Kansai Rainbow Parade 2008

19th Oct. in Midosuji Street, Osaka, Japan.

Details on the parade

Date: 19th Oct. 2008, Sun. Meet at ~~13:00~~ 13:30
Place: In front of the Goddess Statue, Nakanoshima Park, on the south of Osaka City Hall. (-> GoogleMap)
2-minute walk from of either Subway Midosuji Line Yodoyabashi Sta.(M17; Exit No.1) or Keihan Railway Yodoyabashi Sta.
Start at ~~14:00~~ 14:30. From the park down Midosuji Street to Namba, finishing at Motomachi-Naka Park(*).
The parade route or the departure time may be subject to change depending on the negotiation with the police. If any changes are made, we will inform you on this website.

Cautions

Walk in a line, and do not stop walking unless otherwise instructed.
You cannot bring your own car or motorbilke to use in the parade.
Do not hand out leaflets, flyers, etc. during the parade. We need your cooperation to reduce littering.
(It is allowed to hand them out in the parks designated as the staring point or the finishing point. )
Ask for their permission before taking a picture of participants except a distant picture on which they are too small to be recognized. Note that some people want not to be pictured.
Bring your own water to avoid heat stroke.
Take your garbage back home.
Smoking is strictly prohibited during the parade. Midosuji Steet and the area around the City Hall are designated as smoking-prohibited zones by regulation set forth by Osaka City.
There is possibility that your photo is taken during the parade(*). When you do not want to be on the photo, go to the pictures-prohibited zone. However, it is not always guaranteed that you never be on the photo even if you are in the picture-prohibited zone. Take protective measures, such as wearing sunglasses or caps if you want surely not to be shot.
The aim of the parade is to make people be aware of the existence of LGBT. Therefore, people who are in zones other than picture-prohibited zone might be on the photo. We hope your understanding.

Objective of the parade

More and more sexual minority issues have been recently featured on mass media in Japan. The population of sexual minority people is estimated to be approximately a few percent to five percent in every society. This means you probably have one sexual-minority classmate out of thirty in a school class. Most people, however, rarely think a relative or friend of them may be sexual minority.

In this parade, sexual minority people and their allies proudly walk in downtown Osaka. We sincerely hope that the parade will help all people to realize that sexual minority people are here. And we also hope that our society will become more and more open one enough to respect sexual diversity.

Meaning of rainbow

The word "rainbow", which is used in the parade title "Kansai Rainbow Parade", is come from the rainbow flag which was designed in the United States in 1978 as a symbol of gay communities. The rainbow flag was originally used by gay men to express their prides and now more generally used as a symbol of sexual diversity.

Not only the rainbow flag uses multi colors but also the Olympic flag consists of five colors, which represent diversity and equality of races in the world. Same can be said for the rainbow flag; each of us have diverse sexualities including diverse sexual orientations or gender identities just like a six-color rainbow. We hope that our "Rainbow Parade" help all people to respect the diversity and try to live together.

Contact Us

E-mail: info-krp[at]kansaiparade.org

Back to Home