Interviews– category –

Interviewers/Authors: Kaito Ikeda, Ryoka Koga Takeru Otsuki is currently a third-year student at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies in the Department of British and American Studies. He was born in Ukyo Ward and has lived there for 21 y...

Interviewers/Authors: Reishin Fukuya, Chihiro Murakami Ebisuya Rickshaw is a traditional Japanese rickshaw business that has been running since 1992. In the early days, Ebisuya Rickshaw used to operate only in Arashiyama, Kyoto but now t...

Interviewers/Authors: Kokona Miyakawa, Kishin Tada The Kyoto Para Can Executive Committee was founded in September 2015 with the aim of creating a barrier-free environment in both a physical and mental sense through watching, hearing, an...

Interviewers/Authors: Yukina Yoshioka, Kotaro Teshima Fukuda Art Museum opened in Arashiyama, Ukyo-ku in 2019. The museum has approximately 1,800 artworks collected over the past 20 years or so by Yoshitaka Fukuda from Kyoto—the founder ...

Interviewers/Authors: Rieru Nomura, Fumiya Honda Adashino Mayumura is a shop that specializes in mayu dolls (cocoon dolls) located 30 minutes northwest of Randen Arashiyama Station on foot. In a secluded area of Atago Kaido Avenue with a...

Interviewers/Authors: Kotaro Teshima, Yukina Yoshioka Ms. Eiko Hamasaki is the representative of the Institute for the Psychological Study of Human Flower Relations and the Flower Psychology Association, a non-profit organization. She pr...

Interviewers/Authors: Kaito Ikeda, Ryoka Koga Coffee Shop Yamamoto is located near JR Saga Arashiyama Station and was established by its first owner, Kenji Yamamoto. We interviewed the second-generation owner, Jiro Yamamoto, who runs the...

Interviewers/Authors: Kokona Miyakawa, Kishin Tada Sensho is a restaurant that serves traditional Kyoto cuisine on Shijo Kadonooji in Ukyo Ward. Kaiseki cuisine using fresh ingredients such as seasonal Kyoto vegetables is especially well...

Interviewers/Authors: Fumiya Honda, Rieru Nomura Yatsuhashi-an & Shishu Yakata (embroidery museum) is a store where you can experience making sweets such as Yatsuhashi, visit the Yatsuhashi factory, and have a meal. On the secon...

Interviewers/Authors: Chihiro Murakami, Reishin Fukuya Mr. Masato Tsubakihara is the chairman of the Ukyo Crime Prevention Promotion Committee, and patrols Ukyo Ward and its vicinity as a volunteer in an Ao-Pato (literally, patrol vehicl...