City of Music

Activities of the Council for the Promotion of “Kawasaki-City of Music” in Driving Forward the Cty’s Concept of Building the City through Music

About the Council

(1) Objective
To establish the Council for the Promotion of “Kawasaki-City of Music", consisting of citizens, musicians, representatives of music schools, music-related groups and industries, and other relevant organizations, in order to promote the city’s concept of utilizing the positive outcomes of privately-initiated citizen-led activities related to music in urban planning, and whose ultimate goal is to realize a new vibrant and culturally-rich Kawasaki.

(2) Description of Activities

Creating a Music Infrastructure
*	Utilize the abundant valuable music resources and people available in the city.
*	Develop the music infrastructure through cooperation based on the strategic dissemination of information.
*	Strengthen the infrastructure by improving its effectiveness and power through the development of new activities and linking of existing activities.

Promotion of Industry and Creation of New Commercial Opportunities
*	Vitalize existing music-related activities through “music infrastructure creation.”
*	Expand into and create new industries through the vitalization of music-related activities.
*	Discover new needs and seeds accompanying the vitalization of music-related activities.
*	Create new commercial opportunities based on the recognition of new needs and seeds.

Expansion of the Music Base
*	Expand the new music base through creation of music infrastructure and new commercial opportunities.
*	Seek growth in both music and industrial activities through expanding the music foundation.
*	Create a positive cycle between “music infrastructure creation”, “promotion of industry and new business opportunities”, and “expansion of the music base”.

Strategic Ｉnformation Ｄissemination
*	Thoroughly collect local music-related information.
*	Use diverse media to strategically disseminate the collected information to not only the city but the entire nation and world.
*	Vitalize music and related activities through the strategic dissemination of music-related information.
*	Realize “Kawasaki-City of Music” while implementing “music infrastructure creation,” “promotion of industry and new business opportunities,” and “expansion of the music base” by strategically disseminating the seeds that lead to new music and industry activities.