• Event Overview
• Implementation plan
• Year-round activities other than the main festival
• student support
• Implementation Report
• Contact Us

Event Overview

■Theme of the 14th Kyoto Student Festival

■The thoughts behind the theme…

By involving people from all over Kyoto, we will create a venue and opportunity for students to fully demonstrate their abilities, which was the impetus for the launch of the Kyoto Student Festival. By realizing a festival in which students from a wider variety of genres than ever before can actively participate, we will add a “student-like” quality to Kyoto’s festival culture, and strive to make it one of Kyoto’s four major festivals, on a par with Kyoto’s three major festivals.

14th Kyoto Student Festival

The 14th Kyoto Student Festival was planned with the goal of providing more students with a venue and opportunity to “fully demonstrate their student potential,” which is the Kyoto Student Festival’s philosophy. This time, we aimed to create a “festival where students actively participate” by encouraging more students from diverse fields, including arts-related fields such as fashion and art, which have not been represented much in the past, to participate, and to contribute to the revitalization of the region by promoting this as an attraction of Kyoto. By expanding the range of genres in this way, we hoped to increase the number of collaborating partners and create a unique student culture for the festival, ultimately aiming to make it one of the “four major Kyoto festivals” on a par with the three major Kyoto festivals.

Implementation plan

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 Brochure

You can download it here.

Main Festival Planning and Performances, Cooperative Organizations, and Sponsoring Companies

Year-round activities other than the main festival

The Kyoto Student Festival aims to be a “festival” that is loved by the local community and is deeply rooted in the community, and engages in daily exchange activities with the local community throughout the year.
In addition to previous activities, in 2016 a large-scale pre-event entitled “Regional Revitalization Project” was held, and various challenges were undertaken to realize the purpose of the Kyoto Student Festival.

1. Regional revitalization projects

May 21, 2016 [Kyoto Student Festival Pre-Event in Fushimi]

July 9, 2016 [Kyoto Student Festival Pre-Event in Demachiyanagi]

2. Tohoku Reconstruction Support Project 2016

3. International exchange activities

4. Promotion of “Kyoen Sodefure!”

5. Main visual submissions

Following on from 2015, we received many applications from students across the country for the main visual. The work selected as the grand prize winner was published in various public relations media throughout the year.

6.Local exchange activities

• Nighttime patrols to ensure safety in the area (twice a month) in the Okazaki and An’ei areas of Kyoto
• Clean-up activities aimed at beautifying the local area (approximately once a month) in Okazaki, An’ei, Umekei, Sanjo areas of Kyoto, and the Kamo River
• Water sprinkling activities to address local environmental issues (summer) in the Okazaki, An’ei, Baikei, Sanjo, and Fushimi areas of Kyoto
• Participation in local festivals (summer) in the Okazaki, An’ei, Baikei, Sanjo, and Shichiku areas of Kyoto

student support

Student Development Programs

The University Consortium Kyoto supports students’ daily activities based on the principle that students should “take the initiative in creating their own activities.” We hope that the “interactions” and “experiences” they come into contact with through these independent activities will lead to new “awareness” and “learning,” which will contribute to their growth. Specifically, we treat
student activities as a single project, and incorporate the PDCA cycle method, which focuses on teams working toward a single goal and achieving results as a team. With the goals of smooth activity execution, project improvement, and continuous project development, we are working to create a system that encourages student growth by promoting the following support methods.

PDCA cycle at the Kyoto Student Festival

• Planning period (November to May): Information gathering, awareness raising, and planning
• Trial period (May to September): Pre-events (medium-scale events modeled after the main festival)
• Verification period (June to August): Interim review meeting
• Implementation period (October): Implementation of this project
• Disseminating results (around October to November): Post-event review and results presentation

・Verification period “mid-term review meeting”

 ・Disseminating results through a “post-event review meeting”

・Results presentation “Results report session”

Survey of students’ growth perceptions among executive committee members

In fiscal year 2015, our foundation conducted a survey of executive committee members’ perceptions of growth in their activities for the Kyoto Student Festival. The Executive Committee’s activities are unique in that they are extracurricular activities conducted at an intercollegiate level in collaboration with society. We used the following three methods to investigate how these activities lead to growth, analyzing quantitatively and qualitatively, subjectively and objectively.
■Methods
　1) PROG test, which objectively measures generic skills
　2) Rubric-style questionnaire, which allows unique ability indicators to be checked by level 3)
　Interview survey of over 20 executive committee members
■Results
　■□Click here for the survey report□■

Implementation Report

The Kyoto Student Festival, first held in 2003 to enliven Kyoto, the “city of universities,” marks its 14th year. The student-run Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee not only plans and manages the October festival, but in recent years has also been actively working to deepen community ties throughout the year. In 2016, the committee implemented a new “Community Revitalization Project” to bring public proposals to fruition, and implemented community-based activities. The 14th Kyoto Student Festival was the culmination of these efforts. Based on the Executive Committee’s annual theme of “Students Take on Kyoto’s Four Major Festivals,” the festival was planned and managed with the key theme of “student-ness” and aimed to provide as many students as possible with an opportunity to “fully demonstrate their student potential.” While various aspects of the festival showcased student-like ideas, their youthful energy, and energy, a notable feature was the inclusion of performances from arts students, who have traditionally been underrepresented in the past, in their fields of study. Additionally, the projection mapping used in the fashion contest and the Grand Finale on stage brought in genres that had not been seen before, which is thought to have helped to dispel the image that the festival is simply a “dance festival.”

As part of the Kyoto Student Festival Organizing Committee, our foundation not only provides support for the festival, but also views the year-long activities as an opportunity for student growth, establishing a year-round support system. This year in particular saw large-scale activities, including two pre-events (in the Fushimi and Demachiyanagi areas). However, visitor surveys indicated that these did not directly lead to increased attendance. However, ongoing growth surveys have confirmed that the pre-event experience led to increased student confidence and learning, and we believe that the activities were of some value. As next year marks the 15th anniversary, we will continue to assess the capabilities and potential of the Executive Committee (especially the students who serve as executive members) and establish a system to support them. We would like to thank everyone who attended the festival and all those who provided support in various ways to make this event possible.

Achievements etc.

Number of visitors and partners (according to the Executive Committee)

Number of participating students

Contact Information

Kyoto Student Festival, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, University Consortium Kyoto,
TEL: 075-353-9189, FAX: 075-353-9101,
Campus Plaza Kyoto, Nishinotoin-dori Shiokoji-sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8216
*Reception hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 9:00-17:00 (excluding New Year’s holidays)