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It is Tokyo Rainbow Pride when saying the event of LGBT in Japan.
The word "pride" is supposed to refer to "parade of sexual minorities".
Originally there was a name of "lesbians & gays" but began to use the word "pride" by criticism from the parties. This event will be held at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya during the period of RAINBOW WEEK from the end of April to the beginning of May, and the theme is decided every year.
Celebrities such as Mr. Ayumi Hamasaki and Mika Nakashima are participating in the special appearance every time in recent years, participants of the event increase year by year, in 2018 it was about 150,000 people.

1994:Japan's first pride parade held in Tokyo
1996:Third implementation → Interruption from the following year due to conflict over management methods etc.
2000:Resurrected as "Tokyo Lesbians & Gay Parade 2000"
　　　　The 1st "Rainbow Festival" held
2001・2002:Hosting the eve of the night "GLORY" at Yoyogi Park
2003・2004:Discontinued again because there is nobody to do the executive chairperson
2005:Establishment of "Tokyo Pride"
　　　　"TLGP 2005" held
2006:"TLGP 2006" held
2007:Name changed to "pride parade"
2008:Stop parade
2009:"Tokyo Pride Festival" held in the form of no parade
2010:Parade revival
2011:Because of the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake, it will not be held
2012～: "Tokyo Rainbow Pride" held steadily

Sapporo Rainbow March

It was held in Sapporo City for the first time in four years in 2017.
In Sapporo the parade had been held since 1996 but it was temporarily suspended in 2013.
A local student revived, and a parade was held over an hour for approximately 1.8 km near Sapporo station.
Although the scale became a little smaller,Understanding of LGBT is progressing gradually, such as "Sapporo city has been declared the" partnership oath system ".
There were about 4.5 million participants, messages from the mayor were sent, and the Sapporo TV Tower dyed rainbow according to the parade was excited.

Rainbow Festa!

In 2018, it was held at Ogimachi Park in Osaka City for two days, and it has been five years since "Rainbow Festa!" Began.
Some of the sales earned on rainbow vending machines called "Dangan CHANGE!" Also in Tokyo Rainbow Pride were donated to Rainbow Festa.
Also, as part of the campaign there was also a sale of T - shirts that Rainbow comes out when pulling to look black.
Rainbow Festa! has a theme "loveful person" and it is showing off.
In this event, the Kansai Rainbow Parade which has continued since 2006 was also held and it was held for the thirteenth time.
About 850 people gathered in the parade, and 10,000 participants as the whole event were.

Tokyo Rainbow Pride is the most famous in Japan and I think that the holding in Tokyo has a great influence.
I was surprised that as many as 150,000 people participated in 2018, I realized that there are so many people who want to spread LGBT to the world so much.
Sapporo Rainbow Festa is a TV tower at Rainbow March becoming a Rainbow! I thought that the theme song at.