- Event Overview
- Implementation plan
- Activities other than the main festival
- student support
- Implementation Report
- Contact Information
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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October 12, 2014 (Sun) 11:00–20:20 |
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venue |
Heian Shrine and Okazaki Park area |
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Organizer |
Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee |
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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) |
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Special Cooperation |
Heian Shrine |
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cooperation |
NHK Kyoto Broadcasting Station |
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Watabe Wedding Co., Ltd. (costumes provided for “Kyoen Sodefure!”) |
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Pearl Tone Co., Ltd. (“Kyoen Sodefure!” pearl tone processing) |
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Sponsorship |
Special Partner Sponsor : ROHM Co., Ltd. |
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KYO-SENSE Supporter : GS Yuasa Corporation |
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Sponsors : 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. |
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Implementation plan
12th Kyoto Student Festival
■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] |
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| 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)
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 |
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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
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. |
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.
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)
