• Business Overview
• The 22nd Kyoto Student Festival Annual Activities
• Student Support
• Inquiries

Business Overview

Main visual (work by Himari Matsushita (Kyoto Seika University, 3rd year))

The Kyoto Student Festival is a major student-led event that began in 2003 with the aim of enlivening Kyoto through the power of students, and this year marks the 22nd anniversary. The Kyoto Student Festival is planned and operated mainly by the Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee, which is made up of Kyoto students, and is unique in that it is backed by Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, economic organizations, universities, and local communities under an “all-Kyoto” system. The 22nd Kyoto Student Festival was held on Sunday, October 13, 2024. On the day of the event, we were blessed with good weather, overcame the shortened event due to the Corona disaster and rainy weather, and were able to hold the event in full in sunny weather for the first time in five years. In addition, 121,172 people visited the event on the day of the event, allowing more people to learn about the charm of Kyoto, a city of students. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone involved and everyone who supported the Kyoto Student Festival for their warm support.

The 22nd Kyoto Student Festival Theme

About the theme

The goal of the 22nd Kyoto Student Festival is to further evolve under the mission of “building and passing on the future” so that the Kyoto Student Festival will continue to be the 30th festival and decades from now, by carefully inheriting the traditions and connections between people that have been built up by the Kyoto Student Festival so far.
In addition to simply inheriting the tradition, we will not forget our willingness to take on new challenges at the 22nd Festival, and we will continue to work with the awareness that “everything we do at the Kyoto Student Festival will lead to the future of the Kyoto Student Festival.” That’s what I put into this theme.
The theme of the English version, “Bridge the Past, Build the Future,” is intended to transcend cultural differences and achieve an emotional impact and resonance that is intended to be in line with the perception of foreigners.

The 22nd Kyoto Student Festival

schedule	Sunday, October 13, 2024, 11:00-19:00 Heian Jingumae / Okazaki Promenade area
sponsorship	Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee
Co sponsored by	Kyoto Student Festival Organizing Committee (Kyoto Prefecture / Kyoto City / Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry / Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives / University Consortium Kyoto)
Special Kyoriki	Heian Shrine

Implementation plan

Please watch the 22nd Kyoto Student Festival from the official YouTube!

◆ Results of various contests

Project Title	Rankings and Organization Names
Kyo Flame Sodetouch! contest	Winner Kyo Flame Sodefure! Shi Dance (Doshisha University, Doshisha Women’s University, Otani University) Runner-up Kyo Flame Sodefure! Saikyo Front (Kyoto University, Kyoto Prefectural University) No. 3 Kyo Flame Sodefure! Hana Saki (Kyoto Sangyo University)
Kyoto Student Music Award	Winner: Acduct-High Runner-up: Tadadakiatte No. 3 Metro honey

Pre

We held two “pre-events” that incorporated some of the contents of this festival, and it was an opportunity for many people to learn about the Kyoto Student Festival.

The 22nd Kyoto Student Festival Annual Activities

The Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee is building cooperative relationships for the festival while expressing our gratitude on a daily basis by interacting with the Okazaki area, where the Kyoto Student Festival is held, and the local people who have been connected with us through our activities so far. In addition to this festival, we aim to be a “festival” that is loved by the community and rooted in the community, and we carry out daily activities throughout the year together with the local community.

Presentation and delivery class

Mainly in Kyoto Prefecture, we will perform the original creative odori “Kyo Flame Sodefure!” at various places in Kyoto Prefecture, and give lectures (commonly known as visiting classes) at each school in Kyoto Prefecture. We are working to make the charm of the Kyoto Student Festival accessible to as many people as possible. In addition, university students will be able to interact with people of many generations in the community through Odori, which will lead to the revitalization of the community.
At the 22nd Kyoto Student Festival, events to build momentum for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, as well as festivals and events in each region, will be held at Kyo Flame Sodefune! I showed it off. We also had the opportunity to show off the event to tourists from overseas, and we were able to convey the charm of the Kyoto Student Festival not only to people in Japan but also to people from overseas. In addition, we received many requests for visiting classes from schools that chose “Kyo Flame Sodefure!” as the event to be presented at the sports day.

Community Exchange

We participate in local festivals and other events to interact with children, and conduct night patrols once a month to deepen safety and interaction with local residents in the Okazaki area, where the festival is held. In addition to aiming to revitalize the region, we are working to deepen exchanges with local people and let more people in Kyoto know about the Kyoto Student Festival. In addition, at the 22nd Kyoto Student Festival, we had training for the people involved in order to deepen their understanding of the Heian Jingu Shrine in the Okazaki area, where the festival was held.

international exchange

We are actively engaged in exchange activities with international students studying in Kyoto. We convey the charm of Kyoto to international students, and conversely, we also learn various things from them and give each other inspiration.
At the 22nd Kyoto Student Festival, we held three international student exchange meetings to deepen exchanges with international students through “physical play,” “Kyo-Yuzen experience,” and “sports day.” In addition, together with the international students I met at the international student exchange meeting, I carried the “Kyo Flame Mikoshi” together at the main festival.
In 2023, the Kyoto Student Festival gave a dance performance at the “Kyoto Culture and Education Day in Hue” held in Hue Province, Vietnam, and at the 22nd Kyoto Student Festival, students from Vietnam Hue University came to perform at the Grand Finale.

Environmental Activities

In order to reduce the burden on the environment as much as possible, we have been implementing “KYO-SENSE” activities since 2007. The word “KYO” means “Kyoto” and “today” and “cooperation” between local people and students. “SENSE” has the connotation of “the sensibilities of young people living today,” and the main focus is on learning and applying the traditional wisdom of Kyoto.
We are making environmentally friendly efforts such as conducting local cleanup activities and using environmentally friendly materials for our original goods. In addition, on the day of the 22nd Kyoto Student Festival, we made efforts to reduce waste, such as using reusable tableware and installing water dispensers in the food project.

Kyoto Student Festival × Kyoji SDGs Project

The “Kyoji SDGs Project” is a project conducted by the Kyoto Shimbun and the three cities of Kyoto, Kameoka, and Otsu with the aim of spreading the SDGs in Kyoto and Shiga prefectures, together with sponsoring companies and students. This year, the Kyoto SDGs Project and the Kyoto Student Festival collaborated to create a menu called the “Let’s Make Rice Bowl Festival for Everyone,” in which the Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee and students from Kyoto Municipal Murasaki High School and Shiga Prefectural Otsu Commercial High School learned about the SDGs and devised a menu. After the prototype meeting, high school students set up a food booth on the day of the festival. Kyoto Municipal Murasaki High School served “Chumoppa Bowl” based on Korean cuisine, and Shiga Prefectural Otsu Commercial High School served “Junjun Bowl” based on Shiga Prefecture’s sukiyaki-style local cuisine. Proceeds from the sale will be donated to the certified NPO Second Harvest Kyoto.
Watch the video here→ https://youtu.be/0S-breirzqQ?feature=shared

Student Support

Student Growth Programs

The University Consortium Kyoto supports students’ daily activities based on the principle of “creating their own initiative,” and hopes that the “interactions” and “experiences” with a wide variety of people that students experience through their independent activities will lead to new “awareness” and “learning” that will lead to their growth.
We are working to create a system that promotes the growth of students by promoting the following support methods, adopting the PDCA cycle method, which emphasizes the smooth execution of activities, the improvement of the business, and the continuous development of the business, with the goal of smoothly carrying out the activities, improving the business, and continuing the development of the business, by adopting the PDCA cycle method, which emphasizes the activities of students as a single project, working toward a single goal as a team, and producing results as a team.

PDCA Cycle at the Kyoto Student Festival

1. Planning period (November ~ May): Organizational structure creation, planning planning, implementation of “meeting to think about goals”
2. Trial period (May ~ September): Implementation of pre-project (medium-scale project imitating the main festival)
3. Verification period (July ~ August): Implementation of “interim review meeting”
4. Implementation period (October): Implementation of this project
5. Dissemination of results (around October ~ December): Implementation of “post-mortem review meetings” and “results debriefing sessions”

Verification Period “Mid-term Review Meeting”

Participants

schedule	Sunday, July 7, 2024
place	Campus Plaza Kyoto
lecturer	Masakazu Nakamoto (Career Counselor / Doshisha University Staff)
Number of	34
substance	With the main festival in October imminent, we created an opportunity to check the progress of the team and the whole team, to reflect on whether we have lost sight of our own goals and direction, and to reaffirm the need for team collaboration through sharing within the department and group presentations.

Dissemination of results “Post-mortem review meeting”

Participants

schedule	Saturday, October 19, 2024
place	Campus Plaza Kyoto
lecturer	Masakazu Nakamoto (Career Counselor / Doshisha University Staff)
Number of	48
substance	At the end of this project, each member of the executive committee was provided with an opportunity to reflect on the significance of the activities and initiatives at the Kyoto Student Festival, what they learned from it, and how to apply it to the next stage through group work.

Dissemination of results “Achievement debriefing meeting”

schedule	Friday, December 6, 2024
place	Campus Plaza Kyoto
substance	For stakeholders and other stakeholders, the heads of each department reported on the results of their activities and the points of growth through their activities. In addition, the Executive Committee Chairperson presented a summary of the annual activities (goals and results), as well as issues and prospects for the future of the Kyoto Student Festival. The debriefing session focused on reporting on the learning and growth that each student felt through the activities, and based on the PDCA cycle so far, it was an opportunity to verbalize their various learning and growth and express their gratitude to those who have supported them on a daily basis.

Career Support

In recent years, it has become difficult for the executive committee to actively participate in the activities of the Kyoto Student Festival, making it difficult for them to devote enough time to their studies and job hunting. In order to balance the activities of the Kyoto Student Festival with academics and other activities, many students are concerned about the early and prolonged job hunting process in recent years, and in order to balance the activities of the Kyoto Student Festival, we have established a customized basic skills training program for working adults with the support of alumni associations (alumni) and career counselors, and we are enhancing regular training to improve employability.
By receiving this support, the executive committee members will be able to feel their personal growth more clearly, gain confidence, and realize that the activities of the Kyoto Student Festival will lead to their future careers, so that they can be more motivated to engage in their activities. The goal is to build a foundation on which each member of the executive committee can take on various challenges, learn, and continue to grow through the synergistic effect of their daily activities at the Kyoto Student Festival, their studies, job hunting, and other activities without giving up.

We are looking for new executive committee members!

At the Kyoto Student Festival, we are always looking for friends to work with us. Why don’t you play an active role as an executive committee member and have an experience with us that is difficult to get in a normal university life? In addition, training is also conducted within the executive committee, which leads to the improvement of basic skills for working adults.
If you would like to know more about the Kyoto Student Festival, please visit the official website and official SNS.

The pamphlet of the 22nd Kyoto Student Festival can be viewed from the following link.

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Inquiries

University Consortium Kyoto Student Support Division
TEL 075-353-9189　FAX 075-353-9101
〒600-8216 Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Nishitoin-dori, Shiokoji, Shimo-ku, Kyoto, Campus Plaza Kyoto
* Reception hours: Tuesday ~ Saturday 9:00 ~ 17:00 (excluding year-end and New Year holidays)