FY 2014

Event Overview

12th Concept

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▼Gathering of thoughts
At the 12th Kyoto Student Festival, we will not only incorporate the ideas of the executive committee, but also the thoughts and opinions of the various people who have built up their relationships through the 1st to 11th Kyoto Student Festivals, and work together to revitalize Kyoto through our activities throughout the year.
▼To the stage that draws you in
Through this year-long exchange, we aim to let more people know about the activities of the Kyoto Student Festival and get them involved (know, see, become interested). We also aim to involve more people than ever before in the Kyoto Student Festival, and to make further progress towards making it one of Kyoto’s four major festivals.

12th Kyoto Student Festival Main Festival

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schedule

October 12, 2014 (Sun) 11:0020:20

venue

Heian Shrine and Okazaki Park area

Organizer

Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee

Co-hosted by

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

cooperation

NHK Kyoto Broadcasting Station

Watabe Wedding Co., Ltd. (costumes provided for “Kyoen Sodefure!”)

Pearl Tone Co., Ltd. (“Kyoen Sodefure!” pearl tone processing)

 Sponsorship

Special Partner Sponsor : ROHM Co., Ltd.

KYO-SENSE Supporter : GS Yuasa Corporation

Sponsors :
AEON MALL KYOTO / Career Power Co., Ltd. / Kyoto Shinkin Bank / Choei Co., Ltd. / Nichicon Corporation / Hase Honsha Co., Ltd. / HORIBA Ltd.

AEON Mall Kyoto Gojo / Kansai Miso PR Committee / Kyocera Corporation / Kyoto Bank, Ltd. / Kyoto Chuo Shinkin Bank / Shimadzu Corporation / Kyoto University Co-op Business Association / Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. / Takii Seed Co., Ltd. / Nitto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. / Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. / Wacoal Corporation / Watabe Wedding Co., Ltd.

Ivy International Co., Ltd. / Ando Real Estate Co., Ltd. / Is Design Office / Kyoto Factory Health Association General Incorporated Foundation / event company AHR / Iroha Publishing Co., Ltd. / S&S Plus Co., Ltd. / FD Staff Co., Ltd. / L Housing Co., Ltd. / Oikaze Co., Ltd. / Ohsho Food Service Co., Ltd. / Omron Corporation / On the Way Co., Ltd. / Gaku Co., Ltd. / Katsutoshi Imai Co., Ltd. / Kawataki Corporation / Planning and Design Studio BANUP / Takahiki Co., Ltd. / Kyoei Co., Ltd. / Kyoto Station Tourist Department Store Co., Ltd. / Kyoto Station Center Co., Ltd. / Kyoto Electronics Manufacturing Co., Ltd. / Kyowa Facilities Co., Ltd. / Kinken Building Management Co., Ltd. / Kurama Tsujii Co., Ltd. / Kuraya Hashimoto / Gekkeikan Co., Ltd. / Genki na Jimusho Co., Ltd. / Koekisha Co., Ltd. / Mukaijuku Co., Ltd. Shakogetsu / Sankei Design Co., Ltd. / Shirai Electronics Co., Ltd. / Yujinkai Group / Star Co., Ltd. / Seiki Community Group / Zenec Co., Ltd. / Sorin Printing Co., Ltd. / TAKAMIBRIDAL / Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. / Doshisha Enterprise Co., Ltd. / Dot Co., Ltd. / Nabell Co., Ltd. / Japan Educational Travel Co., Ltd. / Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. / Being Co., Ltd. / Heishin Co., Ltd. / Falco Holdings Co., Ltd. / Fukujuen Co., Ltd. / FLOWER-BOX / Bran Brun / Blue Lagoon Co., Ltd. / HORIBA STEC Co., Ltd. / Masudagumi Co., Ltd. / Marukyu Koyamaen Co., Ltd. / Maruchika Securities Co., Ltd. / Mishimatei / Mentec Co., Ltd. Ikiiki Udon Karasuma Oike Branch / Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. Kyoto Branch / Yushin Seiki Co., Ltd. / Riken Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. / Ryokan Kouro / Rokuwa Securities Co., Ltd.

Product sponsors :
Imanishi Confectionery Co., Ltd. / Ogawa Coffee Co., Ltd. / Waichi Kyoto Chirimen Yuzen / Kyoto Traditional Industry Center / Takehira Shoten Co., Ltd. / Take Cafe / Tango Textile Industry Association / Hirai Yuinoten Co., Ltd. / Miyai Co., Ltd.

Implementation plan

12th Kyoto Student Festival 

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■Official Brochure■
*Click to view the brochure

 Main Festival Event List

Project name time venue Project Overview
Opening 11:00
to
11:30
Jingu-michi The Kyoto Student Festival kicked off with a lively performance of “The Performance Begins! Kyoen Sodefure!”, in which approximately 1,000 people danced in unison, and a Japanese drum performance.
Kyoen Sodefure!
National Dance Contest
11:30
to
17:30
Miyako Messe
3rd Exhibition Hall
Teams from all over the country competed by performing a variety of dances. There was also a dance battle on Jingu-michi, divided into red and white teams.
[Kyoen Sodefure! Category]
[Non-genre Category]
Festival Planning 11:30
to
17:30
Okazaki City Park There was an environmentally focused experience booth and nutritious menu items made with Kyoto vegetables were on sale.
Genkids Cup ☆ 2014 11:30
to
17:00
Okazaki Ground The event was aimed at children, and included an opportunity to experience sports from around the world and an exhibition of drawings by kindergarten children from the city.
Sodefure the world ~Come, see, touch the Kyoto flame Sodefure!~ 11:30
to
17:00
Miyako Messe
3rd Exhibition Hall in various locations throughout Kyoto City
The event expanded beyond the Okazaki area, with dance performances at three venues and an experience booth set up at Miyako Messe.
Kyoto Planning 11:30
to
17:00
Miyako Messe
3rd Exhibition Hall
We set up an experience booth where you could experience crafts using traditional Kyoto industries such as mizuhiki, crepe paper, and bamboo, as well as feel the four seasons.
Roadside Station “Kyoto” 11:30
to
17:00
Miyako Messe
3rd Exhibition Hall
In addition to selling products created in collaboration between Kyoto students, local businesses, and companies at a product exhibition, we also held an event that brought together Kyoto’s mascot characters to promote the charms of the region.
 Corporate PR booth 11:30
to
17:00
North side of Jingu-michi Each company promoted their company at a booth that was full of their own unique characteristics.
Grand Finale 18:15
to
20:00
Special stage in the grounds of Heian Shrine The festival concluded with a fantastical space created on a special stage at Heian Shrine, featuring content typical of students.

 

12th Kyoto Student Festival Implementation Report (external site)
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Activities other than the main festival

Annual ongoing activities

Tohoku Project “Connecting KYOTOHOKU”

 schedule May 3, 2014 (Saturday/Holiday) – May 5, 2014 (Monday/Holiday)
 place Fukushima City, Nihonmatsu City, Minamisoma City in Fukushima Prefecture, Sendai City, Natori City in Miyagi Prefecture
 Content Continuing from last year, this project was carried out with the goal of “bringing smiles and energy to the people of Tohoku, seeing and learning about the current state of Tohoku with their own eyes, and sharing what they learned in Tohoku with Kyoto.” A total of 52 people (16 executive committee members and 36 dancers) from 14 universities visited Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures, where they performed Kyoen Sodefure!, toured the disaster-stricken areas, and interacted with Fukushima University’s Disaster Volunteer Center.

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Pre-event “Student Power in KYOTO – Learning in Kyoto: Ten Different People, Ten Different People”

 schedule  July 5th (Sat) and 6th (Sun), 2014
 place  AEON MALL KYOTO
 Content In order to promote Kyoto as a city of students, we involved students from outside the executive committee and set up six booths that utilized the expertise of each faculty and club: “Art,” “Early Childhood Education,” “Architecture,” “International,” “Literature,” and “Science (Information and Chemistry),” allowing many families to become familiar with university studies.

 Career exchange event for high school students

■Kaisei High School Career Exchange Meeting

 schedule Saturday, June 14, 2014
 place Campus Plaza Kyoto

■Kyoto University “Learning” Forum

schedule Sunday, October 26, 2014
 place Doshisha University Imadegawa Campus

 

 Content

The event was aimed at high school students, and provided an opportunity to broaden their image of university by promoting the appeal of Kyoto universities and introducing university life to the executive committee members themselves. This not only fostered an image of continuing on to higher education, but also gave the students an opportunity to think about their own future.

Promotion of the original dance “Kyoen Sodefure!”

Over 400 dance performances and classes were held throughout the year at various educational institutions, welfare facilities, and local events. This year, large-scale performances were also held at the “Umi Festa” in northern Kyoto Prefecture and at Kyoto Sanga FC’s match venue, allowing many people throughout Kyoto to enjoy “Kyoen Sodefure!”

 Dance performance 257 times
 Outreach Classes 160 times
 total 417 times

Regional 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 (about once a month) in the Okazaki, An’ei, Baikei, and Sanjo areas of Kyoto
  • Water sprinkling activities to address local environmental issues (summer) in the Okazaki, An’ei, Umekei, and Sanjo areas of Kyoto
  • Participation in local festivals (summer) in the Okazaki, An’ei, Baikei, and Sanjo areas of Kyoto

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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 have with a wide variety of people through these independent activities will lead to new “awareness” and “learning,” which will contribute to their growth.We treat
student activities as a single project, and incorporate the PDCA cycle method, which places emphasis on teams working toward a single goal and achieving results as a team, with the goal of smoothly carrying out activities, improving projects, and ensuring their continuous 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

1 Planning period November to May Information gathering, awareness raising, and planning
2 Trial period May to September Pre-event (medium-scale event simulating the main festival)
3 Verification period July to August Mid-term review meeting
4 Execution period October Implementation of this project
5 Disseminating results Around October to November Post-event review and results presentation

 

・Verification period “mid-term review meeting”

schedule Tuesday, August 5, 2014
place Campus Plaza Kyoto
Lecturer Masami Mori (Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kyoto Bunkyo University)
Content With the main festival in October fast approaching, we provided an opportunity for participants to review their team and overall progress, and to reflect on whether they had lost sight of their goals and their direction. Through sharing within their departments and group presentations, we provided an opportunity to reaffirm the importance of teamwork.

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

schedule Sunday, October 19, 2014
place Campus Plaza Kyoto
Lecturer Masami Mori (Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kyoto Bunkyo University)
Content After the main festival, each executive committee member was given an opportunity to reflect through group work on what the activities and efforts at the Kyoto Student Festival meant, what they learned from it, and how they can apply it to the next stage.

・Results presentation: “Results report session”

schedule Wednesday, October 29, 2014
place Campus Plaza Kyoto
Content The report was divided into two parts: the annual activities of the Kyoto Student Festival and the feelings of growth based on the experiences of the executive committee members. This provided an opportunity to fulfill accountability to stakeholders and express gratitude for their ongoing support.

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Implementation Report

Now in its 12th year, the Kyoto Student Festival has adopted the concept of “Bringing together our collective passions onto the stage,” incorporating not only the thoughts of the executive committee but also the thoughts of the various people who have built up their legacy, and has worked together to revitalize Kyoto through its year-long activities. With the two themes of “regional expansion” and “student expertise,” the festival aimed to involve more people than ever before in the activities of the Kyoto Student Festival, drawing them into the movement and making further strides to make it one of Kyoto’s four major festivals.

▼Regional expansion

On the day of the festival, we held the “Roadside Station Kyoto” where we collected and sold local specialties from all over Kyoto and collaborative products between students and companies, and we had many exhibitors from areas that we had not had contact with before.

▼Student expertise

The pre-event featured exhibits, performances, and experience corners showcasing the diverse learning experiences of students in Kyoto, cultivated through university classes and extracurricular activities.

Additionally, as part of our charity activities, we also implemented the Tohoku Project, which was launched in 2013, and worked tirelessly to increase our fan base beyond Kyoto and throughout Japan. Combined with these activities outside of the main festival, we had the opportunity to interact with over 200 organizations throughout the year, and were able to get many more people involved.
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who visited the main festival venue, as well as to all the people involved who supported us in various ways throughout the year, and we would like to conclude this report on the event.

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Achievements etc.

Number of visitors

event schedule Number of people
12th Kyoto Student Festival Pre-event:
Student Power in Kyoto – Learning in Kyoto, with a Ten Different People
July 5th (Sat) and 6th (Sun), 2014 13,230 people
12th Kyoto Student Festival Main Festival  Sunday, October 12, 2014 103,000 people

Number of student staff

Number of executive committee members
*Including short-term volunteer staff and student MCs
512 people
[40 universities, 4 graduate schools, 2 junior colleges, 3 vocational schools, 2 overseas universities]
Dance moves 994 people
(21 universities and 1 junior college)

 

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)

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