Kaito Ikeda
Interviewer
Hello! I’m Kaito Ikeda, 3rd year student in the Department of British and American Studies at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. I’m from Osaka and I like surfing and camping. I started surfing at the age of 13 because my father is a surfer. I like camping in the mountains with my friends. I also started snowboarding last winter and hope to go a lot this winter. For this project, I interviewed a student from Kyoto University of Foreign Studies who live in Ukyo Ward. Through this project I conducted, I was able to learn how wonderful Ukyo Ward is, and that the local people care about it very much. I certainly know more about Ukyo Ward than before through doing the interview, and I want to tell more people about it.
Ryoka Koga
Interviewer
Hello! I’m Ryoka Koga, a third-year student in the Department of British and American Studies at KUFS. I am from Nagasaki and currently live alone. Ever since I was little, I have longed to live in Kyoto, a city full of Japanese history. Therefore, the entrance of this university was a chance to come to Kyoto. This Ukyo Voices is part of the activities of the Language Research Seminar, and it was a great opportunity to talk to people in the community with whom I don’t usually have much contact. I conducted an interview with Coffee Shop Yamamoto in Arashiyama. During the interview, I was able to hear about the store’s charms and various attractions of Ukyo-ku. Moreover, I was able to learn about the charms of Ukyo-ku that I had never noticed before. I hope that this website will help more people learn about Ukyo-ku and make it a more bustling place.
Kishin Tada
Interviewer
Hello, I’m Kishin Tada, a junior in Kyoto University of Foreign Languages. I’m from Niigata and live in Kyoto alone now.
I interviewed with the commissioner of Kyoto Para Can Executive and the owner of restaurant Sensho.
The Kyoto Para Can Executive Committee tries to spread the sports for people with disabilities in society. We ask the owner of restaurant Sensho the history and culture for food in Kyoto.
I learned the difficulty of questioning what I want to know other than the achievement. I hope you could convey to the readers what kind of town Ukyo Ward is.
Kotaro Teshima
Interviewer, Secretary
Hello everyone! I am Kotaro Teshima, a third-year student in the Department of English, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. I love reading and drinking coffee at coffee shops, and I love to relax over a freshly brewed cup of coffee. I am from Tottori Prefecture and entered Kyoto University of Foreign Studies because I was very attracted to Kyoto and wanted to improve my English skills. Kyoto has many fascinating things, and through this project I would like to discover and share many of them with as many people as possible in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto. I am glad that this project made me realize that there are many wonderful places in Ukyo-ku, and there are many good qualities of Ukyo-ku that are not yet well known. I would be happy if the charms of Ukyo-ku spread to the whole world.
Rieru Nomura
Interviewer
Hello, everyone! I’m Rieru Nomura, a 3rd-year student in the Department of British and American Studies at KUFS.
I’m from Tokunoshima island, Kagoshima prefecture. I love animals, and I have 2 dogs and 4 cats in my parents’ house. They are very precious family members. In my free time, I often play games, especially RPGs. I’m a super indoor person basically, but I sometimes go for walks because it gives me a change of pace and I like watching the cityscape and the flow of people. It’s a lot of fun! Recently, I have had more fun because I got a new bicycle and I can go to farther places.
In this project, I interviewed Ms. Kamada and Mr. Kamada of Adashino Mayumura. I was very nervous because it was my first time to have an interview with local people. However, they welcomed me warmly, and I was able to enjoy talking with them thanks to that. From every part of the conversation, I could feel her love not only for her shop but also for the Sagano and Arashiyama districts. I strongly hope many people will know the charm of the Okusaga area and Kitasaga area.
Reishin Fukuya
Interviewer
My name is Reishin Fukuya a student of the Department of British and American Studies at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. My hobbies are watching movies, drawing pictures and listening to music while I walk. I was born and raised in Osaka, so I don’t have much knowledge about Kyoto. Through this interview, I participated in this project with the desire that many people would learn about the beauty and history of Ukyo Ward. I interviewed Mr. Tsubakihara, who patrols around Ukyo Ward. I had a great time and heard many stories that I would not have known even if I lived there. I was very apprehensive because it was the first time I had made an appointment with an interviewee by myself and to do a authentic translation. But it was a valuable experience that I could not have in my normal student life.
Fumiya Honda
Interviewer
I’m Fumiya Honda, a third-year student in the Department of British and American Studies at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. I was born and raised in Osaka and still live in Osaka. I had the opportunity to interview stores for Ukyo Voices, and I learned everything from the very beginning, including the history of the store, the reason for opening the store, the hardships faced, and the efforts made to attract customers. I was very impressed by the owner, who seemed to enjoy talking about their store, and I could feel the passion they put into their store. It was also interesting to realize that there are various hardships involved in every store and to learn about the depth of management. Through Ukyo Voices, I learned about the good aspects of Ukyo Ward, and I realized that there are still many good qualities of Ukyo Ward that are not well known yet. I hope that attractive aspects of Ukyo Ward will be conveyed not only to Japan but also to the whole world.
Kokona Miyakawa
Interviewer
Hello! My name is Kokona Miyakawa, a 3rd-year student in the Department of British and American Studies at KUFS. I’m from Fukui prefecture, famous for its dinosaurs, and now I live alone in Kyoto. I like traveling with my friends to various places in my free time. I love traveling because I can enjoy eating local specialties and feeling the atmosphere of the place. Because of COVID-19, there were many things I did not know about Ukyo Ward, but through participating in this project, I realized that there are many attractive things that I had not known well. I had the opportunity to interview Ms. Yasuko Sakane, who is a member of the Kyoto Para Can Executive Committee. I hope that many people will read the article and learn more about Ukyo Ward and the activities of this organization. If you are interested in this organization, please participate in the event that Kyoto Para Can Executive Committee hold.
Chihiro Murakami
Interviewer
Hello everyone! I’m Chihiro Murakami, a 3rd-year student in the Department of British and American Studies at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. I’m from Okayama and live alone in Kyoto to commute to university. I like going out to eat with my friends every day to find izakayas, restaurants, and cafes. If you are having trouble finding a place to eat in Kyoto, please contact me and I’ll introduce you to some great it! I also like to travel, and often go on domestic travel during long vacations. In the future, I’d like to travel around Japan and the world. This time, I interviewed Ebisuya Rickshaw runners in Arashiyama, Kyoto. They told me about Ukyo-ku from two different perspectives: “work” and “live”. I hope that you’ll learn something new about the attractiveness of Ukyo-ku through this article.
Yukina Yoshioka
Interviewer
Hi, I’m Yukina Yoshioka, a third-year student of department of British and American Studies at KUFS. I’m from Okazaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. I like to walk around the city with no purpose because I’m able to discover new place every time. I love Kyoto having many nice architectural stores and picturesque scenery because it’s surrounded by mountains. My grandparents used to run a kimono shop, and in the future I would like to make clothes using the leftover kimonos. I interviewed with the deputy director of the Fukuda Art Museum in Arashiyama. Since I am personally taking a curatorial qualification course, her stories were very interesting for me and the museum inspired me a lot. I did not expect that she would be available for an interview, so I was very excited even before I visit her and there. I was super glad that she was very willing to go through the whole process from the appointment to the interview. On the day of the visit, I almost forgot it was interviewing because I enjoyed talking with her. I hope readers will also enjoy reading the interview as if they themselves were conversing with her.
Ayane Nishizaka
Project coordinator
Hi there! I’m Ayane Nishizaka, a third-year student in the Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. I was born and raised in Okayama, and I came to Kyoto when I entered the university. One of the reasons why I entered the university is studying abroad, and finally I was able to achieve that in Vancouver, Canada. In this project, I was the leader until the summer when I started studying abroad. In particular, I was impressed by the interview with Shuko Kurokawa, the Okami (female manager) of Ryokan (traditional Japanese hotel) Sushiyone. I was able to realize the fascinations of Ukyo Ward and the problems that Ukyo Ward faces. Participating in the project was a good opportunity for me to discover the deep attractiveness of Ukyo Ward. I hope that our hard-working bilingual website will attract a lot of attention from people all over the world.
Hinata Maeda
Project coordinator
Hi! I’m Hinata Maeda, a third year student in the Department of British and American Studies at KUFS. I’m from Shiga, and I love Kansai, where there are so many funny people! I entered this university with the goal of studying abroad, and in the fall of 2022, I was able to study abroad in Canada, which was my long-awaited dream. In this project, I was the leader of the application group that prepared documents and other materials for application to the Ukyo Ward Office. I was unable to participate in the middle of the project because I went to study abroad, but I spoke with Shuko Kurokawa, the okami (female manager) of Sushiyone, a ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) when I was preparing the documents. I was able to make new discoveries by hearing about the attractiveness of Ukyo Ward, current issues facing the region, and opinions about this project. All members of the seminar have worked very hard to create this website, so I hope that not only Japanese people, but also foreign people will learn about Ukyo Ward through this website.
Sora Asano
Website designer
Hello everyone! I’m Sora Asano. I am junior student at department of British and American studies. I’m from Kochi prefecture, but I’m living in Kyoto, I like to travel and drive, and on my days off I go out with friends or travel alone. I am interested in the field of technology, and as in the previous Ukyo Voices, I am participating as a member of the web team. In the previous Ukyo Voices, I participated as one of the team members, but this time I am participating as the leader of the web team. It was difficult for me to be involved with my teammates as a leader, but it was a good experience. I tried my best to create a good website so that everyone can enjoy the interviews conducted by the team, so please enjoy!
Manato Nakachi
Website designer
Hello everyone! My name is Manato Nakachi. In this project, I was in charge of the website-making. I am from Kyoto, and I have been living in Ukyo-ku for a long time, so I am glad that I could realize the attractiveness of Ukyo-ku once again through this project. Overall, making a website was new for me and it did not go as scheduled, but thanks to the cooperation from the other project members, we could make it. I am grateful to Ms. Ramsden, the lecturer of the translation seminar and the advisor of this project. Without the cooperation of those involved, I have a feeling that we could not complete this project. I also learned a lot through this project.
I was working on making a website, so I did not participate in any of the interviews, but I think we made a website in which you can feel the attractiveness of Ukyo-ku, which people living there would have been feeling.
Yuui Mashimo
Website designer
Hello, this is Yuui Mashimo from the Department of British and American Studies. I was in charge of web design and the article “Do you know about Ukyo-ku?”. I started the project by researching Ukyo-ku because I did not have much knowledge of there. Of course, Arashiyama is the most famous place in Ukyo-ku, I was surprised that it was very crowded with tourists even on weekdays. (I visited there when there was no class! It is not sabotage!) I was impressed by the translation viewpoint. The machine translator translated “Chikurin no Komichi” (竹林の小径) as “Bamboo Grove Pathway”, but a signboard there says “Bamboo Forest Path”. The latter is the formal name. I thought that the human brain is not abandoned because machine translation has a limit even in the neural machine translation era. I am sorry for saying a little maniac story. I was able to go to Arashiyama with my friends this year, and next year I would like to go there with my sweetheart…
Kaito Ikeda
Interviewer
Hello! I’m Kaito Ikeda, 3rd year student in the Department of British and American Studies at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. I’m from Osaka and I like surfing and camping. I started surfing at the age of 13 because my father is a surfer. I like camping in the mountains with my friends. I also started snowboarding last winter and hope to go a lot this winter. For this project, I interviewed a student from Kyoto University of Foreign Studies who live in Ukyo Ward. Through this project I conducted, I was able to learn how wonderful Ukyo Ward is, and that the local people care about it very much. I certainly know more about Ukyo Ward than before through doing the interview, and I want to tell more people about it.
Ryoka Koga
Interviewer
Hello! I’m Ryoka Koga, a third-year student in the Department of British and American Studies at KUFS. I am from Nagasaki and currently live alone. Ever since I was little, I have longed to live in Kyoto, a city full of Japanese history. Therefore, the entrance of this university was a chance to come to Kyoto. This Ukyo Voices is part of the activities of the Language Research Seminar, and it was a great opportunity to talk to people in the community with whom I don’t usually have much contact. I conducted an interview with Coffee Shop Yamamoto in Arashiyama. During the interview, I was able to hear about the store’s charms and various attractions of Ukyo-ku. Moreover, I was able to learn about the charms of Ukyo-ku that I had never noticed before. I hope that this website will help more people learn about Ukyo-ku and make it a more bustling place.
Kishin Tada
Interviewer
Hello, I’m Kishin Tada, a junior in Kyoto University of Foreign Languages. I’m from Niigata and live in Kyoto alone now.
I interviewed with the commissioner of Kyoto Para Can Executive and the owner of restaurant Sensho.
The Kyoto Para Can Executive Committee tries to spread the sports for people with disabilities in society. We ask the owner of restaurant Sensho the history and culture for food in Kyoto.
I learned the difficulty of questioning what I want to know other than the achievement. I hope you could convey to the readers what kind of town Ukyo Ward is.
Kotaro Teshima
Interviewer, Secretary
Hello everyone! I am Kotaro Teshima, a third-year student in the Department of English, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. I love reading and drinking coffee at coffee shops, and I love to relax over a freshly brewed cup of coffee. I am from Tottori Prefecture and entered Kyoto University of Foreign Studies because I was very attracted to Kyoto and wanted to improve my English skills. Kyoto has many fascinating things, and through this project I would like to discover and share many of them with as many people as possible in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto. I am glad that this project made me realize that there are many wonderful places in Ukyo-ku, and there are many good qualities of Ukyo-ku that are not yet well known. I would be happy if the charms of Ukyo-ku spread to the whole world.
Rieru Nomura
Interviewer
Hello, everyone! I’m Rieru Nomura, a 3rd-year student in the Department of British and American Studies at KUFS.
I’m from Tokunoshima island, Kagoshima prefecture. I love animals, and I have 2 dogs and 4 cats in my parents’ house. They are very precious family members. In my free time, I often play games, especially RPGs. I’m a super indoor person basically, but I sometimes go for walks because it gives me a change of pace and I like watching the cityscape and the flow of people. It’s a lot of fun! Recently, I have had more fun because I got a new bicycle and I can go to farther places.
In this project, I interviewed Ms. Kamada and Mr. Kamada of Adashino Mayumura. I was very nervous because it was my first time to have an interview with local people. However, they welcomed me warmly, and I was able to enjoy talking with them thanks to that. From every part of the conversation, I could feel her love not only for her shop but also for the Sagano and Arashiyama districts. I strongly hope many people will know the charm of the Okusaga area and Kitasaga area.
Reishin Fukuya
Interviewer
My name is Reishin Fukuya a student of the Department of British and American Studies at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. My hobbies are watching movies, drawing pictures and listening to music while I walk. I was born and raised in Osaka, so I don’t have much knowledge about Kyoto. Through this interview, I participated in this project with the desire that many people would learn about the beauty and history of Ukyo Ward. I interviewed Mr. Tsubakihara, who patrols around Ukyo Ward. I had a great time and heard many stories that I would not have known even if I lived there. I was very apprehensive because it was the first time I had made an appointment with an interviewee by myself and to do a authentic translation. But it was a valuable experience that I could not have in my normal student life.
Fumiya Honda
Interviewer
I’m Fumiya Honda, a third-year student in the Department of British and American Studies at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. I was born and raised in Osaka and still live in Osaka. I had the opportunity to interview stores for Ukyo Voices, and I learned everything from the very beginning, including the history of the store, the reason for opening the store, the hardships faced, and the efforts made to attract customers. I was very impressed by the owner, who seemed to enjoy talking about their store, and I could feel the passion they put into their store. It was also interesting to realize that there are various hardships involved in every store and to learn about the depth of management. Through Ukyo Voices, I learned about the good aspects of Ukyo Ward, and I realized that there are still many good qualities of Ukyo Ward that are not well known yet. I hope that attractive aspects of Ukyo Ward will be conveyed not only to Japan but also to the whole world.
Kokona Miyakawa
Interviewer
Hello! My name is Kokona Miyakawa, a 3rd-year student in the Department of British and American Studies at KUFS. I’m from Fukui prefecture, famous for its dinosaurs, and now I live alone in Kyoto. I like traveling with my friends to various places in my free time. I love traveling because I can enjoy eating local specialties and feeling the atmosphere of the place. Because of COVID-19, there were many things I did not know about Ukyo Ward, but through participating in this project, I realized that there are many attractive things that I had not known well. I had the opportunity to interview Ms. Yasuko Sakane, who is a member of the Kyoto Para Can Executive Committee. I hope that many people will read the article and learn more about Ukyo Ward and the activities of this organization. If you are interested in this organization, please participate in the event that Kyoto Para Can Executive Committee hold.
Chihiro Murakami
Interviewer
Hello everyone! I’m Chihiro Murakami, a 3rd-year student in the Department of British and American Studies at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. I’m from Okayama and live alone in Kyoto to commute to university. I like going out to eat with my friends every day to find izakayas, restaurants, and cafes. If you are having trouble finding a place to eat in Kyoto, please contact me and I’ll introduce you to some great it! I also like to travel, and often go on domestic travel during long vacations. In the future, I’d like to travel around Japan and the world. This time, I interviewed Ebisuya Rickshaw runners in Arashiyama, Kyoto. They told me about Ukyo-ku from two different perspectives: “work” and “live”. I hope that you’ll learn something new about the attractiveness of Ukyo-ku through this article.
Yukina Yoshioka
Interviewer
Hi, I’m Yukina Yoshioka, a third-year student of department of British and American Studies at KUFS. I’m from Okazaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. I like to walk around the city with no purpose because I’m able to discover new place every time. I love Kyoto having many nice architectural stores and picturesque scenery because it’s surrounded by mountains. My grandparents used to run a kimono shop, and in the future I would like to make clothes using the leftover kimonos. I interviewed with the deputy director of the Fukuda Art Museum in Arashiyama. Since I am personally taking a curatorial qualification course, her stories were very interesting for me and the museum inspired me a lot. I did not expect that she would be available for an interview, so I was very excited even before I visit her and there. I was super glad that she was very willing to go through the whole process from the appointment to the interview. On the day of the visit, I almost forgot it was interviewing because I enjoyed talking with her. I hope readers will also enjoy reading the interview as if they themselves were conversing with her.
Ayane Nishizaka
Project coordinator
Hi there! I’m Ayane Nishizaka, a third-year student in the Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. I was born and raised in Okayama, and I came to Kyoto when I entered the university. One of the reasons why I entered the university is studying abroad, and finally I was able to achieve that in Vancouver, Canada. In this project, I was the leader until the summer when I started studying abroad. In particular, I was impressed by the interview with Shuko Kurokawa, the Okami (female manager) of Ryokan (traditional Japanese hotel) Sushiyone. I was able to realize the fascinations of Ukyo Ward and the problems that Ukyo Ward faces. Participating in the project was a good opportunity for me to discover the deep attractiveness of Ukyo Ward. I hope that our hard-working bilingual website will attract a lot of attention from people all over the world.
Hinata Maeda
Project coordinator
Hi! I’m Hinata Maeda, a third year student in the Department of British and American Studies at KUFS. I’m from Shiga, and I love Kansai, where there are so many funny people! I entered this university with the goal of studying abroad, and in the fall of 2022, I was able to study abroad in Canada, which was my long-awaited dream. In this project, I was the leader of the application group that prepared documents and other materials for application to the Ukyo Ward Office. I was unable to participate in the middle of the project because I went to study abroad, but I spoke with Shuko Kurokawa, the okami (female manager) of Sushiyone, a ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) when I was preparing the documents. I was able to make new discoveries by hearing about the attractiveness of Ukyo Ward, current issues facing the region, and opinions about this project. All members of the seminar have worked very hard to create this website, so I hope that not only Japanese people, but also foreign people will learn about Ukyo Ward through this website.
Sora Asano
Website designer
Hello everyone! I’m Sora Asano. I am junior student at department of British and American studies. I’m from Kochi prefecture, but I’m living in Kyoto, I like to travel and drive, and on my days off I go out with friends or travel alone. I am interested in the field of technology, and as in the previous Ukyo Voices, I am participating as a member of the web team. In the previous Ukyo Voices, I participated as one of the team members, but this time I am participating as the leader of the web team. It was difficult for me to be involved with my teammates as a leader, but it was a good experience. I tried my best to create a good website so that everyone can enjoy the interviews conducted by the team, so please enjoy!
Manato Nakachi
Website designer
Hello everyone! My name is Manato Nakachi. In this project, I was in charge of making this website. I am from Kyoto, and I have been living in Ukyo-ku for a long time, so I am glad that I could realize the attractiveness of Ukyo-ku once again through this project. Overall, making a website was new for me that it did not go as scheduled but thanks to the cooperation from the other project members, we could make it. I am grateful to Ms. Ramsden, the lecturer of the translation seminar and advisor of this project. Without the cooperation of those involved, I have a feeling that we could not complete this project. I think I learned a lot through this project.
I was working on making a website, so I did not participate in any of the interviews, but I think we made a website in which you can feel the attractiveness of Ukyo-ku, which people living there would have been feeling.
Yuui Mashimo
Website designer
Hello, this is Yuui Mashimo from the Department of British and American Studies. I was in charge of web design and the article “Do you know about Ukyo-ku?”. I started the project by researching Ukyo-ku because I did not have much knowledge of there. Of course, Arashiyama is the most famous place in Ukyo-ku, I was surprised that it was very crowded with tourists even on weekdays. (I visited there when there was no class! It is not sabotage!) I was impressed by the translation viewpoint. The machine translator translated “Chikurin no Komichi” (竹林の小径) as “Bamboo Grove Pathway”, but a signboard there says “Bamboo Forest Path”. The latter is the formal name. I thought that the human brain is not abandoned because machine translation has a limit even in the neural machine translation era. I am sorry for saying a little maniac story. I was able to go to Arashiyama with my friends this year, and next year I would like to go there with my sweetheart…