Tour A: Northern Kyoto Area

Kawashima Selkon Textiles (Textiles) → Vigore Kataoka (Bicycles) → Kikkabo (Leather Shoes)

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Tour B: Central Kyoto and Uji Area

Sato Kiyomatsu Shoten (Japanese lacquer) → Konkan Shoten (Textiles)
→ Kusuoka Prosthetics Manufacturing (Prosthetics)

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Tour C: Southern Kyoto City and Uji Area

Biken Seni (Textiles) → Nisso Kogyo (Metal Working) → Itaya Kobo (Wooden Housing)

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Tour D: Kameoka Area

Hozu River → Koichi Shikko (Japanese Lacquer Painter) → Izumo Daijingu Shrine
→ Kasawaki Sudare (Surade Blinds)

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Tour E: Tango Area

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Tanikatsu Textile Factory (Textiles) → Hirose Industry (Metalworking) → Itoasobi (Textiles)

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Tayu Kigyo (Textiles) → Mizokawa Furniture (Furniture) → PARANOMAD (Textiles) → Design Tochi (Textile)
→ Tanryo (Textile)

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Tour F: Chutan Area

Mitsuba Shoji (Embroidery) → Hatano Seisakusho (Metal Working) → Core Machinery (Metal Working)

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Returning to the Roots of Craftsmanship:
Reexamining Japanese Craftsmanship from an Animistic Perspective

Katsura Takasuka
Katsura Takasuka is a textile artist who produced a woven piece on a hand loom in collaboration with Japan's leading creative team, nendo, at Milan Design Week 2024. He is involved in a wide range of activities, including exhibiting his work and serving as director at Fuji Textile Week in Fujiyoshida. Currently, he is working on a project themed around animism.

Yasuhiro Kobayashi
Yasuhiro Kobayashi is the representative director and founder of Ecological Memes, a general incorporated association. As an Ecosystemic Catalyst and Regenerative Facilitator, he co-founded Ecological Memes, a collaborative organization exploring the relationship between humans and nature. He develops leadership programs and translation activities to convey and deepen "regenerative leadership" in Japan.

Regionally Oriented Manufacturing:
Considering the Local Climate, Context, and Community

Risa Kirimura
Based in Kofu, Tottori Prefecture, Risa Kirimura works to network with sacred mountains and river basins across Japan, promoting "planetary health" for people and the earth. She applies quantum gate mathematics from the University of Tokyo to depict the emergence of a new civilization in the post-digital society.

Feilang Tseng
Co-founder of ROOTS Inc., Feilang Tseng has been involved in social problem-solving design projects in the United States and healthcare businesses in Japan. Living in an old thatched-roof house in Keihoku, Kyoto, she designs communities that highlight the area's charm. She organizes sustainable study tours, inviting international students and European architecture experts to learn about traditional Japanese houses.

Shinya Kobayashi
Shinya Kobayashi is the representative of Shiirakansu Shokudo LLC, an innovation design company. He focuses on solving problems faced by local industries, traditional crafts, and subcontracted manufacturing companies.

Sustainability in Manufacturing:
Sharing Value and Creating Profits in the Era of Circularity

Kaori Nakano
Kaori Nakano is a fashion historian and author specializing in British culture, the history of dandyism, fashion history, and the luxury sector. She covers trends in overseas luxury brands as well as Japanese designers and traditional crafts.

Shinya Kobayashi
Shinya Kobayashi is the representative of Shiirakansu Shokudo LLC, an innovation design company, solving problems faced by local industries, traditional crafts, and subcontracted manufacturing companies.

Shunsuke Teranishi
After graduating from Kyoto University with a department of Architecture, he worked as a designer/patterner at YOHJI YAMAMOTO, CAROL CHRISTIAN POELL, AGNONA, and HERMÈS for about 16 years in Japan and abroad. In 2016, he encountered Japanese kimono at PREMIÈRE VISION in Paris, which was the starting point of his current career.
He returned to Japan at the end of 2018 and started ARLNATA, which tailors made-to-order clothing from kimono fabric. In April 2022, he will establish MIZEN Co., Ltd. with the aim of establishing a Japanese luxury style in which craftsmen and their skills play a leading role, in contrast to the current European fashion style, which is centered on designers. Awarded “CULTURE-PRENEURS 30 2023” by FORBES JAPAN in 2023.

Considering Craftsmanship from an Artistic Perspective:
Facing the Innermost Thoughts of Expression

Takahiro Kaneshima
Takahiro Kaneshima is an associate professor in the Department of Art and Design at Kanazawa College of Art. His research focuses on collaboration in folk art, including that of Kanjiro Kawai, and collaboration among contemporary artists. He is active in the world of contemporary art, serving as program director for Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK).

Juliette Chevalier
Juliette Chevalier is the cultural attaché for the Kansai region at the Institut Français du Japon (Kyoto). She led the “Assises du Design” project, which brought concrete proposals for public policies to support design and designers, and contributed to uniting fashion industry stakeholders and promoting academic research in the field of fashion.

The Relationship Between Travel and Craftsmanship:
Instead of Overthinking It, Go on a Trip

Enzio Wetzel
Enzio Wetzel is the director of the Goethe-Institut Osaka and Kyoto. He has worked at the Goethe-Institut since 1991. After working in cultural programming at the Goethe-Institut Cairo, he was appointed head of Culture and Development, supporting artists, cultural activities, and cultural institutions at the Munich headquarters. He then served as director of the Goethe-Institut in Bulgaria, where he was recognized for his achievements by being awarded the title of honorary citizen of the capital, Sofia.

Feilang Tseng 氏
Feilang Tseng is the co-founder of ROOTS Inc. She has been involved in social problem-solving design projects in the United States and plans and designs healthcare businesses in Japan. She lives in an old thatched-roof house in Keihoku, Kyoto, and designs communities that bring out the charm of the area. She plans and manages sustainable study tours, inviting students from around the world and European architecture experts to satoyama to learn about traditional Japanese houses.

Natsumi Tabusa
Natsumi Tabusa is the founder of Local Wisdom Hub, which designs experiences that combine traditional culture and crafts. She develops and provides experience programs that learn from the wisdom passed down in the community and apply it to modern practice. Currently based in London and Kyoto, she works to increase the number of businesses utilizing the unique cultural resources of the community.

Closing Party

The closing party will be the finale of DESIGN WEEK KYOTO 2024. This is a time for everyone who participated in the event to share their realizations, learnings, and impressions while enjoying some food and drinks.

Walking around the Umekoji Area and Enjoying a Glass of Craft Beer at KBL THE GARAGE

After the event ends each day, join us for a walking tour of the Tambaguchi/Umekoji area, an emerging creative hub in Kyoto. We will end the tour with a chance to interact over a glass of Kyoto tea beer at KBL THE GARAGE, a newly opened craft beer brewery in the area. Feel free to join us!
If you wish to attend, please come to KBL at 19:00.