[Free Admission!] Play in the Forest at Mukogaoka-Yuen Station South Exit! "Ekimae Yuen Park" to be Held to Enjoy Fresh Greenery

Kawasaki City will host "Ekimae Yuen Park" on Sunday, May 31, 2026, at the Mukogaoka-Yuen Station South Exit Square. A portion of the roadway will be temporary pedestrian-only space where visitors can enjoy picnics, various crafts, and rickshaw rides while experiencing the fresh greenery. Following the event held last autumn, this social experiment aims to explore the utilization of public spaces. The event is organized through industry-government-academia collaboration, with support from Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo) and Odakyu Real Estate Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), as well as a talk event involving students from Senshu University located in Tama-ku, Kawasaki City. To create attractive hubs utilizing the natural environment of Ikuta Ryokuchi and local cultural facilities around Noborito and Mukogaoka-Yuen Stations, the city is conducting social experiments to establish comfortable, walkable spaces filled with nature, wood, and greenery. Event Details: Date & Time: Sunday, May 31, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM (In case of rain, the talk events will be held inside Chuwa Building, while other outdoor events will be canceled). Location: Mukogaoka-Yuen Station South Exit Square (2737 Noborito, Tama-ku, and surrounding areas). Organizer: Kawasaki City. Co-organizers: Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate Co., Ltd., Odakyu Real Estate Co., Ltd. Event Programs: Artificial Grass Picnic Area (with food trucks), Play with Wooden Blocks (made from domestic lumber), Beyblade on the Grass (morning tournament is pre-registered, with some paid craft activities), Rickshaw rides (paid), and Craft Workshops hosted by popular local artists (e.g., calendar keychains and tiles, materials fees apply, morning registration starts at 10:00 AM, afternoon registration at 12:00 PM). Talk Events (No reservation required, free of charge): 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM: "What Art Can Do for Town Development" with Nobuko Shimuta (Editor/Design Researcher), Tomoharu Matsuda (Planner/Poet), and Meiji Hijikata (Director of Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki); 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM: "Connecting People and Towns Through Beer Brewing" by students of the GDX Lab, School of Network and Information Studies, Senshu University; 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Talk on comfortable plaza spaces by Yuko Yamashita (Plaza Specialist). An open house public briefing regarding the draft "Mukogaoka-Yuen Station South Side Town Development Policy" will also be held concurrently. For details, refer to the city website or the brochure (d124454-325-9f0a63032eada3b7cd54c7865e8c14ff.pdf). For inquiries, contact Mr. Sato at the Noborito Land Readjustment Office, Land Use Planning Bureau, Kawasaki City (044-933-8512).