[Held on Monday, September 23rd (National Holiday)] Childcare Support Festival 2024 in AMU Hiroba 👶

There will also be a baby crawling race, various workshops, parenting support booths, and food trucks!

"Childcare Support Festival 2024 in Amu Hiroba" to be held!

[Date and time] September 23, 2024 (Monday/holiday) 11:00-16:00

[Venue] Amu Hiroba (JR Kumamoto Station Shirakawa Exit Square)

[Baby crawling on the tatami]

Morning session: 11:00～ (Registration: 10:30～)

Afternoon session: 14:00～ (Registration: 13:30～)

Participation is free/On-the-day registration available

・Capacity: First 50 people per session ・Eligibility: Babies around 1 year old who have not yet started walking

[Workshops and experience booths]

・Suncatcher/footprint keychain making *First 20 pairs

You can experience making sun catchers by pasting together colored cellophane, and decorating paw prints on paper clay to make paw print key chains.

Time: 12:30-13:30

Participation fee: 1,000 yen/set

*Target: Suncatchers: Children aged 3 and over and their guardians / Footprint keychains: Children aged 0-3 and their guardians

・Parent-child flower arranging/tea ceremony experience *Reservation required: Click here for reservations

Come enjoy a Japanese cultural experience with your family, parents and children, and grandparents!

Time: ①14:00～ ②15:00～ *Up to 5 groups per session

Participation fee: 500 yen/set

・Make your own original eco bag/drawstring bag *Reservation required: Click here for reservations (will take you to the official LINE account)

You can have fun making various patterns by stamping the fabric of a bag or drawstring bag with vegetable scraps that you would normally throw away.

Time: ①11:00～ ②11:30～ ※Up to 4 groups per session

Participation fee: 1,000 yen / 1 piece per person

[Childcare Support Booth]

・Mom to Love Photo *First come, first served

A wonderful photoshoot for moms, dads and their children!

Time: 11:00-12:00

Participation fee: 1,000 yen/group *3 photo data will be provided at a later date

・Aromatherapy hand massage (20 minutes 1,000 yen) *Reservation required: To make a reservation, please send a DM on our official Instagram .
Event times: 11:00~/12:00~/13:30~/14:30~

・Childcare consultation/birth plan creation (1,000 yen for 30 minutes) *Reservation required: To make a reservation, please send a DM on our official Instagram .
Event times: 11:00~/11:45~/12:30~/14:00~/14:45~/15:00~

・Thai traditional massage (20 minutes 1,000 yen) *Reservation required: To make a reservation, please send a DM on our official Instagram .
Event times: 11:00~/11:30~/12:00~/12:30~/14:00~/14:30~/15:00~/15:30~

・Childcare consultation and relaxation by midwives

・Play with toys! Corner *Free admission

A corner where you can freely play with fun toys provided by Bic Camera AMU Plaza Kumamoto store ♪

[Childcare support group booth]

・Single Mom Challenge

・General Incorporated Association Child Rearing Network Engawa Moyai

・Kumamoto Healthy Family Support Team

・Monkey Bear, Receive & Share

[Corporate Booths]

Please feel free to consult us about any tips or advice you may have about daily life that will be useful to parents raising children!

・Aber Construction Co., Ltd., LIXIL Corporation

・iette Co., Ltd.

・Green Co-op Kumamoto Consumers' Cooperative

・Kumamoto Prefecture Igusa Industry Production and Sales Promotion Association, Kumamoto Prefecture Igusa and Tatami Surface Revitalization Liaison Council

[Food truck]

・Ninguru Cafe (crepes and soft serve ice cream)

・Luna☆Café 2020 (panini, drinks, shaved ice)

・♡NIMIA's kitchen♡ (Chicken Nanban, Crouffles, Handmade goods)

・Olive Cafe (Red beef curry, tornado potatoes, ice cream parfait)

・Ferme Catherine (Organic baked sweet potato snacks)

*Please note that the items offered may change depending on the availability of stock.

[Contact Information]

JR Kyushu Agency Co., Ltd. Kumamoto Branch (TEL: 096-359-7918)