Try electronics at a Toshiba research lab: Kawasaki Junior Venture School taster class on Wed, Jan 6, 2027; applications open Nov 2

Kids learn entrepreneurship in Komukai, Saiwai

A class run by Kawasaki City to give children a first taste of entrepreneurship. The city describes entrepreneurship as the ability to step outside the box, take action and create new value.

This time the venue is Innovation Palette, a research and development facility at Toshiba's Corporate Research & Development Center (Komukai site) in Komukai-Toshiba-cho, Saiwai Ward. Two activities are planned:

• A tour of the research lab (children see researchers' experiments)
• Hands-on science with an electronics kit (children work with parts such as sensors, buttons and lights, and use simple programming to bring an idea to life)

Grades 4–6 in Kawasaki, 30 places

Children in grades 4 to 6 of elementary school who meet one of the following:

• Live in Kawasaki City
• Go to school in Kawasaki City
• Have a parent who works in Kawasaki City

There are 30 places. If there are more applicants, there will be a lottery giving priority to children who live or go to school in the city. The announcement does not mention a fee.

Apply Nov 2 to Dec 16

Apply using the online form (https://logoform.jp/f/O5hvA ) between Monday, Nov 2 and Wednesday, Dec 16, 2026. Applications have not opened yet, so wait until Nov 2.

The city says one aim of this taster class is to lead children on to next year's "practical course," a series of about 7 days where they find a problem, work out a solution with teammates, build a prototype and present it.

Contacts

Contact the Innovation Promotion Department, Economy and Labor Bureau, Kawasaki City (phone 044-200-2334). The press release also lists phone 044-200-2339 as a contact.