Social Welfare Corporation Shinkokai
You can also enjoy a famous Korean choir, international cuisine, and a 3,000 balloon launch! 22nd Fukaya Children’s International Festival held on “largest scale ever”
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The Fukaya Social Welfare Corporation, which operates four nursery schools in Fukaya City, held the “22nd Fukaya Children’s
International Festival – MEET!For the next” on Saturday, May 22nd at the Fukaya Civic Cultural Hall and Castle Park. future-” will be held. This year marks the 22nd annual event.
The Fukaya Children’s International Festival, scheduled to be held on the largest scale ever, is an annual event at this time of year, marking its 22nd year. Originally, the previous general director studied abroad in high school, and thought that “even if we don’t speak the language, we can communicate with each other” and “I want the children to experience this feeling,” so he invited children from all over the world. It will be held. This year, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the nursery school “Social Welfare Corporation Fukkokai”, we will hold the largest scale event ever. The number of visitors is expected to be 2,500 to 3,000.
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This year, children from our sister schools, South Korea’s Saetbyul Kindergarten and Guam’s St Paul Christian School, visited Japan. Also participating will be the NUBES Children’s Choir, which has a 50-year history in South Korea and has won a gold medal at the World Choral Olympics.
On the day of the event, in addition to renewing sisterhood friendship agreements with each organization, the children performed games from their respective countries together with older children from Fukaya Nursery School, Fukaya Nishi Nursery School, Fukaya Fujisawa Nursery School, and Fukaya Kamishiba Nursery School. We will also be performing a friendship song created for this event. (The friendship song will also be distributed on YouTube, iTunes, etc.) At the finale, all approximately 200 participants are scheduled to take to the stage. (Photo: Lyrics: Jimei Goto, left; Composer: WonYub Choo, right)
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This time, as our first initiative, we are planning to open a food booth where you can enjoy international cuisine such as Peruvian food and gapao rice, with the cooperation of local restaurants. A special live performance by singer-songwriter Jun Mikami from Chichibu City will also be held on the special stage. There will also be a corner where you can enjoy traditional Japanese games such as stilts, beigoma and origami, and there will also be an event where you can bury a time capsule to see yourself 10 years from now. At the end, “dream balloons” filled with approximately 3,000 flower seeds will be released into the sky. Admission is free. You don’t have to be a member of the nursery school to participate, and it’s an event that can be enjoyed by the whole family, regardless of generation.
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