Nakahara Welfare and Health Festival 2026 on Sun, Nov 15, at Nakahara Ward Office: fire department band and a pro wrestler's health exercises for the 30th edition

About 50 groups at a welfare and health festival

This festival brings together groups and volunteers working on welfare and health in Nakahara Ward, so that local people can learn the right facts about welfare and health. The theme is "Meet, connect and support each other," and about 50 groups will take part in 2026. It is organized by the Nakahara Welfare and Health Festival Executive Committee.

The venue is the Nakahara Ward Office front plaza, 5th floor, Annex 1st floor and lawn plaza. The program is for everyone from children to older people, and anyone can come.

Walk rally, health checks and more

• Welfare and health walk rally (collect stamps at the hands-on corners to get a gift, first come, first served; pick up the stamp card at the main reception)
• Panel displays of the groups' works and activities
• Hands-on welfare and health activities, and health checks
• Consultations with experts on adult guardianship, end-of-life planning and more
• Display and sale of handmade goods such as remade items
• Mini sign language class by a sign language circle
• Health exercises by the Nakahara Pansy Team, Ryukyu drum performances, readings and kamishibai picture-card stories
• Food for sale, such as yakisoba and frankfurters

On the day, there is also a food drive (collecting unopened food that households do not need and donating it to local welfare groups, food banks and others). Bring food that keeps at room temperature, such as canned food, retort-pouch and instant food, snacks, seasonings, rice, dried noodles and pasta, to the 5th floor of the ward office. Only food with at least one month left before its best-before date is accepted, and food with damaged packaging is not. The time is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

30th-edition specials: fire brigade band and a wrestler's exercises

• Performances by the Kawasaki City Fire Department Band (Color Guard "Red Wings") and the brass band of Tamagawa Junior High School
• Health exercises led by Hajime Ohara, a pro wrestler from Nakahara Ward
• Welfare and health mahjong tournament and trial
• Belly dance (Tiara Belly Dancers) and hula (Hula Halau Pumehana) shows

In rain, some performances may be canceled. If the festival is canceled because of stormy weather, it will be announced on the Nakahara Ward website.

To Nakahara Ward Office by train or bus

On the flyer map, Nakahara Ward Office (3-245 Kosugi-cho, Nakahara Ward) is west of Musashi-Kosugi Station, along the JR Nambu Line tracks. Visitors are asked not to come by car and to use trains or buses.

Contacts

For questions, contact the Community Care Promotion Section, Community Support Center, Nakahara Ward Office (044-744-3239).