About this event
"Human Festa 2026 Noda" is a free-admission event to reflect on human rights and compassion, held on Saturday, November 21, 2026, at Noda Gas Hall (Noda City Cultural Hall). Various programs will run from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.\n\nFrom 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM in the 2nd-floor foyer, hands-on activity booths where children can enjoy making things will be provided, including "Create Your Own Squishy with Balloons" using balloons, and a coloring corner featuring human rights mascot characters "Jinken Mamoru-kun and Jinken Ayumi-chan." In addition, an image exhibition of entries to the Chiba Prefecture Children's Human Rights Poster Original Drawing Contest and screenings of the North Korean abduction issue awareness animation "Megumi" will take place.\n\nPrograms in the Main Hall will begin at 2:00 PM. Around 14:10, a mini-concert by the Noda City Fire Department Band will take place, followed around 14:40 by a reading session of works submitted to the National Junior High School Human Rights Essay Contest, giving visitors a chance to hear junior high school students' own words. Starting around 15:00, a human rights lecture titled "Building the Future with Blocks: Considering the Internet and Compassion Through a Popular Block Game" will be held featuring Shuichi Tatsunami as guest lecturer. Using gaming as an entry point, it provides an opportunity to reflect on internet interactions and consideration for others.\n\nAdmission is free, but if using the childcare service (for children of elementary school age and under) for the 15:00 lecture, advance registration with the Human Rights and Gender Equality Division is required by Friday, November 13. Sign language interpretation, summary scribing, voice-to-text conversion, hearing loops, parent-child seating, and wheelchair spaces are also available. Access to the venue includes a 15-minute walk from Atago Station on the Tobu Urban Park Line, or a 2-minute walk from the "Shiyakusho" (City Hall) bus stop on the Mame Bus. For those unable to attend the venue on the day, related works will be exhibited and broadcast at the Fureai Gallery on the 1st floor of City Hall.
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Noda Gas Hall (Noda City Cultural Hall)
5-1 Tsuruho, Noda, Chiba 278-0003
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