Title

Japan Grand Prix International Orchid Festival 2013 (Abbreviation: JGP 2013)

Hosts

JGP Working Committee [The Yomiuri Shimbun, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), JGP Organizing Committee]

Supporters

Foreign Ministry; Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry; Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry; Environment Ministry; Tokyo Metropolitan Government; the American Orchid Society; the Royal Horticulture Society; and the World Orchid Conference Trust

Special Cooperating Organization

Tokyo Dome Corporation

Cooperating　Organizations

The Japan Orchid Growers Association, the Japan Flower Growers Association Orchid Group, the Japan Oriental Orchid Association, the Nippon Flower Designers’ Association, the Japan Florists’ Telegraph Delivery Association, the Japan Horticultural Society, the Japan Flower Promotion Center Foundation, the All Japan Florists Association, the Japanese Flower Auction Association, the Japan branch of the Royal Horticultural Society, the Japan Home Garden Association, Preserved Flower Council Japan, and other orchid societies

Planning and Operating

Headquarters for the Japan Grand Prix International Orchid Festival 2013 [THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN, Head Office in Tokyo]

Venue

Tokyo Dome 1-3-61, Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

Dates

Open to public: Nine days from February 16 (Saturday) to February 24 (Sunday), 2013
Hours: 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Entrance closes at 4:30 p.m.

Opening Ceremony

February 15, 2013 (Friday) Awards ceremony and preview meeting

Review Exhibition

Division I: Individual Review Division
Division II: Fragrance Review Division
Division III: Display Review Division
Division IV: Floral Design Review Division
Division V: Arts and Crafts Review Division
Division VI: Miniature Display Review Division

Review Prize

Total amount: 12,090,000 yen (tentative)

Participating Countries and Regions

20 countries and regions

Total Number of Orchids at the Festival

Approximately 3,000 species and around 100,000 orchids (tropical, temperate orchids, oriental orchids and Japanese orchids) (tentative)

Admission Fee

Advance tickets: 1,800 yen
Same-day tickets: 2,000 yen
Evening tickets: 1,500 yen (Same-day tickets: On sale from 3:00pm)
Student tickets: 1,200 yen (Same-day-tickets: Please present your student ID card at the ticket counter. Student tickets are for junior high school, high school and university students.)
Group tickets: 1,800 yen (Same-day tickets: This applies to purchases of ten or more tickets at the same time at the venue ticket counter)
*Children of elementary school age and younger who are accompanied by a guardian will be admitted free of charge
*Those who present a disability certificate and one person accompanying them will be admitted at half price (same-day tickets and evening tickets)
*All amounts are inclusive of tax

Advance Ticket Sales

December 1 (Saturday), 2012 to February 15 (Friday), 2013

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