まちと川がひとつにつながるイベント

We come together by joining the riverfront activities in the "Hiroshima River City Festival"

広島がより多くの来訪者を引き付け、活気に満ちた都市であり続けるためには、現状を維持するだけでなくさらなるアトラクションを創出することが必要です。広島の歴史は太田川と共に成り立ってきたと言っても過言ではありません。昭和27年から51年まで続いた"広島川まつり"の復活と"平和"で"健康的"で"美しい"水の都広島にふさわしい新しい文化を創造するために、ウォーターフロントがひとつに繋がり市民が参加する、大きなムーブメントを造り上げていきたいと願っています。

In order for Hiroshima to attract more visitors and continue to be a vibrant city, it is not only necessary to maintain the status quo, but also to create further attractions.The history of Hiroshima has been closely linked to the developments of the Ota River system.We like to reinstall the "Hiroshima River Festival" held from 1952 to 1976 by starting the "Hiroshima River City Festival."However, we are not simply wishing to restore the festival held in the past but wishing to initiate the bigger movement of bringing people together by joining the riverfront activities to create a new culture/tradition that is "healthy," "beautiful," and "peaceful" suitable for the water city Hiroshima to match today's lifestyles.

[ 川でつながる"RiverDo!" ]

We come together by paddling on the river "RiverDo!"

広島には6本もの川が流れ日本一の数を誇る300を超える数の雁木があります。他の都市にはない世界的にも稀なインフラを「再」活用したり、国連が採択したSDGｓにもとづいた山から海に繋がる河川の環境を持続可能な観点から考え、広島市民の"心の源流"である太田川の環境や河岸の賑わいを創出して街が川でひとつに繋がるウオーターフロントの祭典です。

Hiroshima has six rivers flowing through the city and has the largest number of over 300 Gangis, staircase-like structures, found in Japanese cities. Gangis were used for loading and unloading goods and passengers in the past when boats were used instead of cars and trucks to transport them. We can re-utilized this old but world's rare infrastructure that is unique to Hiroshima. The lifestyle changes brought us new challenges: we need to think about riverfronts as parts of the ecosystem starting in the mountains and connected to the rivers and leading to the ocean. We need to be mindful of the sustainable development goals outlined in the SDGs adopted by the United Nations.

The Hiroshima River City Festival is the celebration of the Ota River's water fronts which have been serving as the "homes of the souls" of people in Hiroshima.

[ 陸でつながる"RiverDo!" ]

We come together by joining the riverside activities "RiverDo!"

河岸の雁木付近ではコンサートやマルシェも行われ、街を一周するSUPレースとともに、リバーサイドランニングやウオーキング、サイクリング、リバーサイドのクリーンアップやグランピングも行われメイン会場ではライブやパフォーマンスのステージ、河川環境を考えるワークショップなども開催。

The live music concerts and marches will take places near Gangi on the riverbanks. Along with the SUP race around the city, the festival will feature many other activities near or on the riverfront areas including riverside running and walking, cycling, riverside cleanup events and camping style picnics. At the festival’s main venue, live performance shows will be held and workshops for learning and thinking about the river environment will be offered.

[ 海へつながる"RiverDo!" ]

We help to sustain the Healthy Ocean Environment "RiverDo!"

海洋プラスチックの問題は身近な瀬戸内海でも起こっています。閉鎖された瀬戸内海のプラスチックゴミの大半は地元の川から流れ出ています。持続可能な自然環境を守っていくためにまずは身の回りでできることから始めましょう。

Marine plastic pollution is also occurring in the nearby Seto Inland Sea. Most of the plastic waste flows from the local rivers into the Seto Inland Sea.which is semi-enclosed and exchanges very little water with the Pacific Ocean or Japanese Sea.Let's start with the actions we can do ourselves to sustain the healthy ocean environment.