MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall, located on the west side of JR Kawasaki station, celebrated its grand opening on July 1, 2004, on the occasion of Kawasaki’s 80^th anniversary of incorporation, as the symbol to promote the concept of “Kawasaki-City of Music”

The City of Kawasaki proudly offers a diverse range of music resources. This includes a number of music schools, four orchestras comprised of citizens, and over 100 private or company-affiliated choirs and wind orchestras. In addition, the City of Kawasaki is honored to welcome the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra as the franchise orchestra of the MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall in providing its residents with truly world-class music performance at this state-of-the-art concert hall.

With the above background and through fostering more arts and culture offerings, especially in music, and bringing forth local and regional vitalization as well as creation of new commercial opportunities, the city is endeavoring to enhance its image and develop a new urban living environment, to which every one of its residents-the true pillars of urban planning-can hold a sense of pride and affection.

In the city’s concept of music-oriented urban development, the city government provides its support and cooperation to private initiated activities and programs while the private sector plays the main, leading role in promoting public interest in music and driving forward the “Kawasaki-City of Music” project with MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall as the focal point of this concept.