Kawasaki Keiba Autumn Festival at Kawasaki Racecourse on Sunday, Oct 25: pony rides, a Kamen Rider show and food trucks, with free entry and activities

An autumn festival in the Kawasaki Racecourse infield

Kawasaki Keiba holds this festival to thank local residents and racing fans. The venue is the infield plaza of Kawasaki Racecourse, and Kawasaki Keiba's mascot "Katsumaru-kun" will be there too.

• Stage: a Kamen Rider Mais hero show (twice a day, with a handshake event after the show), a talk show by Kawasaki Frontale special ambassador Tetsuo Nakanishi, a dance show by the dance school "happy days dance school," a live show by "MARUKADO," an idol group of Senzoku Gakuen College of Music students, and a rock-paper-scissors game with Katsumaru-kun
• Kick target challenge: kick a ball at a target. Everyone who joins gets a Kawasaki Frontale trading card.
• Festival games: super ball scooping and yo-yo balloon fishing (both for elementary school children and younger), target shooting and ring toss. Part 1 starts at 10 a.m. and Part 2 at 1 p.m., and each ends when the prizes run out. There are also stalls for fried takoyaki and fries.
• Workshops: Katsumaru-kun coloring badges and acrylic key chains. Part 1 runs from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Part 2 starts at 1 p.m., each for about the first 100 people.
• Food trucks: meat-wrapped rice balls, crepes, kebabs, churros, fried chicken and more
• Goods sale "Katsumarché on tour": Kawasaki Keiba goods usually sold only on race days will also be available.

The second half of Tetsuo Nakanishi's talk show is a quiz. Top scorers receive items such as T-shirts and towel scarves signed by Kawasaki Frontale players.

Tickets needed to meet the miniature horses

• Miniature horses: about 20 people per session can touch the horses inside the pen. Numbered tickets for all three sessions are handed out from 10 a.m. Without a ticket, you can still watch from outside the fence.
• Pony rides: about 60 people per session.

Any activity may stop taking people once it is full.

Hosted by the Kanagawa Kawasaki Racing Association

The Kanagawa Prefecture Kawasaki Horse Racing Association, which runs Kawasaki Racecourse. Details are in the news section of the Kawasaki Keiba official website.

3 minutes' walk from Minatocho Station

Kawasaki Racecourse is at 1-5-1 Fujimi, Kawasaki Ward. According to the official access guide, it is a 3-minute walk from Minatocho Sta. (Keikyu Daishi Line), 12 minutes from Keikyu Kawasaki Sta. and 15 minutes from JR Kawasaki Sta. Minatocho Sta. is the most convenient for Gate 1 of the racecourse. There is no free shuttle bus.

If you come by car, parking costs extra.

Contacts

The organizer, the Kanagawa Prefecture Kawasaki Horse Racing Association. The Town News article lists phone 044-233-6704 as the contact. The program may change without notice, so check the news on the official website before you go.