After a four-year absence, Yoyogi Park is back! Yoyogi Park will be is dyed with African culture and gourmet food! Africa Heritage Festival in Yoyogi Park" & "World Food Fair" will be held in Machida City

～Event exhibitors, sponsors, and volunteers are needed!

2024.05.27 11:30

アフリカヘリテイジコミティー

The Africa Heritage Festival Executive Committee (operated by Africa Heritage Committee, located in Yokohama and Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture; Representative: Tony Justice) will hold the Africa Heritage Festival, a festival where you can experience African culture firsthand, from June 21 (Friday) to 23 (Sunday), 2024, at Yoyogi Park (event square and outdoor stage). The festival will be held at Yoyogi Park (event plaza and outdoor stage) from June 21 (Fri.) to 23 (Sun.), 2024.

The "World Food Fair" will be held at Machida Shibahiro (Machida City, Tokyo) from July 19 (Fri.) to 21 (Sun.), where visitors can enjoy gourmet foods from around the world. At the venue, visitors can experience culture, food, lifestyle, music, dance, art, and fashion from Africa and around the world.

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Africa Heritage Festival in Yoyogi Park

Africa Heritage Festival" is a place to experience African culture, food, lifestyle, music, dance, art, fashion, and other aspects of Africa, from traditional African culture to what is happening and popular in Africa now. Africa Heritage" is a place that transmits the "living Africa" that can be felt with all five senses from various angles.

Africa Heritage" means "the heritage of Africa," and it is our hope that through our activities, we can convey the important culture and charm of Africa that has been passed down from generation to generation.

<Outline of the event

Date: Friday, June 21, 12:00 - 19:00

　　　　　June 22 (Saturday) 11:00-19:00

　　　　　June 23 (Sun) 11:00-19:00

Venue : Yoyogi Park (Event Plaza, Outdoor Stage)

　　　　　(2-3 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)

Access: ・Approx. 9 minutes from Harajuku Station (Meiji-jingumae Station, Tokyo Metro) on JR Yamanote Line

　　　　　13 minutes from Shibuya Station on the JR Yamanote Line

　　　　　Chiyoda Line: 11 minutes from Yoyogi-koen Station

　　　　　13 minutes from Yoyogi-Hachiman Station on Odakyu Line

Conditions: rain or shine

Admission fee: Free

Sponsor ："Africa Heritage Festival in Yoyogi Park" Executive Committee

＜Event Details

Gourmet food, music, and culture from Africa and around the world!

This very popular event, which attracts more than 30,000 visitors every year, will be held again in Yoyogi Park! The event was postponed due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus, but will now be held for the first time in four years.

This year's event, the 39th in its history, will feature a food court with a variety of authentic dishes from Africa and around the world, a bazaar with rare and cute goods and folk crafts from around the world, an African parade with a huge portable shrine, a djembe (a traditional African drum) experience, and much more.

A giant African parade will also be held, and visitors will be able to try their hand at playing the traditional African drum, the djembe.

The "Africa-Japan Friendship Memorial African Parade" will also be held! The parade will also include a giant African continent-motif parade float. General participants of all nationalities and ages are welcome. Let's sing and dance to African rhythms and have fun with everyone from children to adults from all over the world.

［Date and time of the African Parade]

Saturday, June 22, 14:00 - 15:00 (gathering at 13:30)

If it rains lightly, the parade will go ahead as planned. If it rains heavily or is stormy, it will be postponed to the next day, the 23rd.

African Parade (1)

Drum Workshop (Djembe Experience)

A hands-on workshop on the traditional African drum "djembe" will be held.

Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23 *Three workshops will be held per day.

Djembe experience (1)

World Food Fair in Machida Shibahiro Samune

Word Food Fair in Machida Shiba Hiro

The theme of the "World Food Fair" is "Let's eat up the world's cuisines", and various gourmet foods of all genres from all over the world will come together. The fair aims to provide an opportunity to experience world cultures through food and to promote international exchange. The venue will be filled with food and beverage booths, kitchen cars, a bazaar of miscellaneous goods, fashion, and folk crafts, and workshops!

<Outline of the event

Date & Time: July 19 (Fri.), 20 (Sat.), 21 (Sun.), 2024

　　　　　11:00 - 20:00 (L.O. 19:30)

Venue: Machida Shibahiro (1-20-23 Nakamachi, Machida City, Tokyo)

Access : 10 minutes from Machida Station on JR Yokohama Line

　　　　　6 minutes from Machida Station on Odakyu Line

Conditions: rain or shine

Admission: Free

Sponsor ：Africa Heritage Festival Executive Committee／Novinye Planning

＜Event Details

Children only! Children will receive a rare "African Specter" card in Japan.

Stamp rally will be held for children who come to the event. Children who collect stamps will receive an African yokai card, which is rare in Japan. We are looking forward to seeing many children's participation.

Please note that the number of gifts is limited. Please understand that the number of gifts is limited.

■■About our support activities for children

A portion of the proceeds from these events will be used to support children in Japan and Africa.

The Africa Heritage Committee is engaged in supporting children from disadvantaged backgrounds in Africa as well as promoting African culture in Japan (events, etc.). In addition, we also continue to support the "Novigné Children's Cafeteria and Children's Terakoya" to help children in poverty and orphaned children, which has become a social problem in Japan in recent years.

We aim to create a sustainable society based on the theme of "nurturing children in society. We hope you will join us at the Africa Heritage Festival and the Word Food Fair and help us support the children who bear the future.

Official HP of Novignet Kodomo Shokudo/Kodomo Terakoya: http://kodomo.novinye.com/

Call for Exhibitors

We are looking for a wide range of exhibitors from various countries around the world and local merchants.

Food and beverage booths (kitchen cars are also welcome)

　　　　　 Sundries

　　　　　 Art

　　　　　 Art ・Workshop etc.

How to apply: If you are interested in exhibiting, please fill out the application form and send it to us.

　　　　　 http://africaheritage.jp/festival/j-exhibitors-wanted.html

Application Deadline: Friday, May 31, 2024

Note: *The number of exhibitors is limited.

　　　　　 *If the number of applications reaches the maximum by the deadline, we regret to say that we may have to decline your application. Please understand this in advance.

■■Consponsors, Sponsors, and Supporters Wanted

We are looking for companies and organizations to sponsor the festival! We also welcome individual supporters who would like to help us run the festival.

We also welcome individual supporters who would like to help us run the festival.

Provision of PR space within the event

Sponsorship for stage use (introduction of your company and products on the stage)

Banners at the venue

Listing a link to your company on the official website

Listing on flyers

Publication of the organization's name and logo at the venue.

Please contact us for PR details. Please contact us at the address below.

For more information, please visit the official website.

http://africaheritage.jp/festival/j-support.html

Volunteers and Staff Wanted

We are looking for volunteers and staff to support the operation of the festival.