[For High School Students] A roundup of recommended attractions for the school festival

manga cafe

A manga café is a place where you can enjoy your favorite comics while sipping free drinks.

These days, you can find them in many locations, and more and more places offer spaces for computer work like teleworking or gaming, as well as amusements like karaoke and darts.

Why not try recreating a manga café for your school festival? Simply preparing a selection of manga for people to read is fine, and adding a dartboard for visitors to play will boost the amusement factor even more!

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Yuuki

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Cosplay experience

Introducing some of the costumes at an active cosplayer’s home

Cosplay has started to feel more accessible lately, with costumes and useful accessories being sold in all kinds of places.

While some cosplayers invest in very expensive outfits, many also put in all sorts of effort by making things themselves using materials from 100-yen shops, gathering cosmetic products, and generously sharing their methods on social media.

Why not take inspiration from those cosplayers and make a cosplay experience one of your festival attractions? Try scheduling cosplay sessions at your cultural festival the way they do at tourist spots.

People will definitely want to take photos and try it out themselves.

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hero show

The hero show at the Kasuya Town cultural festival was a huge success! 🦸 #hero #heroshow #couple

It’s a play that showcases the exploits of justice-minded heroes.

Many people probably saw something like this when they were young.

The heroes’ action is the most important element, and if you focus on that, even high schoolers should be able to thoroughly enjoy it.

It might be good to include the classic flow of a show in which the heroes draw strength from the audience’s cheers and drive out evil, getting viewers involved and making the production feel familiar and engaging.

I recommend a script that concentrates squarely on action, structured around sequences where the action unfolds in sync with the music.

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kappamaki

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wotagei

Tried expressing YOASOBI’s “Idol” from Oshi no Ko with wotagei

The kind of performance that makes you think, “There’s nothing cooler or tougher than this!”—that’s wotagei.

Popular wotagei teams like Kita no Uchimashitachi, GinyforcE/Ginyu Tokusentai, Fil-N, and JKz are steadily growing their YouTube subscribers.

So how about having the entire class put on a wotagei performance? You can master basic moves like Amaterasu, OAD, and Cloud Thunder with just a day of practice.

The Romance and Thunder Snake moves often used in song choruses aren’t that hard either.

The motto is intensity! Decide which moves match which songs by referring to videos from the pros.

Glow sticks shining in a pitch-dark auditorium—I’m sure it’ll be a huge hit!

water slide

Handmade gigantic water slide at the school festival—participants scream in surprise

Have you ever seen the “Splash Shaker” at Hasunuma Water Garden in Chiba Prefecture? It’s a new kind of water slide that combines four attractions into one.

Well, even if something that elaborate isn’t realistic, having a water slide at school would definitely be exciting, right? Let’s try making a water slide using the big tree in the schoolyard or the courtyard! With a thick plastic sheet and some cardboard, it actually seems pretty easy to build.

Then just run water over it and slide down in an inflatable boat.

Of course, make sure to design it with safety as the top priority.

A slot machine that moves with twine and stops with a magnet

[Craft] Moves with twine, stops with magnets. How to make a slot machine and how it works explained.

One of the classic casino games is the slot machine.

You can find them in many arcades, too.

If there were a slot machine at a school festival, people would probably think, “I want to try it!” It’s known for its spinning reels, but it seems difficult to make one yourself, right? Actually, you can build one using craft paper, twine, and a hot glue gun.

You can probably get everything at a 100-yen shop.

The reels are powered by the twine.

Playing with a slot machine is fun, but a handmade slot machine would likely spark even more excitement.

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Nakajima Junko

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merry-go-round

Cultural Festival Attraction: “Merry-Go-Round” #BoysSchool #Exhibit #AmusementPark #Nishi-kun

A merry-go-round is always a hit with kids at amusement parks—and of course, adults love it too.

The nostalgic atmosphere really brings back memories.

Here’s an idea: let’s do a merry-go-round as a cultural festival attraction! The key points are to make it a ride and have it spin around, but it will require a fairly large setup.

For the motion, let’s keep it manual—people will turn it by hand.

To enhance the mood, it might be nice to darken the classroom and get creative with lighting.

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