Japanese rockers set up childcare centres at shows

A veteran Japanese rock band have announced they will be setting up daycare centres at their concerts in Tokyo this month.

Luna Sea will bring their Era to Era 35th anniversary tour to a close at the Tokyo Dome on 22-23 February. The performances are entitled The Millennium Eve 2025 and LUNA TIC TOKYO 2025 – Black Suit Only Gig, respectively. General tickets are priced between 12,100 and 15,500 yen (€76-98).

The five-piece group, who have released 10 albums through their career, say they are planning to set up a childcare centre for the shows, enabling parents to drop off their children and pick them up later after the show.

Luna Sea previously set up a nursery at their Saitama Super Arena concerts in 2014

Children under three years old are also permitted to enter the concert for free as long as they sit on an adult’s lap.

Full details are still to be confirmed, but the move has won widespread praise online – particularly in light of the band’s older fanbase and Japan’s population decline.

Livedoor reports it is not the first time that Luna Sea have introduced childcare facilities at their gigs, having previously set up a nursery at their Saitama Super Arena concerts in 2014. Other artists with children such as MINMI and Angela Aki have also followed suit in the past.

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