The dance and performance festival "SHIROFES.2020" will be held online on July 5th.

The event, which has been held for five years, is set on the Hirosaki Castle Honmaru, a nationally designated important cultural property. The dance battle held against the backdrop of the Hirosaki castle tower, which is one of the 12 existing castle towers nationwide, attracts attention every year, and the report video has viewers from all over the world. This year, to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection, everything will be online and will be delivered in real time using YouTube Live. Free viewing.

This year, we will hold a dance battle for all 6 titles online. In the qualifying tournament, there were more than 1200 entries from 42 countries, the highest number ever, and there were more than 20,000 voting comments using SNS. Nobuo Iwabuchi, the organizer of the Hirosaki Arts Dance Executive Committee, said, "I was more than I imagined, and I was thankful that I had never been to Japan but wanted to participate in SHIROFES." ".

In addition to dance battles, the projection mapping to Hirosaki Castle, which is held every year, delivers images taken in advance. Performances by guest dancers and live music will also be delivered. Mr. Iwabuchi says, "Being able to see first-class performances at home is a new pleasure."

The esports competition that started last year will also be held. Continuing from last year, at the tournament tournament of the software "SAMURAI SPIRITS" for PlayStation4, participants will be held remotely regardless of location, entitled "SAMURAI SPIRITS Hirosaki Gozen Match". Participants are recruiting until 20:00 on July 2nd.

Mr. Iwabuchi said, “I was able to connect to the world regardless of distance by online. Not only is it self-restraining while the world is suffering from coronary bruise, but it also sends new possibilities from Hirosaki. A real-time online battle will be held in Hirosaki, so I definitely want you to see it."

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