Business Overview
The Kyoto Student Festival is a major student-led event that began in 2003 with the aim of enlivening Kyoto with the power of students, and this year marks the 17th 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.
The Executive Committee not only plans and manages the Kyoto Student Festival to be held in October, but also actively engages in exchange activities throughout the year, such as a hands-on event using the original creative odori “Kyo Flame Sodefure!” born from the Kyoto Student Festival, and participation in local events.
This year, which marks the 17th anniversary of the event, the theme is “Challenging from Kyoto, Entering a New Era Together,” and we will work hard every day to build up a new year.
♦ About the theme
With the aim of creating new value together with companies, governments, universities, and the local community, we aim to create new value together with companies, governments, universities, and local communities, and to create new value and expand the possibilities of the “city” of Kyoto, create new value that can only be found in Kyoto, and create an “opportunity” that will lead to the future of Kyoto. In order to create the Kyoto Student Festival, we hope that it will become a more necessary presence in the city of Kyoto.
The 17th Kyoto Student Festival (Main Festival)
| Date | Sunday, October 13, 2019, 11:00-19:00 (Illumination only at 19:30) |
| Venue | Heian Jingumae Okazaki Promenade (Sakyo-ku, Kyoto) |
| Organizer | Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee |
| Co-organizers | Kyoto Student Festival Organizing Committee (Kyoto Prefecture / Kyoto City / Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry / Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives / University Consortium Kyoto) |
| Special Cooperation | Heian Shrine |
Purpose of the project
At the 17th Kyoto Student Festival Main Festival, we have been working to create a festival that not only conveys the possibilities and energy of the students to visitors, and makes visitors smile naturally due to the strength of the students, but also involves industry, academia, the public, the community, and the whole of Kyoto, and enlivens the whole of Kyoto.
As an outline of the project, we will incorporate projects that will allow more people than ever before to visit the venue of this festival, and to feel the charm of each content and the main festival, and to feel the enthusiasm of the students, based on “a project where a student’s dream begins” and “a project in which not only people from Kyoto but also tourists, international students, people with disabilities, etc. can participate.”
We aim to make the Kyoto Student Festival more rooted in the community, more loved, more attractive to students, and more permeated by students.
The 17th Kyoto Student Festival Annual Activities
The Kyoto Student Festival aims to be a “festival” that is loved not only by the main festival but also by the community, and has been engaged in daily activities throughout the year together with the local community.
1. The 17th Kyoto Student Festival Pre-Event
Purpose of the project
In addition to enlivening Kyoto with the power of students and letting more people know about the unique charm of Kyoto, which is a “student city,” we held an opportunity and event to liven up all of Kyoto for the main festival in October.
Implementation Results
■Kyoto Student Festival Pre-Event
| Date: | June 22 & 23, 2019 (2 days, 1 night) |
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| Place: | Kyoto Prefectural Youth Marine Center “Marine Pier” |
| Date: | Saturday, July 6, 2019 |
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| Place: | Furukawacho shopping street and its surroundings |
| Date: | Sunday, September 8, 2019 |
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| Place: | AEON MALL KYOTO, AEON MALL KYOTO GOJO |
2. International Exchange Programs
Purpose of the project
Efforts to internationalize the Kyoto Student Festival, which has been held since the 13th edition, were also implemented at the 17th Festival. We aim to create projects that international students can enjoy more and make them want to come back to Kyoto again.
International Exchange Activity Schedule (2019)
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May 11
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International Student Events Welcome to Kyoto Student Festival |
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June 22 & 23
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Pre-Event “#ファインダー越しの私の宮津” |
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July 6
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Pre-Event “Tanabata Festival” |
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July~August
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Booth operation at local summer festivals |
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September 8
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Pre-Event “Family Festa” |
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September 10
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Uchimizu Planning @ Nijo Castle |
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October 13
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The 17th Kyoto Student Festival |
3. Community Exchange Activities
Purpose of the project
The Executive Committee interacts with the Okazaki area, the venue of the Kyoto Student Festival, and the local people who have been connected with us through our activities so far, to express our gratitude on a daily basis and build cooperative relationships for the festival.
- Nighttime patrols to protect the safety of the community (twice a month) Kyoto Okazaki and Anning area
- Participation in local festivals (summer) Kyoto Okazaki, Anne, Umeya, Sanjo, Shichiku area
4. Other year-round activities
・ Activities to disseminate the original creative odori “Kyo Flame Sodefure!”
(Nursery schools, kindergartens, elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, etc., visiting classrooms, etc. in and outside Kyoto City)
・ Public relations activities for the purpose of introducing activities and announcing the main festival (in Kyoto City)
If you would like to know more about the Kyoto Student Festival, please click here. (Official website, official SNS site)
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Inquiries
University Consortium Kyoto Student Support Division
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)
