Minato City Industrial Promotion Center's Online Community for Creators 'Minato Creators Park' to Open Registration to Junior High School Students and Above from April 2026
The Minato City Industrial Promotion Center will expand registration for its creator community, 'Minato Creators Park,' to include junior high school students and above starting April 2026, aiming to foster next-generation creators and revitalize local industries.
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The Minato City Industrial Promotion Center (Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter 'the Center') announces that starting April 2026, junior high school students and above can register for 'Minato Creators Park', an online community operated to promote interaction among creators, support their activities, and create business opportunities.
This creates an environment where, in addition to traditional creators, designers, startups, and companies, junior high and high school students interested in creative activities, design, manufacturing, and expressive activities can also participate.
We will further enhance the value of the community as a place where younger generations can connect, learn, and challenge themselves with diverse people from an early stage through presenting their work, exchanging information, participating in contests, and consulting on projects.
In the future, in addition to collaborating with schools within Minato City, we plan to strengthen cooperation with schools outside the city to provide more students with opportunities for creation, exploration, and dissemination.
By collaborating with educational institutions, we aim to balance the cultivation of next-generation creators with the revitalization of local industries by creating places for work presentations, promoting participation in contests, and providing triggers that connect to their careers and pathways.
Minato Creators Park | Bringing chances and possibilities to all creators from Minato City.
■ Background of expanding the registration target
The Center has been supporting creators, small and medium-sized enterprises, and startups through the operation of business support factories and co-working spaces, as well as holding seminars and events.
On the other hand, the base of human resources engaged in creative and expressive activities is broad, and in recent years, there has been an increase in examples of junior high and high school students tackling design, video, illustration, 3D, and AI utilization.
Given this trend, we considered it important to provide opportunities to take on challenges from an earlier stage at Minato Creators Park, leading to cross-generational exchange and learning.
Therefore, we have expanded the target audience so that those of junior high school age and older can register from April 2026, evolving into a community where more diverse participants, including the student generation, gather.
■ Strengthening school collaboration
Minato Creators Park will strengthen its collaboration with schools inside and outside the city moving forward.
Through collaboration with schools, we plan to promote the following initiatives:
- Providing opportunities for students to participate in the community
- Creating venues for presenting works and reporting on activities
- Promoting participation in logo contests, character contests, etc.
- Connecting with learning and inquiry activities related to the creative field
- Creating opportunities for interaction with the local community, companies, and creators
Through this, we will build a bridge between school learning and practical opportunities connected to society and industry, advancing an environment where students can expand their interests and areas of expertise.
■ What is Minato Creators Park?
Minato Creators Park is an online community targeting creators, designers, and startups operated by the Minato City Industrial Promotion Center.
In this community, the following information dissemination and exchanges are possible:
- Introduction of works and activity reports
- Sharing of technology and know-how
- Consultations on projects and collaborations
- Recruitment of projects (jobs) and dissemination of job information
- Sharing of event and contest information
Through these, we promote support for creator activities and the creation of new collaborations, aiming to revitalize local industries.
■ Currently ongoing contests
Minato Creators Park is currently holding a logo contest and a character contest that anyone can participate in until May 7, 2026.
This contest is a project that both professionals and amateurs can participate in, implemented as an opportunity for those interested in creative activities to easily challenge themselves.
With the start of registration acceptance for junior high school students and above, we hope it will be the first step for the student generation to transmit their works and expressions to society.
■ Future developments
Moving forward, we plan to develop Minato Creators Park as a place for support and exchange crossing online and offline realms by strengthening cooperation with seminars, workshops, and various industrial support programs conducted by the Center.
The community aims to become a new exchange foundation connecting creators, companies, and the administration as a hub for the design and creative industry in the region.
■ Service overview
Service name: Minato Creators Park
Launch date: Scheduled for Thursday, December 25, 2025
Target: Creators, designers, startups, companies, etc.
Operated by: Minato City Industrial Promotion Center / Unite Ly Inc.
This creates an environment where, in addition to traditional creators, designers, startups, and companies, junior high and high school students interested in creative activities, design, manufacturing, and expressive activities can also participate.
We will further enhance the value of the community as a place where younger generations can connect, learn, and challenge themselves with diverse people from an early stage through presenting their work, exchanging information, participating in contests, and consulting on projects.
In the future, in addition to collaborating with schools within Minato City, we plan to strengthen cooperation with schools outside the city to provide more students with opportunities for creation, exploration, and dissemination.
By collaborating with educational institutions, we aim to balance the cultivation of next-generation creators with the revitalization of local industries by creating places for work presentations, promoting participation in contests, and providing triggers that connect to their careers and pathways.
Minato Creators Park | Bringing chances and possibilities to all creators from Minato City.
■ Background of expanding the registration target
The Center has been supporting creators, small and medium-sized enterprises, and startups through the operation of business support factories and co-working spaces, as well as holding seminars and events.
On the other hand, the base of human resources engaged in creative and expressive activities is broad, and in recent years, there has been an increase in examples of junior high and high school students tackling design, video, illustration, 3D, and AI utilization.
Given this trend, we considered it important to provide opportunities to take on challenges from an earlier stage at Minato Creators Park, leading to cross-generational exchange and learning.
Therefore, we have expanded the target audience so that those of junior high school age and older can register from April 2026, evolving into a community where more diverse participants, including the student generation, gather.
■ Strengthening school collaboration
Minato Creators Park will strengthen its collaboration with schools inside and outside the city moving forward.
Through collaboration with schools, we plan to promote the following initiatives:
- Providing opportunities for students to participate in the community
- Creating venues for presenting works and reporting on activities
- Promoting participation in logo contests, character contests, etc.
- Connecting with learning and inquiry activities related to the creative field
- Creating opportunities for interaction with the local community, companies, and creators
Through this, we will build a bridge between school learning and practical opportunities connected to society and industry, advancing an environment where students can expand their interests and areas of expertise.
■ What is Minato Creators Park?
Minato Creators Park is an online community targeting creators, designers, and startups operated by the Minato City Industrial Promotion Center.
In this community, the following information dissemination and exchanges are possible:
- Introduction of works and activity reports
- Sharing of technology and know-how
- Consultations on projects and collaborations
- Recruitment of projects (jobs) and dissemination of job information
- Sharing of event and contest information
Through these, we promote support for creator activities and the creation of new collaborations, aiming to revitalize local industries.
■ Currently ongoing contests
Minato Creators Park is currently holding a logo contest and a character contest that anyone can participate in until May 7, 2026.
This contest is a project that both professionals and amateurs can participate in, implemented as an opportunity for those interested in creative activities to easily challenge themselves.
With the start of registration acceptance for junior high school students and above, we hope it will be the first step for the student generation to transmit their works and expressions to society.
■ Future developments
Moving forward, we plan to develop Minato Creators Park as a place for support and exchange crossing online and offline realms by strengthening cooperation with seminars, workshops, and various industrial support programs conducted by the Center.
The community aims to become a new exchange foundation connecting creators, companies, and the administration as a hub for the design and creative industry in the region.
■ Service overview
Service name: Minato Creators Park
Launch date: Scheduled for Thursday, December 25, 2025
Target: Creators, designers, startups, companies, etc.
Operated by: Minato City Industrial Promotion Center / Unite Ly Inc.