• Business Overview
• Outline of the event
• Implementation plan
• Introduction of year-round activities other than this festival
• Student Support
• Implementation Report
• Inquiries

Business Overview

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 15th anniversary. This festival is planned and operated mainly by the Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee, which is made up of students from Kyoto, and is unique in that it is backed by Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, economic organizations, universities, and local communities under an “all-Kyoto” system.
In addition to planning and managing the Kyoto Student Festival to be held in October, the Executive Committee is also actively engaged in exchange activities throughout the year, such as a contact project using the original creative odori “Kyo Flame Sodefure!” born from the festival, and participation in events in the community.
In 2017, the 15th year of the program, in addition to tie-ups with a variety of cultural projects with “culture” as the keyword, students themselves will become “culture” and create their own “student culture” that adds student-like characteristics to existing culture, while preserving and inheriting the traditions of Kyoto, and disseminating the appeal of “Kyoto as a university town and Kyoto as a city of students” even more widely.

Outline of the event

■The 15th Kyoto Student Festival Theme

■ Activity Goals

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Kyoto Student Festival, which began in 2003. This year, in order to create a festival that is on a par with Kyoto’s three major festivals, we have been working on activities that approach various cultures under the theme of “Creating a New Culture, ‘Kyoto Student Culture.'”

The 15th Kyoto Student Festival

For one year, the 15th Kyoto Student Festival has been working on the activities of “rediscovering Kyoto culture and international culture,” “fusing student character and culture,” and “widely disseminating the charm of Kyoto student culture.” In particular, this year’s event was an unprecedentedly rich year for the Kyoto Student Festival, as we were able to actively engage in activities in collaboration with the Kyoto Cultural Power Project, which is developed by Kyoto Prefecture and Kyoto City, where we learned about culture from cultural figures from Kyoto who are active in the world on the 15th of every month and arranged them from the perspective of students. In this way, we were able to create a unique student culture for the festival while increasing the number of partners, and as a result, we were able to get closer to the “Four Great Festivals of Kyoto,” which are on a par with the three major festivals in Kyoto.

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Implementation plan

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Year-round activities other than the main festival

The Kyoto Student Festival aims to be a “festival” that is loved by the community and rooted in the community, and conducts daily exchange activities throughout the year together with the local community.
In 2017, in addition to our previous activities, we held a large-scale pre-event titled “Anniversari Festa” and took on various challenges to realize the purpose of the activities of the Kyoto Student Festival.

♦ Commemorative Projects

・June 4, 2017 [15th Anniversary Festa in. Ukyo feat. Subway Tozai Line 20th Anniversary]

・August 27, 2017 [15th Anniversary Festa in Kyoto Station Building & Porta]

♦ Main Visual Competition

Continuing from the 2016 academic year, we received a large number of applications from students from all over the country in the open call for the main visual Mr./Ms. The works selected for the Grand Prize were published in various public relations media throughout the year.

♦ Community Exchange Activities

• Nighttime patrols to protect the safety of the community (twice a month) Kyoto Okazaki and Anning area
• Cleanup activities aimed at beautifying the area (about once a month) Kyoto Okazaki, Anning, Umeya, Sanjo area, Kamogawa
• Uchimizu activities to address local environmental problems (summer) Kyoto Okazaki, Anne, Fushimi area
• Participation in local festivals (summer) Kyoto Okazaki, Anne, Umeya, Sanjo, Shichiku area

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 “interaction” and “experience” with a wide variety of people in contact through independent activities will lead to new “awareness” and “learning” that will lead to student growth.
Specifically, we have adopted the PDCA cycle method, which treats student activities as a single project, and focuses on achieving results by working toward a single goal for each department. With the goal of smooth execution of activities, improvement of projects, and continuous development of businesses, we are working to create a system that promotes the growth of students by promoting the following support methods.

PDCA Cycle at the Kyoto Student Festival

• Planning period (November ~ May): Start training, planning, organizational structure creation
• Trial period (May ~ September): Implementation of pre-project (medium-scale project imitating the main festival)
• Verification period (June ~ August): Mid-term review meeting
• Implementation period (October): Implementation of the festival project
• Dissemination of results (around October ~ November): Implementation of post-mortem review meetings and results debriefing sessions

・ Planning period “Start training”

・Verification period “Interim review meeting”

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・Dissemination of results “Post-mortem review meeting”

・Dissemination of results “Achievement debriefing meeting”

Implementation Report

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Kyoto Student Festival. I have been working hard every day under the theme of “Creating a ‘Kyoto Student Culture'”. On Sunday, October 8th, students who are active in various fields such as fashion, music, and food gathered here in Kyoto to create a festival unique to them, and the “trajectory” of the Kyoto Student Festival over the past 15 years.
In addition to the overwhelming odori “Kyo Flame Sodefure!”, music and fashion contests, fair-day projects where you can enjoy Kyoto’s food culture, and children’s projects that even small children can enjoy.
The Foundation, which plays a role in the Kyoto Student Festival Organizing Committee, in addition to providing support for the festival, sees the year-long activities as opportunities for student growth and develops a support system throughout the year. In particular, this year was also the 15th anniversary of the event, and it was a pre-large-scale activity that involved many commemorative projects, including the anniversary festival. In the visitor survey, it was found that these year-round efforts did not directly attract customers. However, I feel that the one-year activity experience has led to the students’ confidence and learning. As we mark the end of this milestone and the 16th anniversary, we will continue to assess the capabilities and potential of the executive committee (especially the students who serve as executive staff) and develop a system to support the executive committee so that it can continue to be the 20th and 30th anniversaries. We would like to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who came to the event and to all those who supported us in various ways in holding this project.

The 15th Kyoto Student Festival

■Total number of visitors

136,000 (*According to the executive committee)

■Number of Participating Students

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Inquiries

University Consortium Kyoto, Kyoto Student Festival
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)