[JAF Tokyo] Traffic Safety Experience Event for Preschoolers with Live Music and Dance to be Held in Tokyo
The JAF Tokyo Branch will host the "Traffic Safety Wakuwaku Festa" at Tokyo Innovation Base on May 16, 2026, offering children a hands-on way to learn traffic rules through music and dance.
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The Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) Tokyo Branch (Branch Manager: Kazuo Kato), in collaboration with M-Buddy Japan Co., Ltd. (CEO: Moe Kameyama) and Gyugyutto Happy Co., Ltd. (CEO: Yuki Mihara), will hold the "Traffic Safety Wakuwaku Festa" on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Tokyo Innovation Base (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo).
This event aims to provide an opportunity for children to proactively learn traffic rules by combining JAF's traffic safety expertise with live music performances and participatory dance stages for children.
Social Background
Children's traffic accidents remain a major social issue. While the formation of behavioral habits is highly emphasized, particularly during the preschool period, conventional traffic safety education has often been centered around lectures, resulting in limited opportunities for children to learn proactively.
Through this event, we aim to realize traffic safety education that leads to the establishment of behavioral habits through learning accompanied by experience and emotion.
Event Content
- A participatory stage of live music x dance featuring "Happy Dance Onii-san Yu-chan," who has a proven track record at childcare facilities and parent-child events nationwide.
- Traffic safety experience programs by JAF themed around traffic lights and pedestrian crossings.
- Issuance of Kids Safety Licenses.
- JAF Try Safety with kids - Kids Service Car Ride Experience (Eligibility: Children weighing 35kg or less who can sit by themselves).
- Art workshop themed around vehicles.
Learn happily with live music by musicians and Happy Dance Onii-san "Yu-chan"
JAF Try Safety with kids - Kids Service Car Ride Experience
Event Overview
Date & Time: Saturday, May 16, 2026, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM *Reception starts at 12:30 PM
Venue: Tokyo Innovation Base (3-8-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Target Audience: Preschoolers to 1st graders and their parents/guardians
Capacity: First 30 groups *Please apply per family
Participation Fee: Free
Details & Event Application: https://m-buddy.org/jaf-safety-fes/
This event aims to provide an opportunity for children to proactively learn traffic rules by combining JAF's traffic safety expertise with live music performances and participatory dance stages for children.
Social Background
Children's traffic accidents remain a major social issue. While the formation of behavioral habits is highly emphasized, particularly during the preschool period, conventional traffic safety education has often been centered around lectures, resulting in limited opportunities for children to learn proactively.
Through this event, we aim to realize traffic safety education that leads to the establishment of behavioral habits through learning accompanied by experience and emotion.
Event Content
- A participatory stage of live music x dance featuring "Happy Dance Onii-san Yu-chan," who has a proven track record at childcare facilities and parent-child events nationwide.
- Traffic safety experience programs by JAF themed around traffic lights and pedestrian crossings.
- Issuance of Kids Safety Licenses.
- JAF Try Safety with kids - Kids Service Car Ride Experience (Eligibility: Children weighing 35kg or less who can sit by themselves).
- Art workshop themed around vehicles.
Learn happily with live music by musicians and Happy Dance Onii-san "Yu-chan"
JAF Try Safety with kids - Kids Service Car Ride Experience
Event Overview
Date & Time: Saturday, May 16, 2026, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM *Reception starts at 12:30 PM
Venue: Tokyo Innovation Base (3-8-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Target Audience: Preschoolers to 1st graders and their parents/guardians
Capacity: First 30 groups *Please apply per family
Participation Fee: Free
Details & Event Application: https://m-buddy.org/jaf-safety-fes/