00:01The historic central square in Brussels is temporarily covered in a colorful bed of flowers
00:07as this year's edition of the annual flower carpet celebrates Japanese culture.
00:13Hiro Sugiyama, the artist behind the floral arrangement, brought the great wave of Kanagawa to life
00:19with hundreds of thousands of flowers.
00:22By doing so, he honored one of Japan's most famous artists, Katsushika Hokusai.
00:30He's using a lot of color, but he's been using a lot of color, but he's a very limited color
00:36for the color of the flower.
00:37He has a limited number of color for the flower.
00:39So, I'm going to look at the design of my own.
00:47I'm very excited to see the flower.
00:53I'm really excited to see the flower here, and I'm very excited to see the flower.
01:00the collaboration marks the 160th anniversary of diplomatic ties between belgium and japan
01:06the organizers of the event said the carpet is more than just an artwork but it is also
01:11a symbol of bringing people and cultures together the carpet features more than 700 000 flowers and
01:19measures roughly 70 meters long and 24 meters wide on thursday volunteers worked for hours to
01:25arrange the flowers into the artwork that the artist had intended the design will be visible
01:30in the belgian capital until sunday
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