The Dance & Performance Festival "SHIROFES.2018" will be held on July 1 at Hirosaki Park (Shimohiragincho, Hirosaki City).

This is the third event this year where local creators and top dancers perform performances, music, and art against the backdrop of the castle tower of Hirosaki Castle. Last year, a total of 7,000 people were mobilized.

At the venue, the final qualifying tournament in Asia, "POP Dance 1on1 Battle "SAMURAI" Asian Tournament," was held for the participation of "POP Dance Battle World Tournament", "ALL STYLE 2on2 BATTLE "DEADLY DUO"" where two dancers compete, " Perform Hip Hop 1on1 Battle "Do or Die". We also accept entries on the day.

In addition, as the first attempt of this time, a guest show and workshop will be held by two athletes in the extreme sports world. The two people are the TV player of Nisshin Cup Noodle in 2014 with Mr. BUG!?, the flagship player of Japan's representative crew "SAMURAI BALLERS" of the competition "Freestyle Basketball", which is a fusion of basketball, music and dance. Mr. Kotaro Tokuda, who became a hot topic in the game "Samurai in Brazil" wearing a armor and operating a soccer ball.

Creators who are active in Aomori prefecture on the day, with the concept of a theme park that can be enjoyed by children and adults all over Hirosaki Castle Honmaru, with a dance show, a contact corner for local characters, a food court with 10 stores, and a kids space. Open art exhibitions and workshops. From 20:00, projection mapping is projected on the castle tower of Hirosaki Castle.

Nobuo Iwabuchi of Hirosaki's dance studio "FUNKY STADIUM" (mountain road town), who runs the event, said, "The related video recording of the last year's event was played about 1.5 million times on YouTube, etc. There is also an overseas person who applied to participate, saying, "If you can do a performance with." It is getting more and more attention year by year, and not only dance but also various contents gather so that you can play all day long."

Holding time is from 10:00 to 20:30. Free admission and viewing.