each year up to 2005 From 2006 the Flower singer was replaced with Flower Festival special guests and other guests were also noted These performers have been Year Flower singer Other artists 1977 1978 Naomi Sagara 1979 1980 1985 Yoko Seri 1981 Junko Sakurada 1982 Hitomi Ishikawa 1983 Ikue Sakakibara 1984 Hidemi Ishikawa 1986 Judy Ongg 1987 Miho Nakayama 1988 Yu Hayami 1989 Noriko Sakai 1990 Tomomi Nishimura 1991 Fuyumi Sakamoto 1992 Eriko Tamura 1993 Reiko Kato 1994 Oyunaa 1995 Marcia 1996 Ranran Suzuki 1997 Yoshie Hayasaka 1998 Kim Yeon ja 1999 Hikaru Nishida 2000 Kumiko Endo 2001 Miki Sakai 2002 Wakako Shimazaki 2003 Hitomi Shimatani 2004 Sonim 2005 Sayaka Kamizono Year FF special guests Other guests 2006 MAX Koriki Choshu Hinoi Team 2007 Masashi Akiyama Takako Uehara Younha 2008 Ai Kawashima Kousuke Atari TDR characters 2009 Jero Kaori Mizumori Yokota Kaguradan Aki Gakudan Osedo Chishima Takashi amp Chiharu Sayaka Kamizono Katsuhiko amp Maco Kentaro Kihara Takahiro Miyazaki CNA DSC Tomonari Takano Takarabune Chiharu Tamaki trunk Shoji Narita Mebius Kenta Morimoto Anri Kumaki The generous Scandal Miho Fukuhara Lil BReferences edit 元祖 黒船グラドル アグネス ラム来日騒動 The uproar of the arrival in Japan of the original foreign gravure idol Agnes Lum page 3 in Japanese Nikkan Gendai March 7 2014 Archived from the original on November 13 2017 Retrieved August 31 2023 Hiroshima Flower Festival data Archived from the original on 2009 04 11 Retrieved 2009 10 24 Hiroshima Flower Festival data Archived from the original on 2009 04 11 Retrieved 2009 10 24 External links editOfficial website in Japanese nbsp This article related to a Japanese festival or holiday is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hiroshima Flower Festival amp oldid 1196816907, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
