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MIDOSUJI PARADE

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MAIN THEME
Bring the World Together! Midosuji Parade

SUB-THEME
Floating,Flashing,Osaka!

DATE
Sunday, October 10, 2004 from 2:00 to 6:30 pm (expected)

PLACE
Midosuji Boulevard, Osaka, Japan
From Oe-bridge (in front of Osaka City Hall)
to Namba (3.3 km, 2 miles)

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
10,000 in 2003 (88 performing units)

NAMBER OF SPECTATORS
1,200,000 in 2003

PARTICIPARING UNITS
FLOATS: Display floats, Music / Announcement Cars
MARCHING UNITS: Marching bands, Baton twirlers, Drum and fife bands
OTHER PERFORMING UNITS: Local festival groups of Japan
                  Festivals and performing arts from foreign countries
                  Japanese folk dance groups
                  Children's Mikoshi (portable shrines)

RELATED EVENTS
(Details are to be arranged and subject to major changes)
PARADE EVE FESTIVAL (Float Preview)
(Saturday, October 9 at Ogimachi Park, Kita-ku, Osaka City)
NAKANOSHIMA RIVERSIDE FESTIVAL 2004
(From Friday, October 8 to Sunday, October 10 at Osaka City Central Public Hall)
THE INTERNATIONAL MARCHING BAND FESTIVAL
(Monday, October 11 at the Expo '70 Commemoration Park)

FOR DETAILS CONCERNING THE MIDOSUJI PARADE,PLEASE CONTACT
Parade Department
Osaka 21st Century Association
Hotel Osaka Castle 4th Floor
1-1 Temmabashikyomachi Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0032
Tel: +81-6-6942-2007  Fax: +81-6-6942-5945

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