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Ko・Ko・Kono KOSHI Kasumiso Hiroba Activity Report: 14th Parent-Child Gathering

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2025.05.26

A Look Back at May

On May 21st, we hosted Kasumiso Hiroba, the parent-child community gathering born from SaruKuma!
@sarukoukumamoto
By popular demand from last year — with so many families asking us to bring it back — we welcomed Mii-sensei once again for her wonderful “Music Care” session!
Music Care is a wonderful form of music therapy that everyone — from babies to centenarians, with or without disabilities — can enjoy together by moving their bodies to music. ♩
Mii-sensei has an incredible repertoire and adapts the songs on the spot to suit the mood of the room — it’s truly impressive!
We started with gentle body-touch activities with the children, then moved on to bells and drums in time with the music, and finished off with a colorful balloon play. Both the kids and the moms had huge smiles on their faces, and it warmed our hearts to see!
Mii-sensei is currently based at “Kagayaki-kan Tsudoi no Hiroba” in Ueki-machi, where she hosts Music Care sessions and a variety of other events. If you’re in the area, definitely check it out!
@ueki.kagayakikan

Our friends from Yusui Nursery School Toyooka, who join us every month with toys and a height/weight scale, also brought along plenty of musical toys this time — tambourines, castanets, and more — and the children were absolutely fascinated! ♩
Website: https://yusui.ed.jp/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toyookayusui/

How to Sign Up for the Next Event

Our next event will be held on Wednesday, June 18th.
Starting this fiscal year, Kasumiso Hiroba has moved to the third Wednesday of each month so it doesn’t overlap with other children’s center events in Koshi City!
(Dates may shift depending on the instructor’s schedule or holidays.)

If you’d like to join us in June, please sign up here ↓
https://forms.gle/Zr9MNnsRctRN2p588

Event announcements are also posted on the Kasumiso Hiroba Instagram.
Ko・Ko・Kono KOSHI Instagram

Same-day cancellations and coming or going partway through are absolutely fine!
Parking: Free
Restrooms: Western-style toilets, no baby guards, but a diaper-changing station is available in the multipurpose room
Breastfeeding is welcome too!
If you need any assistance, please don’t hesitate to ask our staff.

Whether you live in Koshi City or not, whether you have a baby or older children, everyone is welcome!
It’s totally fine if your child cries, runs around, you arrive late, or need to leave early!
Kids will be kids — no worries at all!

While we do use an advance reservation system, we’ve recently had many people on the waitlist, so if your plans change, please send us a DM via this account to let us know.

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Our Sponsors

Starting this fiscal year, Kasumiso Hiroba is looking for sponsor companies who would like to support our activities!
For details, please feel free to send us a DM through the Kasumiso Hiroba Instagram.

In Cooperation With

Yusui Nursery School Toyooka
Website: https://yusui.ed.jp/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toyookayusui/

Each month, the principal of Yusui Nursery School Toyooka joins us at the event.
She lends us tools and toys for our activities and even brings the height/weight scale.
She’s happy to answer questions about choosing a nursery school, and even shares insights for those curious about what it’s really like to work at a daycare.
During the event, you’ll often spot a baby happily settled on her lap. (lol)
She’s incredibly friendly and approachable, so please feel free to chat with her! (^^)

About the Organizers

This is a parent-child community space in Koshi City, but you don’t need to be a Koshi resident to join — and your little one doesn’t have to be a baby either!
Our hope is that this becomes a place where moms and kids can chat, take part in activities, and find a much-needed breather in their daily lives.
The event is run by active moms in Kumamoto who want to make parenting more fun.

◆ “Riri-san” — having experienced isolated parenting after a job transfer, she’s passionate about helping other moms avoid the same loneliness.
She shares family-friendly outing tips on her parenting account.
Those lovely Kasumiso Hiroba photos? Riri-san takes them all.
https://www.instagram.com/mama.riri_travel/

◆ Noda from NPO Sarukou Kumamoto. She organizes family-oriented events and parenting support programs across the prefecture, all to bring smiles to moms and kids.

We design every event so that even those coming alone for the first time can feel completely at ease.
Same-day cancellations due to a child’s illness are perfectly fine — please don’t hesitate to sign up!

We update our Instagram daily!
At SaruKuma, we share local Kumamoto info for families — lunch spots, parks, indoor play areas, and more.
Please give us a follow!(*´*)

 

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Sarukuma Editorial is a small team of locals based in Kumamoto, Japan, sharing the hidden gems, hometown flavors, and seasonal experiences that make our region special. We write the kind of guide we wish we had when showing friends around — honest, practical, and made by people who actually live here.

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