Music Experience Event 'Manten Music Plaza ~Let's Ride Sounds and Fun on the Refreshing Spring Breeze of Yamato Plateau! Relaxed Participatory Music Festival~' to be Held in the Eastern Nara City Area on Saturday, May 23 (Admission Free)
Aohani-kai Social Welfare Corporation's 'Manten Hiroba' in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, will host the music experience event 'Manten Music Plaza' on Saturday, May 23. Admission is free, and it's a participatory festival with drum circles, chorus performances, food, merchandise, and play areas, enjoyable for everyone, including people with disabilities.
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About the Event
'Manten Hiroba' (Aohani-kai Social Welfare Corporation) in Mizumacho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, will host the music experience event 'Manten Music Plaza ~Let's Ride Sounds and Fun on the Refreshing Spring Breeze of Yamato Plateau! Relaxed Participatory Music Festival~' at Manten Hiroba on Saturday, May 23, 2026. This event is the second of its kind, following the first free-admission 'Music Experience Event' held at the same venue last September.
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Guest Performances and Experiential Programs
Drum Circle 'Gatherhythm'
Based in Yoshino, Nara Prefecture, 'Gatherhythm' conducts drum circle activities. This participatory improvisational music 'drum circle' experience allows anyone, including children and people with disabilities, to freely play.
Nara Women's University Guitar Mandolin Club
They will perform gentle pieces, including popular Ghibli music, that match the atmosphere of the venue surrounded by greenery, appealing to children.
Gatherhythm
Performances and Experiential Programs by Aohani-kai Social Welfare Corporation
'Aohani Daiku Chorus' Performance
'Aohani Challenger' Nanchu Soran Dance Performance
'Manten no Tsudoi' Piano Performance
'Flap Balloon' - A highly popular participatory program for children and others.
[Food]
At 'Manten Garden & café' within the venue, you can enjoy food and drinks while listening to music. In addition to lunch menus like curry and pizza, drink menus such as the famous 'Blueberry Juice,' and dessert menus like homemade gelato, you can also experience hands-free BBQ and rent picnic tents.
[Shop]
You can enjoy shopping at the sales corner, which mainly features products carefully made by users of Aohani-kai Social Welfare Corporation. The soaps made at 'Mantenboshi Meguri Soap Studio,' visible behind the stage, are high-quality cosmetic soaps that are gentle on the skin and the earth. Also, products made from processed vegetables, produced through the 'agriculture x welfare' collaboration utilizing abandoned farmland in the region, are lined up and are well worth seeing.
Mantenboshi Meguri Soap Handmade miscellaneous goods
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The outdoor plaza with the stage also has wooden swings and a mini water play area, where children can enjoy physical activity and play all day long in conjunction with the stage experience programs.
Event Outline
Name: 'Manten Music Plaza ~Let's Ride Sounds and Fun on the Refreshing Spring Breeze of Yamato Plateau! Relaxed Participatory Music Festival~'
Date: Saturday, May 23, 11:00 - 15:00
Location: Manten Hiroba (Aohani-kai Social Welfare Corporation)
3031 Mizumacho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture
*Admission Free
*Postponed in case of rain
*Event details and latest information will be updated regularly on Manten Hiroba's Instagram account (@manten_garden)
Contact
Aohani-kai Social Welfare Corporation Manten Hiroba
Tel: 0742-81-1310
E-mail: manten@aohani.com
■About Aohani-kai
Aohani-kai is a social welfare corporation that aims to realize a society where people with disabilities address local issues through 'work' (monozukuri), where no one is left behind and everyone can participate, and where each individual can achieve the happiness they envision in their lives. What we aim for is an inclusive society that realizes a 'circular society' and 'equality of happiness' through the involvement of all people.
'Manten Hiroba' (Aohani-kai Social Welfare Corporation) in Mizumacho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, will host the music experience event 'Manten Music Plaza ~Let's Ride Sounds and Fun on the Refreshing Spring Breeze of Yamato Plateau! Relaxed Participatory Music Festival~' at Manten Hiroba on Saturday, May 23, 2026. This event is the second of its kind, following the first free-admission 'Music Experience Event' held at the same venue last September.
[Stage]
Guest Performances and Experiential Programs
Drum Circle 'Gatherhythm'
Based in Yoshino, Nara Prefecture, 'Gatherhythm' conducts drum circle activities. This participatory improvisational music 'drum circle' experience allows anyone, including children and people with disabilities, to freely play.
Nara Women's University Guitar Mandolin Club
They will perform gentle pieces, including popular Ghibli music, that match the atmosphere of the venue surrounded by greenery, appealing to children.
Gatherhythm
Performances and Experiential Programs by Aohani-kai Social Welfare Corporation
'Aohani Daiku Chorus' Performance
'Aohani Challenger' Nanchu Soran Dance Performance
'Manten no Tsudoi' Piano Performance
'Flap Balloon' - A highly popular participatory program for children and others.
[Food]
At 'Manten Garden & café' within the venue, you can enjoy food and drinks while listening to music. In addition to lunch menus like curry and pizza, drink menus such as the famous 'Blueberry Juice,' and dessert menus like homemade gelato, you can also experience hands-free BBQ and rent picnic tents.
[Shop]
You can enjoy shopping at the sales corner, which mainly features products carefully made by users of Aohani-kai Social Welfare Corporation. The soaps made at 'Mantenboshi Meguri Soap Studio,' visible behind the stage, are high-quality cosmetic soaps that are gentle on the skin and the earth. Also, products made from processed vegetables, produced through the 'agriculture x welfare' collaboration utilizing abandoned farmland in the region, are lined up and are well worth seeing.
Mantenboshi Meguri Soap Handmade miscellaneous goods
[Play]
The outdoor plaza with the stage also has wooden swings and a mini water play area, where children can enjoy physical activity and play all day long in conjunction with the stage experience programs.
Event Outline
Name: 'Manten Music Plaza ~Let's Ride Sounds and Fun on the Refreshing Spring Breeze of Yamato Plateau! Relaxed Participatory Music Festival~'
Date: Saturday, May 23, 11:00 - 15:00
Location: Manten Hiroba (Aohani-kai Social Welfare Corporation)
3031 Mizumacho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture
*Admission Free
*Postponed in case of rain
*Event details and latest information will be updated regularly on Manten Hiroba's Instagram account (@manten_garden)
Contact
Aohani-kai Social Welfare Corporation Manten Hiroba
Tel: 0742-81-1310
E-mail: manten@aohani.com
■About Aohani-kai
Aohani-kai is a social welfare corporation that aims to realize a society where people with disabilities address local issues through 'work' (monozukuri), where no one is left behind and everyone can participate, and where each individual can achieve the happiness they envision in their lives. What we aim for is an inclusive society that realizes a 'circular society' and 'equality of happiness' through the involvement of all people.