Once more nostalgic Showa-era songs ～Unnan City Singing Cafe Project〜 Crowd Funding Started!

Himari Inc. (Location: Nishi-Tokyo City, Tokyo; Representative: Haruka Ariji), which operates a community health support and event planning business, began accepting support for an event to invite a singing cafe to Unnan City on the crowdfunding site "CAMPFIRE" on Friday, July 19, 2024.

This crowdfunding campaign aims to support the vitality of local residents through a citizen-participatory music event. At the same time, we are also simultaneously conducting research on the purpose of life at Juntendo University's Global Health Research Laboratory.

In addition to a ticket to the event, you will also receive an online ticket to the Ikigai lecture to be held on July 28, and a personal session with our representative, Haruka Ariji.

Donations will be accepted until July 30. Please consider supporting us.

Crowdfunding page (click here to donate)

https://camp-fire.jp/projects/view/770855

Outline of the "Nostalgic Showa Songs Again" event

Date & Time ： July 29, 2024 (Monday) 13:00 Doors open 13:30 Concert begins 16:00 Concert ends

Venue: Kodaitetsu kayoukan(84 Nakayuishi, Daito-cho, Unnan, Shimane 699-1253, Japan)

Admission (tax included): Adults 2,000 yen, Free for junior high school students and younger, 65 years old and older receive a 1,000 yen discount if they cooperate with a questionnaire.

Reservations are not required (please come directly to the venue on the day of the event)

Sponsor ： Let's enliven Unnan with Singing Voice Café! Project

Co-sponsor : Himari Co.

Support：Unnan City, CNC Co.

Venue : Nakayuishi 84, Daito-cho, Unnan, Shimane 699-1253, Japan

Singing Cafe Tomoshibi

Background

＜What is a singing cafe?

In 1954, a group of students sang along to a Russian folk song record that happened to be playing in a small public diner in front of Seibu Shinjuku Station, which led to the birth of singing voice cafes. Amid the vibrant postwar reconstruction, singing cafes quickly captured the hearts of young people and became so popular that they are now known as a national boom.

When Haruka Ariji, the representative of the group, participated in the "Kounan Gymnastics" held in a community in Unnan City, she saw many elderly people gathered around, singing and moving their bodies happily to the accompaniment of enka (traditional Japanese folk songs). This was the inspiration for this project.

Features

Professor Motoyuki Yuasa of Juntendo University's Global Health Research Laboratory, to which Haruka Ariji belongs, will deliver a keynote lecture. Currently, we are conducting a comparative study of spiritual health of the elderly in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, and are conducting a questionnaire survey of people aged 65 and over living in Unnan City. By collecting data on the purpose of life, we can learn about a new way of life and health that is created from a deeper inner perspective.

About Returns

5,000 yen: Invitation to the "Creating Motivation in Life" lecture on July 28 (online and archived)

5,000 yen: Invitation to a Singing Cafe event on July 29

20,000 yen: Special personal session (90 minutes) with Dr. Haruka

■Company Profile

Company Name ： Himari Inc.

Representative ： Dr. Haruka Ariji

Location ： 1-4-26 Yanagisawa, Nishitokyo-shi, Tokyo 202-0022

Establishment ： August 2023

Business description: Community health support, café, event planning

Capital ： 1 million yen

The target amount of this crowdfunding campaign is 500,000 yen, which will be used for the stage installation, operation, and sound costs of the project.

Breakdown of the amount: stage management, sound, liaison and coordination, etc., equipment costs, personnel costs, PR/promotion costs, performance fees for Utagoe Cafe Tomoshibi staff, other transportation, lodging, CRAFAN fees, return expenses, etc.

If the amount exceeds the target, it will be used to cover the project's operating expenses.

In the event that the goal amount is exceeded, the funds will be used to cover the project's operating expenses.

Let's enliven Yunnan with a singing voice cafe! Project Secretariat

Inquiry e-mail: sakurahonos@gmail.com