Welfare and Health Festival 2026 with Grassroots Festival

About this event

The Chiryu City Welfare and Health Festival 2026 with Grassroots Festival is an event aimed at deepening citizens' interest and understanding of people with disabilities and promoting their social participation. At the venue, "Sign Language DE Marche" will be held, offering shopping experiences using sign language, where delicious bread, coffee, fried chicken (karaage), okonomi skewers, and Chiryuppi character goods will be sold. A mini sign language lesson will also be conducted, allowing visitors to try sign language while shopping. In the experience corners, visitors can enjoy handmade toy making, summary scribing, Braille, blindfold experiences, human rights coloring and quizzes, and balloon art. At the Health Plaza, various health checks and consultations are available, including bone density tests, consultations with doctors, brain age checks, dental corners, and muscle mass checks. In addition, a VR experience designed to deepen understanding of developmental disabilities is available for junior high school students and older (childcare available). Art exhibitions include winning works from the Red Feather Community Chest Children's Art Contest, works by students from Anjo Special Needs School, and Attic Art creations. At the Grassroots Festival, following the opening ceremony, sign language songs and a reading play titled "Nijiiro no Shima" (Rainbow Island) will be presented. In the afternoon session, the documentary film "What Should We Have Done?" will be screened free of charge. Access to the venue at Patio Chiryu (Chiryu City Cultural Center) is a 20-minute walk from Meitetsu Chiryu Station, or via loop buses.

Venue

Chiryu City Cultural Center (Patio Chiryu)

116 Maseguchi, Kamishigehara-cho, Chiryu, Aichi 472-0026