Red Cliff holds a scaled-up 800 drone show at the 40th Kanmon Strait Fireworks Festival
*Red Cliff Co., Ltd.*
Press release: August 9, 2024
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Red Cliff holds a scaled-up 800 drone show at the 40th Kanmon Strait Fireworks Festival
*~Following last year’s success, the “Strait Drone Show” has been realized~* *
Red Cliff Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Kouaki Sasaki, hereinafter referred to as “Red Cliff”), which plans and operates drone shows, and stocks that operate the drone business “Drone School Shimonoseki” in Yoshimi, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The company A-commerce (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Yoshikazu Akiba,
hereinafter referred to as “Drone School Shimonoseki”) will be held in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture and Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. “40th
At the Kanmon Straits Fireworks Festival, we will hold a co-sponsored event called the Straits Drone Show. Following the success of last year’s 500-drone show, we are scaling up the show to 800 drones this year. *
Surprise drone show at the Kanmon Strait Fireworks Festival (2023)
* “Kanmon Strait Fireworks Festival” is the only festival in Japan that is held in two prefectures separated by a strait *
The Kanmon Strait Fireworks Festival, which has been held since 1985, will be held for the 40th time this year (the 37th time as co-hosted with Moji), and will be one of the largest in western Japan, with a total of approx. 15,000 fireworks are scheduled to be launched. (C)️Drone School Shimonoseki
On the Shimonoseki side, there will be underwater fireworks, “Phoenix” fireworks to pray for reconstruction, two successive fireworks of one-shaku and five-inch balls, and 40 fireworks of one-shaku fireworks to commemorate the 40th anniversary, and from the Moji side, there will be many highlights such as fireworks of large fireworks and musical fireworks. It has become.
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Scaled-up 800-plane Strait Drone Show
Last year’s drone show at the Kanmon Strait Fireworks Festival was held as a surprise without any advance notice. When sea-related animations such as dolphins, jellyfish, and pearl oysters were drawn in the night sky, cheers could be heard from the venue, and emotional comments were also posted on social media.
Surprise drone show at the Kanmon Strait Fireworks Festival (2023)
This year, which will be the second year in a row, we will increase the number of aircraft from 500 to 800 and increase the power of expression in order to provide even greater surprise and excitement following last year’s success. Additionally, two drone shows will be held, one before the opening ceremony and one between the fireworks, each featuring a different animation.
The first part is scheduled to start at around 7:20pm on Tuesday, August 13th, and will feature various creatures related to the sea that were popular last year. Please pay attention to the new animations that will be unveiled this year.
In the second part, scheduled to start around 8:15 p.m., we will take on a new attempt to express the services of our national sponsor, the consumer security brand “Norton,” through a drone show. Please look forward to the drone show that can only be seen at the Kanmon Straits Fireworks Festival, set in the vast night sky and combining the features of Norton with motifs associated with Shimonoseki.
Overview of the “40th Kanmon Straits Fireworks Festival” co-sponsored event “Straits Drone Show”
Date and time: Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 19:20-19:35/20:15-20:30, approximately 15 minutes each time (*)
Venue: Shimonoseki venue (Misakinomachi Pier, Arkaport Shimonoseki, Kamon Wharf, Karato Market)
Sponsor: Drone School Shimonoseki
Drone show management: Red Cliff Co., Ltd.
*Depending on the weather on the day, the drone show may be canceled and postponed to the next day due to safety being our top priority. For the latest information on whether the event will be held due to weather, please refer to the 40th
Kanmon Strait Fireworks Festival Shimonoseki Venue’s official website (http://shimonoseki21c.jp/hanabi.html
), so please check it.
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A-commerce
is a private and government overseas business advisor. He also serves as an overseas business advisor for Shimonoseki City. In November 2022, in light of the fact that online technology has become established around the world, we opened Cross Culture Magazine, a community-based international facility, with the aim of developing world-class services and human resources from Shimonoseki. Italian cafe with sea view inside the facility
Operates Cafe Dal Mare, a cultural center that fosters overseas human resources, and drone school Shimonoseki.
Drone School Shimonoseki takes aerial photographs and edits videos of major events in Shimonoseki City and donates them to Shimonoseki City.
Name: A-commerce Co., Ltd.
Location: 9-7-2 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Representative Director: Yoshikazu Akiba
Established: September 2006
Business content: Drone national qualification training, operation of a drone school, operation of a drone shop, aerial photography and video editing using a drone, structural inspection and survey using a drone.
URL: https://drone-shimonoseki.jp/
*Red Cliff Co., Ltd. Company Profile*
A creative group in the sky that plans and operates high-quality drone shows with the mission of “Bringing surprise and excitement to the night sky.” We own 3,000 show drones, the largest fleet in Japan, and have the best track record in the industry with over 500 drone shows (according to our research as of July 2024). It has particular strengths in large-scale shows with over 1,000 aircraft. High-quality animation by veteran animators and the industry’s most advanced drone performance create a safe and unique drone show. In March 2024, we successfully completed a test flight of 1,500 aircraft, the largest scale for any domestic company.
In May of the same year, he succeeded in test flying a drone show using a fireworks-equipped drone for the first time in Japan. As a leading company that provides next-generation entertainment
experiences, we strive to integrate traditional Japanese festivals and events and contribute to the revitalization of local communities. Name: REDCLIFF, Inc.
Address: Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza B, 5-9-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Representative: Representative Director Kouaki Sasaki
Established: May 15, 2019
Business content: Planning and operation of drone shows, drone aerial photography, planning and operation of drone programming classes Capital: 50 million yen
URL: https://redcliff-inc.co.jp/
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