HARVEST PARK 2025, a free event themed around food, agriculture, and music, hosted by singer-songwriter Caravan and others, will be held again this year on November 3rd (national holiday)!
Furusato Farmers NPO Press release: October 1, 2025 To Members of the Press Passing on beautiful satoyama to the next generation. “HARVEST PARK 2025,” a free event themed around food, agriculture, and music, hosted by singer-songwriter Caravan and others, will be held again this year on November 3rd (national holiday)! TOSHI-LOW, Onuma Yosuke, and CHAN-MIKA will also be appearing! This will be the third consecutive year the event is being held as an action against the worsening problem of illegal dumping in Chigasaki’s Satoyama area. On November 3, 2025 (national holiday), a free event themed around food, agriculture, and music, “HARVEST PARK will be held.
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singer-songwriter living in Chigasaki City, and Caravan, a company that operates a no-till farming business in Chigasaki City. The HARVEST PARK Executive Committee, centered around Hachiichi Farm, will be carrying out the planning and running of the event once again this year with the help of many local volunteers.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/147288/6/147288-6-3033a386a78e0613f31d13f6e6f94e37-3900×2600.jpg HARVEST PARK in 2024. Photo by Makino Hiroshi
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/147288/6/147288-6-ce0422189ae588c663bb4e8d0066c192-3900×2600.jpg HARVEST PARK in 2024. Photo by Hiroshi Makino.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/147288/6/147288-6-7812eb2d639f9462c316824570ba1d8c-3900×2600.jpg HARVEST PARK in 2024 Photo by Hiroshi Makino A public space (=PARK) held once a year to highlight the problem of illegal dumping in the Satoyama area. HARVEST PARK is an event that anyone can enjoy, but it’s not a typical music festival. At its core, the organizers’ desire is to “shed light” on the serious illegal dumping problem in the beautiful rural landscape of Chigasaki’s Satoyama area. Hachiichi Farm, a farm located right next to Chigasaki Satoyama Park, and singer-songwriter Caravan, who used to grow rice together, witnessed this problem and began a monthly Satoyama cleanup (trash collection) activity in June 2023, which has continued ever since. An extension of this activity is HARVEST PARK, a public space that anyone can enjoy once a year. Since 2023, the event has been held annually on Culture Day, November 3rd, with the hope that many people will visit the satoyama area, enjoy local cultures such as music, food, and agriculture, and discover beautiful scenery, thereby reducing waste even a little. To embody this goal, as an environmental measure, the entire live and talk stage uses solar-powered electricity, and reusable tableware has been introduced for food and drink to reduce waste. There will be no trash cans at the venue; attendees are encouraged to take their food home with them.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/147288/6/147288-6-5c6aad06d31b0b439f426b0e5bdef26e-3900×2600.jpg HARVEST PARK 2024 talk stage. Powered by solar-generated electricity. photo by Hiroshi Makino
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/147288/6/147288-6-0fce6ce20449af9adb4106c15d643b09-3900×2600.jpg Collection boxes for reusable tableware installed at the 2024 HARVEST PARK venue. The collection rate for reusable tableware (plates and bowls) was 96.0%. Photo by Hiroshi Makino We will be conducting clean-up activities during and after the event. Despite recording approximately 15,000 visitors for two consecutive years in 2023 and 2024, there was almost no trash around the venue. We would like to express our sincere gratitude and respect for the good manners of all visitors, and we will continue to strive for a clean event this year as well. “HARVEST PARK 2025” Content Created Together with the Community “HARVEST PARK 2025” will be held for the third year in a row. The 2025 edition will feature even more content themed around food, agriculture, and music. We are working with the local community in all aspects of our preparations.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/147288/6/147288-6-dbbb1350eb05f11610e21003fc89efb4-1280×1280.jpg “HARVEST PARK 2025” Performing Artists Local elementary school students will also be appearing alongside famous artists! The main stage featured famous artists such as organizer Caravan, TOSHI-LOW, CHAN-MIKA, and Onuma Yosuke. To open the main stage, students from the local Chigasaki Municipal Koide Elementary School will take to the stage and perform a song. This will be the second year in a row that a Chigasaki Municipal elementary school has performed. In addition, live painting performer Kohei Kondo will hold a workshop where children in attendance can paint large pictures. The finished paintings will be displayed on stage. Guest talks that bring environmental issues closer to home Talk stage speakers include Takayuki Tsujii (J.League Executive Officer in charge of Sustainability / former President of Patagonia Japan). Their talks will focus on familiar topics, such as climate change initiatives and sustainable actions in everyday life, to help participants take home an awareness of environmental issues.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/147288/6/147288-6-735b49a12ec90e65c53fe8f927ff45f2-3900×2600.jpg Takayuki Tsujii, who also spoke at HARVEST PARK in 2024, will be speaking again this year! Photo by Hiroshi Makino Over 70 stalls offering locally rooted food, agriculture, and workshops This year’s festival will feature a lineup of locally-sourced food trucks and food booths, as well as booths selling produce from local farmers, with the aim of allowing everyone to choose based on their preferences, from plant-based eaters to small children. There will also be over 70 stalls, including children’s workshops and relaxation areas, environmental booths, artist merchandise, and official merchandise.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/147288/6/147288-6-fbf0457cf2e0b5c299453a1e7e4357cb-3900×2600.jpg This year, many food trucks and food booths, mainly from local restaurants, will be exhibiting. Photo by Hiroshi Makino Sway your body and mind to the music, listen to talks, enjoy delicious food, browse shops, and participate in workshops. Enjoy this space and this time as you wish, along with the beautiful scenery of the countryside. To continue as a free event. Online Shop Launched In advance of the event, this year we have opened an online shop for official
merchandise. In addition to purchasing merchandise such as T-shirts, caps, and reusable cups, we are accepting donations starting at 1,000 yen per item. Profits from merchandise sales and donations will be used to cover event operating costs. We will also have an official merchandise sales booth set up at the event venue, so please stop by and support us.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/147288/6/147288-6-3f7edf74072ea6a299f606d72e3fc951-2031×1351.png HARVEST PARK OFFICIAL ONLINE STORE To establish it as part of local culture and pass it on to the next generation. This year marks the third HARVEST PARK, and we hope to continue it for at least 10 years. This is because by continuing this project, we hope to learn about the current global issues, such as environmental and waste problems, and to establish HARVEST PARK’s approach of creating the future together as a part of the local culture, passing it on to the next generation. At our monthly Satoyama cleanups, we witness the unchanging situation of illegal dumping, but we are confident that the future will definitely change thanks to the children who participate with us. Also, since last year, we have been keeping some of our own reusable tableware and providing it to food and beverage vendors, and this decision was made with the determination to continue this practice. Going forward, we will continue to promote not only the glamorous aspects of the event, but also our down-to-earth approach to conveying the message of HARVEST PARK’s beliefs and clean-up activities. In 10 years, we hope to pass the baton to the next generation, see these events and activities take root and take root in the local community, and pass on the beautiful satoyama environment to future generations. Please look forward to the third HARVEST PARK on November 3, 2025. HARVEST PARK 2025 Event Overview Date and time: November 3, 2025 (holiday) 10:00 – 16:00 Location: Kanagawa Prefectural Chigasaki Satoyama Park (1030 Serizawa, Chigasaki City) Parking available at the park, free shuttle bus available Admission: Free Main Stage
Performers: Caravan, TOSHI-LOW, CHAN-MIKA, Yosuke Onuma, Kohei Kondo, and others Talk Stage Appearances: Takayuki Tsujii (J.League Executive Officer in Charge of Sustainability / Former President of Patagonia Japan), and others Sponsored by: Chigasaki City, Chigasaki City Tourism Association, FM Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefectural Chigasaki Satoyama Park, Shonan Style magazine, Chigasaki FM Cooperation: Furusato Farmers Sponsor: TERRA, GOHEMP, go slow caravan, KEEN, J League, Minna Denryoku, Patagonia Provisions, SOYSCREAM!!! Sponsor: HARVEST PARK Executive Committee Homepage:
https://harvestpark-chigasaki.com/ Official Online Shop:
https://folkysmoky.thebase.in/ Instagram: @harvest_park X:
@HarvestParkCGSK YouTube: @HarvestPark-Chigasaki Contact:
hpc@harvestpark-chigasaki.com – Parking is limited. Please use public transportation whenever possible. – For details such as timetables, workshop and exhibitor information, and shuttle bus information, please visit the HARVEST PARK website or Instagram. – This is a zero-waste event. We ask that both performers and guests bring their own mugs and cutlery. (※)HARVEST PARK is being held with the support of the Kanagawa Prefecture Magcul Expansion Promotion Subsidy.