The Dance & Performance Festival "SHIRO FES. 2016 (Castle Festival)" will be held on July 3rd in the Hiromaru Park Honmaru site. Sponsored by Hirosaki Design Week Consortium.

The event is a gathering of eight different contents such as dance, art, and entertainment. For the repair of the stone wall below Honmaru, which is said to happen once every 100 years, Hirosaki Castle Castle Tower is currently being moved to the Honmaru site 74 meters northwest.

Last year, an event called "Hikiya Week" was held to experience the Hikiya, but it will be held as an activity to create and transmit the charm of Hirosaki until the Hirosaki castle tower returns to its original position.

The main event is "POP 1on1 BATTLE "SAMURAI" ASIA FINAL" which decides the Asian representative of pop dance. The pop dance world champions KEI, POPPIN J, KITE and other pop dancers representing Japan and Korea served as judges, and representative players from China and Taiwan and the Osaka qualifying held in Neyagawa, Osaka on June 19th. Winners and dancers recommended by the judges will also participate as guests.

Nobuo Iwabuchi of the planned dance studio "FUNKY STADIUM" in the city said, "We will be able to disseminate the charm of Hirosaki to the world because it will be held against the backdrop of the castle tower of Hirosaki Castle at the new world competition starting this year." speak.

On the day of the event, a game booth of the fighting game "Street Fighter 5" in collaboration with "Red Bull BC One 2016" that sponsors the event will be set up inside the venue to hold open tournament battles and artists from Aomori prefecture who are active both in Japan and overseas. And idols who are active in local Hirosaki, live performances by performers, throwing performances by street performers gathered from both inside and outside the prefecture, and "Hirosaki Castle Projection Mapping" that projects images on Hirosaki Castle.

Holding time is from 11:00 to 21:00. Event viewing/participation is free, but Hirosaki Park Honmaru admission fee is 310 yen for adults and 100 yen for children.