Nakayama Festival (held)

*The 46th Nakayama Festival is supported by Higashimatsuyama City as well as many companies and organizations.

• Recalling the concept of "Children's Hometown Building" from the time when the Nakayama Festival began, we would like to create a place of "memory" for children living in the area.
• In addition, due to the declining birthrate and aging population, our community association had been unable to be as active as in the past for several years. With the background of many people "straining" to maintain the activities of the community association, many members were concerned that the limits would eventually be reached.
• This, combined with the refraining from going out and socializing due to the new coronavirus, has put a yellow light on the maintenance of the foundation of mutual aid, which is based on horizontal ties, and is one of the reasons for the existence of neighborhood associations.
• In the same vein, with the new coronavirus countermeasures and financial pressure factors due to the declining birthrate, aging population, and dispersion of urban functions, we cannot expect too much from "public assistance," and we felt that rebuilding the foundation of "mutual assistance" here is important for the future lives of the local government members.
• Therefore, the 46th Nakayama Festival project was launched with the idea of creating a place for exchange in a new form, without being bound by old precedents (style).

Event Report

【東松山市東平】第46回中山祭りに行ってきた！！｜埼玉マガジン

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Opening Present for Autonomous Members

🎉🎉🎉🎉 Early bird gets the worm!　Nakayama Festival Opening Present for Autonomous Members: 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Special gifts will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, with items donated free of charge by neighboring companies!

Presents

• Coed Beer: about 200 bottles (provided by Coed Brewery)
• Potato chips: about 120 bags (provided by Potato Foods)
• Toilet paper and tissues: about 30 items (provided by Nippon Paper Industries)

Distribution Location and Time

• They will be distributed at the performance area from 11:15 to 11:45 after the Nakayama Festival opening event.
  *The brass band performance has been cancelled due to circumstances, and will be held at that time.
• If there are still some items left after the time has passed, distribution will continue at the food and beverage booth ticket booths.

Notes (Please read carefully)

• limited to local government members
  • This project is only open to households that are members of a community association.
• How to receipt
  • A ballot box for the fun raffle tickets will be available at the distribution site. The district, group, and name on the raffle ticket distributed in advance will be considered proof of membership, and a gift will be given to the person with the completed fun raffle ticket.
• Limited to 1 per person
  • Only one gift will be given per person. Please refrain from receiving more than one gift per person.
• First-come-first-served basis & limited quantity
  • The gifts are courtesy of our sponsors and are limited in number. We ask for your understanding even if you unfortunately did not receive one.
• Prohibition of disruptive behavior & observance of good manners
  • Please refrain from coming extremely early or engaging in disruptive behavior such as taking up space, rearranging lines, or interrupting. Cheating behaviors, such as pretending to talk to someone you know and then just slipping straight into the line, are common in these cases, but please do not do this as it will ruin the fun festival atmosphere.
  • Since the number of staff is small and there is a possibility that the line may be uncontrollable, everyone's moderation, cooperation, and spirit of giving and taking over are required. Please behave with good manners and have a good time.

Food and Beverage Booths

Sales will begin at 11:00 (yakitori will be available from 12:00). Sales will end as soon as they are sold out.

Purchase of a ticket is required to use the food and beverage booths.

After use, ticket stubs can be exchanged for raffle ticket stubs, and five of these stubs can be exchanged for one raffle ticket (please bring the stubs to the trash station).

• Usage Notes
  • Available at croffles, yakitori, franks, yakisoba, and beverage vendors.
  • Please note that if the perforations are cut off, the product will no longer be available.

Only red-colored tickets marked "Sold on the Day" can be refunded at the sales counter if the perforations have not been detached. Once the perforations are detached, no refunds can be made for any reason.

Please note that black tickets marked "for pre-distribution to community members" will be distributed free of charge to each community member household in advance, but no refunds will be made at the sales office.

Lemonade stand

The lemon juice used in this lemonade stand is provided free of charge by the Lemonade Stand Promotion Association.

Proceeds, excluding expenses, will be donated to a pediatric cancer support organization. Lemonade will be given to those who put their feelings in the donation box.

Croffle: Harapeco Kitchen (4-6 tickets)

Croffles, which originated in Korea, are a new texture sweet that offers the crispiness of croissant dough and the chewiness of a waffle at the same time.

We offer a chocolate croffle topped with chocolate, a dessert croffle topped with whipped cream and fruit, and a croffle sandwich with vegetables and meat.

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Menu to be prepared on the day

Yakitori (2 tickets)

Photo is for illustrative purposes only.

Sales are scheduled to begin at 12:00

For those of us who live in Higashimatsuyama City, yakitori is more than just food. It is truly the soul food of the community. Let's further strengthen the bonds of our community while enjoying Yakitori at this festival.

Frank (2 tickets)

Photo is for illustrative purposes only.

Have you ever had the memory of opening your mouth to eat a frankfurter and getting ketchup all over your clothes that you had taken the trouble to dress up in style?　Such a memory can be one of the episodes of the festival, can't it?

Yakisoba (2 tickets)

Photo is for illustrative purposes only.

Speaking of festivals, yakisoba is the most popular type of fried noodle!　One bite of this dish will surely make even the atmosphere of the place more enjoyable! Please enjoy the fun of the festival with this yakisoba.

Tea, Ramune, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (1 ticket)

Photo is for illustrative purposes only.

In addition to tea and beer, we have a variety of canned chu-hi, old-fashioned ramune, and more.

Please remove caps and outer films from plastic bottles at the time of collection.

Pop up shop

The mobile vending van that comes to Nakayama Children's Square on the first Thursday of every month will also make an appearance at the Nakayama Festival.

Please bring your own eco-bag when shopping.

Introduction of Groups Performing in the Stage Program

Members of the brass band of Higashimatsuyama City Kita Junior High School
(brass band)

Organization

12:45-13:15
Members of the Flash Kids
(Cheerleading)

Organization

This dance team consists of children from kindergarten to junior high school who enjoy various genres of dance, mainly in Higashimatsuyama City!

• Cheerleading
  • Dance with pompons
• Theme Park Dance
  • Students will master the dances danced in the theme parks.
• Rock dance
  • Types of street dance.

Students choose their favorite dance and enjoy their lessons every week.
We offer trial lessons at any time, so please contact us for more information.

Representative: Mariko Ikezaki (08091972017)

Activities

14:15-14:45
Tokyo University of Agriculture Third Senior High School Euendan Leader Club
(DANCE)

Organization

We cheer on baseball, ekiden, soccer, and other sports clubs, and hold pep rallies for clubs participating in national and Kanto tournaments. In addition, we are actively involved in community-based activities such as PTA events and cultural festivals at elementary and junior high schools in the city, university festivals, and the "Machinaka Fukkendan" (town center revitalization support group) to revitalize the shopping district in Higashimatsuyama City.

Adapted from " Athletic Clubs :: Tokyo University of Agriculture Daisan High School and Junior High School Affiliated to Daisan High School

15:00-15:20
Shirasaka Taiko drummers
(Japanese drums)

Organization

Hello, everyone! We are Shirasaka Taiko!

Shirasaka Taiko was established in 1979. The group was founded in 1979 when volunteers from the Shirasaka neighborhood association taught the children to play the Bon Odori dance "Yagura Daiko" during a summer festival held by the community association, so that the children would have a memorable experience. Later, we began playing kumidaiko and Chichibu yatai-bayashi, and have been performing at local festivals and events for nearly 40 years.

Our motto is "Everyone has fun♪".
We practice daily to make taiko fun to watch, fun to listen to, and fun to play.

The songs we will be performing will be Shirasaka-gumi Taiko, Chichibu Yatai-bayashi, and Ko-yu (tentative).　Thank you for your cooperation!

We are looking for new members, so please contact us if you are interested!

• Practice Location: Hirano Community Activity Center
• Practice time: Sunday 17:30-19:30

Activities

15:20-15:50 *Including joint performance
Musashi-ryu Higashimatsuyama Taiko drummers
(Japanese drums)

Organization

Higashimatsuyama Taiko was founded in 1981 in Higashimatsuyama City. The Musashi-ryu style was named after Miyamoto Musashi, a famous swordsman of long ago, and the way he used to beat the taiko with a bachi is a magnificent two-fisted style, and we are named after him.

We are committed to the preservation and promotion of taiko as a local performing art, and through the sound of taiko, we continue our activities to contribute to the prosperity of festivals in local communities and the healthy upbringing of young people.

Quoted from the greeting of the chairman of Musashi-ryu Higashimatsuyama Taiko

For those who wish to perform at stage events (application for performance)

Although there are no specific eligibility requirements, preference in the selection process will be given to organizations active in Higashimatsuyama City and its vicinity.

Introduction of other participatory programs and fun raffles

12:00-12:30/13:30-14:00
Experience of carrying a portable shrine
（Nakayama Mikoshi no Kai)

Experience Program Introduction

100% Fun! Children experience the traditions of a festival by carrying a portable shrine!
To enable children to experience the tradition of the festival and mikoshi carrying, we will offer a mikoshi experience with the cooperation of the Nakayama Mikoshi Association. Parents can rest assured that their children will be able to experience local traditions and culture while enjoying themselves to the fullest.

Description of experience (30 minutes)

• First, the mikoshi association will teach you how to carry the mikoshi.
• They parade around the neighborhood, carrying the mikoshi.

16:50-16:15
Wadaiko Experience
(Shirasaka Taiko and Musashi-ryu Higashimatsuyama Taiko)

You can experience playing Japanese drums, which is a rare opportunity for ordinary people.
This event will take place before the closing event and the big raffle, so feel free to come and join us!

16:15- (in the closing event)
Botan Ondo (stage name of a kabuki play)

Program Introduction

Everyone in Higashimatsuyama knows the nostalgic Botan Ondo!
Do you have memories of dancing at school events or summer festivals when you were a child? Let's enjoy dancing to the music together!

16:30- (in the closing event)
Fun raffle

Lottery Introduction

The festival concludes, of course, with the Nakayama Festival's annual fun raffle!

At the end of the festival, you have a chance to get a little happiness. Don't you want to enjoy the festival to the end? Don't miss the exciting moment when you might win a gorgeous prize!

Prize List

• Special Prize (1): Nintendoswitch (*Only self-governing members or management volunteers shall be eligible to win)
• 1st prize (1): Botan-en worth 10,000 yen
• 2nd prize (2): Botan-en worth 5,000 yen
• 3rd prize (5): Botan-en worth 3,000 yen
• 4th prize (10 pieces): Botan-en worth 1,000 yen

• Application Instructions (Please read carefully)
  • Please note that if you are not at the venue when the winners are read out at the fun drawing, you will lose your eligibility to win and the drawing will be conducted again.
  • Please note that if you have already won a prize in the multiple voting, it will be invalidated even if you win again.
  • Winners will be announced by lottery winners by reading out the winners' names. Please note that if the letters cannot be discerned, the prize may be invalidated.
  • Only members of the local government, volunteers, and stage event performers will be eligible to win the special prize. In the event that a prize is won by someone other than the above, the prize will be invalidated and the drawing will be conducted again. Please understand that this is a festival of the community association.
  • All prizes below the first prize are open to all, so we encourage everyone to participate, even those who are not self-governing members.

Nakayama Festival committee members and volunteers wanted!

Please refer to the first part of this web page for the main concept and background of the project and the outline of the event.

To companies, organizations, and individuals who would like to sponsor us

Sponsorship Requests

I hope you are all doing well in this hot and humid weather.

Now, the "Nakayama Festival" has been widely established by our members as a summer tradition in the Higashidaira Nakayama Complex since the Showa Period.
In the past two years, we have had to postpone the event due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, but from this year, we would like to create a place for bonding among the community members in a new way that is not bound by conventional practice.

This year's Nakayama Festival is "building a hometown for our children and grandchildren. Let's create a place for exchange and a circle of mutual help that is not bound by precedent but is in line with the times." The plan is being carried out with the participation and cooperation of a wide range of people, from planning and management to financial support.

Through this festival, we hope to increase the sense of solidarity and attachment to our hometown among the people who live together in the Dongpyeong Nakayama Complex and its neighborhood. This year, we are planning to hold the festival for the 46th time so that everyone from children to the elderly can enjoy the festival and experience firsthand the heart-to-heart communication and vitality of Nakayama.

We sincerely hope that you will support the purpose of the festival and give us your warm sponsorship.

Yours Sincerely
Shinobu Obata, Chairman of the 46th Nakayama Festival Executive Committee

Sponsorship details and contact information

• Operational sponsorship (donation)
  • We appreciate your cooperation in running the Nakayama Festival.
  • 1 unit: 10,000 yen *We accept applications at any time.
• Novelty sponsorship for self-governing members
  • We offer personalized advertising on environmentally friendly items, etc.
  • The PR materials will be distributed to the members along with a PR announcement (about 1 or 2 minutes) designated by your company at the same time the stage event is held.
  • Depending on the number of units you are willing to contribute, you will be asked to select the items to be distributed.

Past Nakayama Festival

The mikoshi katsugi in the community association and the Bon dance and food stall village in the children's plaza were crowded with people from neighboring areas.
This year, the event will be held in a new guise, in the form of a stage program.

Support

Media Sponsorship (titles omitted)

Saitama Magazine

Support and Cooperation (titles omitted, in alphabetical order)

We are looking for companies that would like to sponsor the event.