- What is the Kyoto Student Public Relations Department?
- What is Kotokare?
- workshop
- 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.
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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
workshop
The Kyoto Student Public Relations Department conducts training aimed at improving the skills of public relations staff.
Workshop 1
Outline of the event
Members of the Kyoto Student Public Relations Department and university students who are new to student life in Kyoto will participate in the event, and participants will be invited to deepen their understanding of the Rakuchu area, starting from Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, and to build a relationship with the community. With Ritsumeikan University and Buddhist University nearby, the purpose of the program is to support student life that is more familiar to local people by raising awareness of the local culture and scenery and gaining a deeper understanding of it, as well as to build the foundation of the organization by making the existence of the Kyoto Student Public Relations Club known.
- Date:
- Saturday, April 20, 2024 2 p.m. ~ [Finished]
- Place:
- Kitano Tenmangu
- Who should attend:
- Students who are members of the Kyoto Student Public Relations Department and students from Kyoto University Consortium member schools who are interested in this training program
- Lecturer:
- Kitano Tenmangu Hideyoshi Shirae
Event Report
Earlier, we rented the Kitano Tenmangu Bundo Kaikan to introduce the activities of the Kyoto Student Public Relations Club, break the ice, and conduct interviews with Shinto priests.
After that, after an official visit to the main shrine, we were guided around the precincts, and we visited the historical site Odoi Aomomiji Garden and visited the treasure hall where the sacred treasures are stored.
Please take a look at the official website of the Kyoto Student Public Relations Department, “Kotokare,” which also includes a report on the day written by the Public Relations Department.
Workshop 2
Outline of the event
Under the theme of “How to Approach Photography that You Need to Learn Before Taking Photos,” we invite professional photographers as instructors to learn how to approach photography in order to better convey the charm of the city and people of Kyoto. Rather than taking pictures with an uneasy feeling, such as “I don’t have the confidence to take good photos” or “I’ve only taken pictures somehow,” although I am interested in the work of photography and the work of a writer, I wonder what kind of psychology works when people take pictures in a human instinct. He will focus on what kind of psychology works when he sees the photo, and talk about how to take a photo that conveys what he wants to convey.
Regardless of the level of experience with the camera, the purpose is to understand the mindset at the stage before it, without touching too much on the technical aspects such as composition and exposure.
- Date:
- Thursday, July 11, 2024 7 p.m. ~ [Finished]
- Place:
- Campus Plaza Kyoto 1st Floor Student Place+
- Who should attend:
- Students who are members of the Kyoto Student Public Relations Department and students from Kyoto University Consortium member schools who are interested in this training program
- Lecturer:
- Photographer Akira Obata
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Sokka Co., Ltd. Representative Director
Thirty years ago, I had the opportunity to photograph Kazuo Inamori, the founder of Kyocera, and since I was touched by the heart of his mentor’s management, I have been active as a creator who contributes to corporate management through photography. Since 2005, he has been an official lecturer at a digital camera seminar for EC at Yahoo. After that, he was active as a lecturer at the “Eye-to-Scale Digital Camera Seminar” in various places.
Event Report
A total of 13 people, including 8 members of the Kyoto Student Public Relations Club and 5 members of the Kyoto Student Festival Public Relations Department, participated.
Earlier, I introduced myself and shared the purpose of participating in today’s training.
After that, they learned about the basics of cameras, such as exposure, shutter speed, and ISO, and took pictures with their own cameras and smartphones.
Workshop 3
Outline of the event
In this training, we will welcome Mr. Yusuke Kadokawa of COYOTE COFFEE, who graduated from a university in Kyoto and started a business in Kyoto, and will talk about his experience as a member of the JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteers in charge of branding and marketing in El Salvador, how he started COYOTE, and how he works and lives in connection with the world. On the day of the event, we will reserve the shop after closing and hold it in a relaxed atmosphere while drinking coffee and listening to stories from seniors. In the Kyoto Student Public Relations Department, university students take the lead in conducting interviews, taking photos, posting information on social media, and designing various events and projects. The purpose of this event is to give visitors an idea of the activities of the Public Relations Department by having them experience interviews, and for the Kyoto Student Public Relations Club members to become interested in venture companies in Kyoto and to be the beginning of efforts to solve current PR issues.
- Date:
- Thursday, October 3, 2024 18:30 ~ [Finished]
- Place:
- Campus Plaza Kyoto 1st Floor COYOTE
- Who should attend:
- Students who are members of the Kyoto Student Public Relations Department and students from Kyoto University Consortium member schools who are interested in this training program
- Lecturer:
- COYOTE CEO Yusuke Kadokawa
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Born in 1992 in Kyoto. When he was a student, he visited a coffee plantation in Colombia as a backpacker, and after graduating, he joined Ogawa Coffee in Kyoto. After working as a sales representative, he applied for the JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteers and was dispatched to El Salvador in 2018 as a marketing team. He was involved in the promotion of local coffee exports, such as establishing a producers’ association in the Charatenango area. Due to the Corona disaster, he temporarily returned to Japan in 2020 and started importing and selling coffee beans from El Salvador. In 2021, he opened his first brick-and-mortar café, COYOTE the ordinary shop. In 2023, they will open a sister bean shop, COYOTE the roots, and plan to renovate it as a roastery in the future.
Event Report
A total of 15 people, including 10 members of the Kyoto Student Public Relations Club and 5 visitors, participated.
Starting with an introduction to the activities of the Kyoto Student Public Relations Club by the leader, we conducted an interview with Mr. Kadokawa and a workshop (coffee drinking comparison).
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)
