Meaningful Content
Events that encourage mindfulness and ingenuityThe Impact Hub Kyoto offers a variety of events and seminars that help participants discover the “Art of Living” and find solutions to bring about positive social change. We offer four programs: 1) HUB Kitchen and opportunities to get to know our community; 2) HUB Reconnect and activities for “self-innovation” and discovering one’s potential; 3) HUB Idea Pitching and entrepreneurial programs to help enterprising individuals realize their ideas; 4)HUB Inspire Me! and platforms for spreading ideas and holding; intellectual discussion.
Vibrant Community
Where everyone is WelcomeLocated in a city that embodies both a traditional culture that dates back 1,000 years and a modern sensibility, the Impact Hub Kyoto is well placed to bring together a community of passionate and creative individuals. Here, diversity is celebrated and everyone is welcome, regardless of age or background. Our community here also has the opportunity to connect with the rest of the global Impact Hub network.
Toshiko Asai
Impact Hub Kyoto Founder
Founder of Impact Hub Kyoto. Involved in projects to promote and support the Knowledge Community in Kyoto for a long time. In…
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Toshiko Asai
Impact Hub Kyoto Founder
Founder of Impact Hub Kyoto. Involved in projects to promote and support the Knowledge Community in Kyoto for a long time. Interested in inheriting social resources including local people, climate, tradition and culture in a creative manner, and engaged in a wide range of projects for universities, governmental institutions, companies and the citizen sector to create attractive places (BA) with the use of these resources.
Major achievements: Founded the Kyoto Digital Archive Research Center. Secretariat Kyoto International Culture Forum.
Kenshu KAMURA
Representative of home's vi (place and connection laboratory), specified non-profit corporation
Graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture of Kyoto University. Experienced the marketing of personnel and salary system devel…
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Kenshu KAMURA
Representative of home's vi (place and connection laboratory), specified non-profit corporation
Graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture of Kyoto University. Experienced the marketing of personnel and salary system development. Applied for the 2004 unprecedented software adoption project, an community revitalization IT project organized by the Information Technology Promotion Agency and then launched an IT company in Kyoto. Interested in NPO and social entrepreneurial activities, and then founded the specified non-profit corporation “home's vi (place and connection laboratory)” in 2008 and serves as the representative. Assumed the director of the Secretariat of the Kyoto City Future Creation 100-member Committee and a part-time lecturer of the Faculty of Humanities at Kyoto Seika University.
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Masato ASADA
Advisor of the Kyoto municipal town development project
Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Doshisha University. Organized many events and projects with Kenshu Kamura, the represen…
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Masato ASADA
Advisor of the Kyoto municipal town development project
Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Doshisha University. Organized many events and projects with Kenshu Kamura, the representative of home's vi since their collage days. Worked as a planner for a travel agency, focusing on friend-making. Founded the specified non-profit corporation “home's vi (place and connection laboratory).” Lives in Kamikyo-ku and acts as an advisor of the Kyoto municipal town development project, creating new town lifestyle models to connect people in virtual and real worlds under the theme, “Create life and work with a playful spirit.”
Seiko KUMAKURA
Mother of two children, Outdoor voluntary nursery center “Omoji Oyamanoko”
Born in Hokkaido in 1978. Worked for NPO Art Network Japan where she engaged in the planning and production of play and dance…
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Seiko KUMAKURA
Mother of two children, Outdoor voluntary nursery center “Omoji Oyamanoko”
Born in Hokkaido in 1978. Worked for NPO Art Network Japan where she engaged in the planning and production of play and dance at the Tokyo International Art Festival (now known as Festival/Tokyo), and other projects related to education and international cooperation. Assumed the theatrical director of the Kawasaki City Art Center in 2008 and manages the theater. Also operates an art café serving dishes using local products. Moved to Kamakura after childbirth and participated in outdoor voluntary nursery center “Nakayoshi-kai” as she wanted to learn more about childrearing and nature. Experienced nursing care for her family and got more interested in communication and opportunity creation among family members. Gave birth to her second child at home. Launched voluntary nursery center “Omoji Oyamanoko” in Kyoto with mothers who are friends, and runs the center. Completed the Eco Village Design Education and the second term of the Permaculture Design Course. Mothers of a three-year-old and an infant daughter.
Takaaki KUMAKURA
Creative Planning / Professor of the Art Studies and Cultural Production Course at Kyoto University of Art and Design
Involved in the research and implementation of three innovations (social innovation, environmental innovation and self-innova…
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Takaaki KUMAKURA
Creative Planning / Professor of the Art Studies and Cultural Production Course at Kyoto University of Art and Design
Involved in the research and implementation of three innovations (social innovation, environmental innovation and self-innovation) in our society to create “another” post-capitalistic civilization. Operated “Mita-no-ie (Mita-House),” a new learning place and community creation hub, between 2006 and 2013. Serves as a director of NPO Miratsuku (Emerging Future), the Art & Society and the Children Meet Artists. Engages in the study, planning, implementation and review of contemporary art and dance. Former professor of Keio University. Wrote “Pan-Meditation,” “Blackboard and Wine: New Learning Place Mita-no-ie (Mita-House),” “The Period of Self-Education through Arts,” “Specialized Aesthetics C,” “De-Art / De-Capitalism,” etc.
Eri SUZUKI
Eri Suzuki is a former biologist who studied communication and behavior of marine mammals, and taught biology at community co…
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Eri SUZUKI
Eri Suzuki is a former biologist who studied communication and behavior of marine mammals, and taught biology at community colleges in California and summer camps with Center for Talented Youth (Youth program at Johns Hopkins University). Her current focus is on creating a community, education, and working on connecting people to people, people to nature, and Japan to the world.
Tamio NAKANO
Communication / Professor of the Faculty of Policy Studies at Doshisha University, Workshop Planner and Facilitator
Born in Tokyo in 1957. Graduated from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Tokyo. Worked for Hakuhodo Inc., an adverti…
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Tamio NAKANO
Communication / Professor of the Faculty of Policy Studies at Doshisha University, Workshop Planner and Facilitator
Born in Tokyo in 1957. Graduated from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Tokyo. Worked for Hakuhodo Inc., an advertising company, for 30 years. Moved to Kyoto in the spring of 2012. Conducts participatory classes at the Faculty of Policy Studies and the Social Innovation Course of the Graduate School of Policy and Management in Doshisha University under the theme “Pursuit of Euphoria and Social Change.” Became aware of the potential of workshops when he took a temporary leave from work and studied in California around 1990, and organized workshops to reconnect people with people, nature and themselves, and facilitation classes to create participatory places. Enjoys yoga, music and cooking as hobbies. Wrote “Workshops” (published by Iwanami Shoten), etc.
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Mayumi HARA
Co-organizer of AS2, sake connoisseur
Born in Kyoto in 1982. Completed the English course at Kyoto Municipal Murasakino High School. Graduated from the Course in …
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Mayumi HARA
Co-organizer of AS2, sake connoisseur
Born in Kyoto in 1982. Completed the English course at Kyoto Municipal Murasakino High School. Graduated from the Course in Housing Environment, Department of Environmental Design of the Faculty of Human Environment, Kyoto Prefectural University where she majored in residential environmental studies at the Regional and Urban Planning Laboratory. Involved in various city-related projects as a consultant and researcher at urban design-related companies. Engages in a town development NPO and a radio program. Organized AS2 in 2008 and promotes parties and art galleries as an organizer, facilitator, food coordinator and sake connoisseur. Also operates the catering unit “Ripple Joe.”
Takumi FUJIOKA
Tax Accountant, President of MONAD & SEED Inc.
Born in Osaka in 1965. Worked in a management consulting company and then studied international public policies at the Gradua…
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Takumi FUJIOKA
Tax Accountant, President of MONAD & SEED Inc.
Born in Osaka in 1965. Worked in a management consulting company and then studied international public policies at the Graduate School of Osaka University. Involved in the startup of a venture company (Lidic Inc.) in 1999 and engages in the management as COO.
Participated in the Social Entrepreneurship in the U.S., a U.S. State Department program, in 2003. Involved in a social entrepreneur training program cohosted by Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. and CAC between 2005 and 2009 and served as a program designer and instructor.
Started teaching international cultural relations at Soai University in 2013 and promotes dialogues focusing on the establishment of viewpoints and the acquirement of multifactorial viewpoints.
Co-wrote “Volunteer Revolution” (published by Toyo Keizai Inc.) and other books.
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TAKUTO MARUYAMA
Open Garden Intern, RELEASE; Youth Representative, Doshisha Faculty of Policy Studies, Maker of Impact Hub Kyoto
I was born in1992, Nagano Prefecture Azumino City. I have been involved in practical learning programs such as the creation o…
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TAKUTO MARUYAMA
Open Garden Intern, RELEASE; Youth Representative, Doshisha Faculty of Policy Studies, Maker of Impact Hub Kyoto
I was born in1992, Nagano Prefecture Azumino City. I have been involved in practical learning programs such as the creation of Impact Hub Kyoto and the management of RELEASE; and so on. In addition to supporting young entrepreneurs and participating in various forms of social innovation, I am also supporting a wide range of public relations and management programs.
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John Einarsen
Kyoto Journal Founding Director
JOHN EINARSEN is the founding editor and art director of Kyoto Journal (www.kyotojournal.org), a non-profit, all-volunteer ma…
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John Einarsen
Kyoto Journal Founding Director
JOHN EINARSEN is the founding editor and art director of Kyoto Journal (www.kyotojournal.org), a non-profit, all-volunteer magazine that has been in publication for the past 26 years. He has designed several books, including Japanese Garden Design.In 2008, together with photographer Ishihara Masumi, he curated PeaceWorks, an exhibition at Yokohama Zaim that explored "peace photography," featuring 38 photographers from 11 countries. A book of his photographs with poems by Edith Shiffert, Kyoto: The Forest Within the Gate, will be published later this fall by Heian-kyo Media and White Pine Press. He received the Cultural Affairs Agency Commissioner's Award in June, 2013 and is an Ombudsman for the Japan Times.
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