Roppongi Hills will be hosting Kids Workshop 2016, an annual summer event to foster children's creativity, from July 16th to August 28th.

With the aim of "providing authentic experiences in authentic places to the children who will lead the future," the event sees various facilities in Roppongi Hills, such as businesses, stores, art museums, and movie theaters, hold workshops for children. During the event, a diverse range of programs will be offered, totaling 60 types and approximately 270 courses. Ark Hills, which began last year, will offer 6 types and 12 courses, while Toranomon Hills will offer 4 types and 11 courses. At Roppongi Hills, events include "Let's Experience a Mock Trial," where participants can experience a mock trial (criminal) under the guidance of a lawyer in the mock courtroom space within a law firm; "Let's Make Your Own Chopped Salad!" by Crisp Salad Works, which will be held for the first time; "Let's Make an Astronomical Telescope," a collaboration between the Mori Art Museum and Roppongi Astronomical Club; and "Roppongi Hills Secret Exploration Digest Tour," which will introduce the secrets of Roppongi Hills in a digest format. At ARK Hills, "ARK Hills Kids Community BASE," a new community development initiative launched in April this year, participants will create tools to hunt for electricity using the "AgIC" kit, which allows participants to draw electronic circuits as if they were drawing a picture with a pen. They will then use the tools to actually touch various objects, such as plants and metals, to hunt for electricity in their surroundings. There will also be an event called "Let's Play with Light with the Light Drawing Robot 'wordee'!", where participants can play with light using the "wordee" robot toy, which creates light-emitting letters and illustrations. Toranomon Hills will also host a "Stylish Hairstyle Class" where parents and daughters can learn how to style their hair in a stylish, everyday style under the guidance of a stylist.

In addition, in response to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's April announcement of its policy to make programming education compulsory in elementary schools starting in 2020, Mori Building and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab (MIT Media Lab) are holding the "MIRAI SUMMER CAMP" again this year. Ahead of the mandatory introduction, a number of workshops and programs will be available to children during their summer vacation, allowing them to experience programming using the latest technology. Even children with no programming experience will find it easy to try.

In the "Create a Digital Story with Programming" class, participants will code a story using the iPad app "Codeable Crafts." First, they will use paint tools and a camera to design their own character as the protagonist of a picture book. Then, they will use programming blocks to make their character run, jump, and talk. Finally, they will record their voice and complete their project. Additionally, the "Let's create the lifestyle of the future! IoT Workshop with MESH" will use MESH, a wireless block module developed by Sony, to help children develop problem-solving and creativity by using an app to actually create little ideas that will make life more fun and convenient, such as "What if your door said welcome home?" or "What if your rice scoop suddenly started singing?" Other projects include "Let's try our hand at town building with littleBits! - Gain the skills to connect with society through electronic crafts," "Let's come up with your own unique way to take photos with MESH and OLYMPUS AIR!", "Let's program a small robot on an iPad to move!" and "Let's have fun programming with Scratch!".