

“Tokyo Kousaten”
Interviews of Tokyo professionals
While diligently upholding the past’s ideas and traditions, from art to music to food and infinitely more, Tokyo is a city that never stops pushing forward to embrace the latest technological advances. “Tokyo Kousaten”, a new television program from TV TOKYO Corporation that showcases those parts of Japan’s capital where past and present intersect in uniquely dazzling and balanced ways as the program title "kousaten" which means "crossroads", suggests. Check the TokyoTokyo website each month for English-language versions of “Tokyo Kousaten” videos.
Upholstery craftsman
Masanobu Kamiyanagi
Shamisen player
Sayo Komada
Edo Sarasa traditional craftsman
Yasutaka Nakajo
Glass artist
Osamu Noda
Creative director
Misha Janette
Guitarist
Marty Friedman
Spatial designer
Keigo Fukugaki
Calligrapher and artist
Bisen Aoyagi
Researcher
Akira Takeuchi
Manga‘s creator
Yoichi Takahashi
Voice actor
Subaru Kimura
Murasaki-ha Fujima Style dancer
Murasaki Fujima Ⅲ
Development Producer
Takayoshi Serizawa
Ukulele virtuoso
RIO
Architect
Sosuke Fujimoto
Edo tortoiseshell craftsman
Atsunori Tanaka
Japanese tea barista
Yoshihiko Kurahashi
Principal of Shibuya Women's International School
Hitomi Akaogi
Chef
Haruyuki Yamashita
Miso maker
Yuki Tsujita
Designer
Tomoe Shinohara
Distiller
Ayumu Yamaguchi
Ship carpenter
Tatsuya Sano
Manga artist
Motoka Murakami
Edo Armor craftman
Tomomi Kato
Designer
Tomotaka Koizumi
Kihachijo weaver
Fumiko Yamashita
Theater director
Satoshi Miyagi
Moss terrarium creator
Tsuyoshi Kawamoto
Cosplayer
Moe Iori