• What is the Kyoto Student Public Relations Department?
• What is Kotokare?
• Ema Project
• Recruitment of Public Relations Staff
• Contact us

What is the Kyoto Student Public Relations Club (Business Overview)

As competition among universities is expected to intensify further due to the long-term decline in the number of 18-year-olds, it is necessary to actively disseminate the appeal of Kyoto as a “university city and a city of students” to junior high and high school students who will become university students in the future.
Therefore, as a new collaborative initiative, the University Consortium Kyoto and Kyoto City have established the “Kyoto Student Public Relations Department” to disseminate to junior and senior high school students nationwide from the perspective of students the “real charm of Kyoto” that university students studying in Kyoto experience while living their student life.
The Kyoto Student Public Relations Department will disseminate the charms of university life in Kyoto, which students have planned, interviewed, and written about, through the dedicated website “Kotokare,” SNS, events, etc.

Support System

What is Kotokare?

Media introducing the real lifestyles of university students in Kyoto
“Kotokare” is a website that distributes a variety of content planned, interviewed, and written by the Kyoto Student Public Relations Department, and opened on October 1, 2015.
＜ＵＲＬ＞https://kotocollege.jp/

Kotokare Policies

Based on the idea of the name devised by the Kyoto Student Public Relations Club at the workshop, it was decided by a vote of the club members.
It is an abbreviation for “College in the Ancient Capital,” and while expressing the uniqueness of Kyoto and the school, we chose a name that is easy for junior high and high school students to remember and is familiar with.
The student PR team was supervised by a professional designer and created the following logo.

The vertical and horizontal lines represent the paths that various students are walking, and when those students intersect in various ways, they become one circle = community and connect.
It also includes the element of a “grid” in which the streets are perpendicular to the north-south and east-west, which is also a characteristic of the city of Kyoto.

Check out SNS!

The Kyoto Student Public Relations Department also disseminates information on SNS! We provide behind-the-scenes stories, daily activity reports, and the latest information. Please follow the PR staff Karen Koto!
＜Twitter＞ https://twitter.com/gakusei_kyoto
＜Facebook＞ https://www.facebook.com/gakuseikyoto
＜Instagram＞ https://instagram.com/gakusei_kyoto

Ema Project

With the aim of supporting students nationwide who are anxious about the Corona disaster, we planned the “Passing Prayer Ema Project” and solicited wishes to be dedicated to Kitano Tenmangu, which is the general headquarters of Tenmangu Shrine nationwide and is known as the god of learning.

Event Report

From Thursday, November 5, 2020 to Monday, January 4, 2021, 109 wishes were submitted for university life in Kyoto. It came from all over the country. The collected wishes were hung on a large ema drawn by a member of the Kyoto Student Public Relations Department (using Miyako cedar wood, a wood produced in Kyoto City), and with messages of support from the club members, they prayed for passing the exam and the fulfillment of their wishes at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine.

On the day of the event, it was a warm spring day, and the buds of plum blossoms were beginning to open here and there at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, and it was a dedication ceremony that made me think that I was able to deliver the wishes of the examinees to Tenjin-sama (Michima Sugawara).

substance

We are looking for thoughts of students who want to go on to a university in Kyoto! University students in Kyoto will accompany a giant handmade ema and dedicate it to Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, which is known as the god of learning.

Application Period

From November 5, Reiwa 2 (Thursday) to January 4, Reiwa 3 [Application closed]

target

Students from all over the country who are working hard to prepare for university life in Kyoto from April of the 3rd year of Reiwa

Recruitment of Public Relations Staff

The Kyoto Student Public Relations Club is looking for members to work with us!
The website “Kotokare”, which is planned, operated, and managed by students attending universities in Kyoto, will convey the charm of university life in Kyoto to junior high and high school students nationwide. Our mission is to make junior high and high school students want to go to university in Kyoto.
University students in Kyoto, why don’t you demonstrate your ideas, passion, and teamwork as the initiators of this project?

If you would like to join or visit the club, please contact us from the link below.

Entry Requirements

• Undergraduate, undergraduate, and graduate students who belong to a member school of the University Consortium Kyoto (*Regardless of grade) [Click here for a list of member schools]
•Those who can participate in activities at bases in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City (*Transportation expenses will not be paid)
• Unless there is a compelling reason, you must be able to participate in activities at least once a month.

Such a student Mr./Ms. is waiting!

Inquiries

University Consortium Kyoto, Kyoto Student Public Relations Department Secretariat
TEL 075-353-9130　FAX 075-353-9101
〒600-8216 Kyoto-shi, Shimogyo-ku, Nishitoin-dori, Shiokoji, Shimo-ku, Kyoto, Campus Plaza Kyoto
* Reception hours: Tuesday ~ Saturday 9:00 ~ 17:00 (excluding year-end and New Year holidays)