• Event Overview
• 16th Kyoto Student Festival Annual Activities Introduction
• Student Support
• Special site (external site)
• Contact Information

Event Overview

■Theme of the 16th Kyoto Student Festival

 The Kyoto Student Festival, which began in 2003, successfully completed its 16th year. This festival is planned and run primarily by the Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee, an organization made up of Kyoto students, with support from Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, economic organizations, universities, and the local community, making it a unique initiative nationwide. The
　Executive Committee not only plans and runs the Kyoto Student Festival in October, but also actively engages in year-round exchange activities, including planning exchanges using the original dance created at the festival, “Kyoen Sodefure!”, and participating in local events.
　In 2018, the 16th year, the theme was “Connecting Today,” and we worked hard to connect the Kyoto Student Festival with the rest of Kyoto, promote the charm of Kyoto to the nation and the world, and pave the way for the Kyoto Student Festival to continue into the future, with its 20th and 30th years.

▼ Click on the image below to see what the festival was like on the day ▼

16th Kyoto Student Festival (Main Festival)

schedule	Sunday, October 7, 2018 11:00-19:00 (Some events will be open until 19:30)
venue	Heian Shrine and Okazaki Promenade area (Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City)
main reminder	Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee
urge together	Kyoto Student Festival Organizing Committee ( Kyoto Prefecture / Kyoto City / Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry / Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives / University Consortium Kyoto, a public interest incorporated foundation )
Special Cooperation	Heian Shrine

16th Main Festival Implementation Plan

　While preserving the traditions of the 15 Kyoto Student Festivals, as a new step towards the 20th event, we aim to create a festival that conveys the charm and potential of the completely new Kyoto Student Festival that is unique to the 16th festival.We
have incorporated more visitor participation-oriented projects than ever before and introduced new ways of presenting and enjoying each content, so that the festival will allow people to experience the new charms of the Kyoto Student Festival.We have also worked towards the goal of making the Kyoto Student Festival a festival that is more deeply rooted in the local community, loved, appealing to students, and more widely accepted by students, and becoming one of the “Four Major Kyoto Festivals” to rival the three major Kyoto festivals.

<Reference> Scenes from the 16th Kyoto Student Festival

Click on the image below to see the pages created by the students.

16th Kyoto Student Festival Annual Activities Introduction

1. The 16th Kyoto Student Festival will be held one month before the event.

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The event was held to liven up Kyoto with the power of students, to let more people know about the unique charms of Kyoto as a “student town,” and to liven up the whole of Kyoto in preparation for the main festival on October 7th.

 

2. International Exchange Projects

Project Purpose

　The Kyoto Student Festival’s internationalization efforts, which have been ongoing since the 13th festival, continued for the 16th festival. This year, the theme of international exchange was “Connecting the World, Kyoto, and Students,” and we created events that international students could enjoy and that would make them want to come back to Kyoto.

International Exchange Activity Schedule (2018)

May 13	International Exchange Project (Mission-Style Tour) *Cancelled due to bad weather
August 8	Water sprinkling at Fushimi Inari Shrine
August 22	Water sprinkling at Heian Shrine
September 1st	16th Kyoto Student Festival 1 Month Before Festival
September 5	Cleaning Mission (Okazaki area)
September 15	AEON Planning
September 18	Okazaki Red Carpet
October 7	16th Kyoto Student Festival
November 24	The 13th Kyoto International Student Sports Festival

3. Regional exchange activities

Project Purpose

The Executive Committee has been communicating with the people of the Okazaki area, where the Kyoto Student Festival is held, and with local people with whom they have had connections through their past activities, to express their gratitude and build cooperative relationships in preparation for the festival.

• 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) Okazaki, An’ei, Umekei, Kamogawa, Kyoto
• Water sprinkling activities to address local environmental issues (summer) in the Okazaki and Fushimi areas of Kyoto
• Participation in local festivals (summer) in the Okazaki, An’ei, Baikei, Sanjo, and Shichiku areas of Kyoto

4.Other year-round activities

• Promotion of the original dance “Kyoen Sodefure!”
  (Nursery schools, kindergartens, elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, etc. in and around Kyoto City, outreach classes, etc.)
• Public relations and PR activities aimed at introducing activities and announcing the main festival (in Kyoto City)

　The Kyoto Student Festival aims to be a festival that is loved by the local community and has deep roots in the community, not just as a main festival, and will continue to carry out daily activities throughout the year together with the local community.

5. 16th Kyoto Student Festival Overseas Activities

♦Kyoen Sodefure! Hong Kong Lunar New Year International Night Parade

Project purpose

Kyoto Student Festival 　Kyoen Sodefure! wasinvited by the Hong Kong Tourism Board
to represent Japan and
performed at the Lunar New Year International Night Parade (February 16th (Friday) 2018 (night parade) and February 17th (Saturday) (stage performance)) held in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, where they performed Kyoen Sodefure! In addition to local Hong Kong groups, the parade also featured invited groups from overseas, including Kyoto Student Festival Kyoen Sodefure!, French cabaret music and dance, and a Dutch street circus.
　This time, Kyoen Sodefure! The performance is a special version of the “Kyoen Sodefure! Special Version” that is shown at the Grand Finale of the Kyoto Student Festival, which is held every October in the area around Heian Shrine and Okazaki Promenade. The dance was a special arrangement that added Japanese umbrellas and folding fans, and it was a great experience to be able to share with the world the burning passion, energy and strength of Kyoto students, as well as the appeal of the new culture that students create .

<Reference> [Hong Kong Parade]

For your reference, here is a video website where you can see the parade that took place in 2017 .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoPQ9TPlWl4

[Summary] Hong Kong Lunar New Year International Night Parade

Date and Time	February 16, 2018 (Friday) 8:00 PM – 9:45 AM
place	Tsim Sha Tsui
main reminder	Hong Kong Tourism Board

 

Student Support

Student Development Programs

　At the University Consortium Kyoto, we support the daily activities of students based on the principle that they should “take the initiative in creating things,” and 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 the students’ growth.
Specifically, we treat student activities as a single project, and each department works toward a single goal, incorporating the PDCA cycle methodology that focuses on producing results, with the goal of smoothly carrying out activities, improving projects, and continuously developing them. We have been working to create a system that encourages student growth by promoting the following support methods.

The PDCA cycle at the Kyoto Student Festival (Photo: from the 16th festival)

• Planning period (November to May): Start-up training, planning, and organizational structure creation
• Trial period (May to September): Pre-events (medium-scale events modeled after the main festival)
• Verification period (June to August): Mid-term review meeting
• Event period (October): Main festival
• Disseminating results (around October to November): Post-event review and results presentation

<Training results
> Planning period “Start-up training”

schedule	March 22, 2018 (Thursday) 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
place	Campus Plaza Kyoto
Lecturer	Masami Mori (Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kyoto Bunkyo University)
Number of participants	30 executive committee members
content	In running the Kyoto Student Festival, participants learned how each individual can contribute to the festival and work towards the goals of the activities. They also acquired the attitude of sharing information across the organization and working towards the same goal.

・Verification period “Interim Review Meeting” was canceled due to the approaching typhoon.
・Results were communicated at “Post-event Review Meeting”

schedule	October 11, 2018 (Thursday) 6:30 PM – 9:20 PM
place	Campus Plaza Kyoto
Lecturer	Masami Mori (Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kyoto Bunkyo University)
Number of participants	65 executive committee members
content	After the main festival, each executive committee member had the opportunity to reflect on their activities and achievements at the Kyoto Student Festival through individual and group work, verbalizing what they learned from it and how they will apply it to the next stage, and to use this to gain confidence in their own activities for the future.

・Results presentation “Results report session”

schedule	November 22, 2018 (Thursday) 5:00 PM – 6:10 PM
place	Campus Plaza Kyoto
content	For all those involved in the Kyoto Student Festival, we will report on the overview of annual activities and the results of the Kyoto Student Festival as an organization, and announce issues and prospects for the future. *Reporting points: concept, goals, overview, results, and lessons learned (based on the purpose of the Kyoto Student Festival activities)

Implementation Report

The 16th Kyoto Student Festival concluded successfully on Sunday, October 7th, with many visitors in attendance.
Although we were concerned about whether this year’s main festival would go ahead due to the effects of the typhoon,
the day was blessed with a beautiful, almost scorching autumn sky, allowing all programs to proceed without a hitch.
We would like to thank everyone who attended and all those who supported the festival in various ways. As part of the
Kyoto Student Festival Organizing Committee, our foundation not only supports the Kyoto Student Festival, but also views the year’s activities as an opportunity for student growth and provides year-round support. Visitor surveys indicated that year-round efforts did not necessarily lead to a direct increase in attendance. However, we believe that the experience gained over the past year has led to increased student confidence and learning. As we approach the 17th festival, we will continue to develop a system to support the executive committee. We would like to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who attended the event, as well as to everyone who provided support in various ways to make this event possible.

Results of the 16th Kyoto Student Festival

■ Total number of visitors

154,000 people (according to the Executive Committee)

■ Number of participating students

Executive Committee	282 students (25 universities, 1 junior college)
Short-term volunteer staff	176 students (25 universities, 2 junior colleges)
Student MC	13 people (11 from Kyoto, 1 from Osaka, 1 from Hyogo)
Dancer	1,156 people (12 host universities)
International Student Executive Committee	8 people (5 from Thailand, 1 from the United States, 1 from Indonesia, 1 from Taiwan)
total	1,635

Special site (external site)

If you want to know more about the Kyoto Student Festival, check out the following social media sites! (Official website, Official social media sites)

Updated regularly! ☟

　　　　　　　　　　

Contact Information

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