ARK Hills Music Week 2026: Sound Playground
A family music experience featuring outdoor concerts, sound installations, instrument tryouts, a picture-book area and instrument-making activities for children.
Full event details
- Dates
- 2026-10-10 / 2026-10-11
- Time
- 11:00–17:00
- Venue
- ARK Karajan Square
- Age
- Children and families; craft workshops have age requirements
- Price
- Free admission. Instrument making costs 1,000–3,200 yen, including tax
- Participation
- Same-day registration; some workshops end when materials run out
- Category
- Arts & culture
- Area
- Minato
- Venue setting
- Outdoor
Editorial introduction
ARK Hills and Suntory Hall bring high-quality music, hands-on instrument experiences, sound art and craft activities into public spaces in the city. For families, the highlight is the “Sound Playground” on October 10–11: children can listen to short concerts, get hands-on with harps, pianos and violins, and make paper accordions, ocarinas and kazoos. Unlike a traditional children’s concert that asks them to sit still for a long time, it is well suited to a half-day family cultural outing.
Full program and participation conditions
Check the organizer for current prices, availability and changes.
Event facts
Dates: 2026-10-02 – 2026-10-11
Family-focused core: 2026-10-10 – 2026-10-11, 11:00–17:00
Venue: ARK Hills / Ark Karajan Place and surrounding venues
Area: Akasaka / Roppongi-itchome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Organizer: Suntory Hall + Mori Building
What families actually do
The strongest family component is 音の遊び場 (Sound Playground) on Oct 10–11. Children can move between short concerts, instrument-touch experiences, sound installations and small making workshops rather than sitting through one long performance.
Confirmed family programs include:
- Interactive sound artworks by wood artist Ayumi Tsuchiya, designed to be touched and experienced physically.
- Instrument experiences including harp, piano and violin, with specialist guidance.
- Papernica paper accordion workshop: Oct 10–11; same-day reception; starts 11:00 / 12:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00; about 30 min; up to 6 simultaneously; ¥3,200; age 6+.
- Decoration ocarina workshop: Oct 10–11; same-day; about 30 min plus drying; up to 10 simultaneously; ¥2,800 including ocarina; age 3+.
- Custom kazoo workshop: Oct 10–11; walk-in while materials last; about 1–5 min; around 3 participants simultaneously; ¥1,500; around age 2+, small children with guardian.
- Family-friendly short concerts include Suzuki Children Ensemble (Oct 10 11:15), Hotchpotch Quintet participatory concerts (Oct 10 12:30; Oct 11 13:35), Suzuki Method concert (Oct 11 11:00), ARK Kids Chor (Oct 11 12:00), junior harp ensemble (Oct 11 14:40), plus picture-book / family music performances.
Practical details
- Price: The outdoor/family festival itself contains many free programs; craft workshops above are paid individually.
- Booking: Most plaza programs are walk-in. Paid making workshops use same-day reception unless the individual program states otherwise.
- Age: Varies by workshop; concerts and open plaza activities are family-oriented.
- Language: Japanese is primary. Music, instrument-touch and visual making are relatively language-light.
- Weather: Some outdoor programming can continue in light rain; individual outdoor programs may be cancelled in rain/severe weather.
- Food: ARK Hills restaurants and related Music Week food programs are available.
- Access: Roppongi-itchome / Tameike-sanno are the most convenient stations.
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