“‘Thanks, always.’ Who do these words make you think of?” Special Month-long Event, “THANKS LOVE MONTH 2024” This year, the “Thanks Love Flower Shop” makes surprise visits to towns across Japan!

Universal Studios Japan is committed to spreading “THANKS LOVE MONTH 2024”, a special commemorative month of gratitude to express gratitude and love to one another. In a first for the event, pop-up events of the Thanks Love Flower Shop were held in three locations around the country.

Universal Studios Japan held a special commemorative month for expressing gratitude and love to those closest to us, “THANKS LOVE MONTH 2024”, from Thursday, May 9th to Sunday, June 16th, 2024. Held during the period between Mother's Day (May 12th this year) and Father's Day (June 16th this year), this new commemorative month is aims to help express gratitude, praise, and appreciation not only to fathers and mothers, but also to partners, friends, colleagues, and all other important people in our lives, in order to respond to the diversification of the family in modern society. This year marks the third time that the event has been held.

This year, as a new initiative, we launched the “‘Thanks, always.’ Who do these words make you think of?” and invited episodes of gratitude from all over Japan, with the hope that people will use the opportunity to express their gratitude and love to their loved ones who come to mind. The “Thanks Love Flower Shop ~Creating Opportunities for Gratitude~”, where people receive flowers in exchange for giving thanks, struck out across the country as a surprise event.

The two winners chosen from among many applicants were one who wanted to express their gratitude to Yokoyama Elementary School in Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture, which will close at the end of this school year after 152 years of history and the other applicant wanted to express her gratitude to the people at Omura Chuo Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic (Omura City, Nagasaki Prefecture), who were there for her during her anxious delivery during the pandemic. A large number of children and local residents participated in this heartwarming event watching and many words of gratitude were exchanged.

Also, official event partner, AEON MALL Co., Ltd., endorsed the event and conducted a program in conjunction with the initiative at 142 AEON MALL locations nationwide during the event period. On Sunday June 16th, the final day of the event, a special event was held at AEON MALL Toyokawa, to great success and acclaim.

As a company that promotes DE&I (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion), we would like to continue to provide new “awareness” and “awakening” to society by establishing this commemorative month when anyone can express their gratitude to each other.