“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

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  • Shamisen player

    Sayo Komada

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  • Edo Sarasa traditional craftsman

    Yasutaka Nakajo

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  • Glass artist

    Osamu Noda

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  • Creative director

    Misha Janette

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  • Guitarist

    Marty Friedman

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  • Spatial designer

    Keigo Fukugaki

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  • Calligrapher and artist

    Bisen Aoyagi

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  • Researcher

    Akira Takeuchi

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  • Manga‘s creator

    Yoichi Takahashi

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  • Voice actor

    Subaru Kimura

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  • Murasaki-ha Fujima Style dancer

    Murasaki Fujima Ⅲ

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  • Development Producer

    Takayoshi Serizawa

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  • Ukulele virtuoso

    RIO

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  • Architect

    Sosuke Fujimoto

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  • Edo tortoiseshell craftsman

    Atsunori Tanaka

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  • Japanese tea barista

    Yoshihiko Kurahashi

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  • Principal of Shibuya Women's International School

    Hitomi Akaogi

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  • Chef

    Haruyuki Yamashita

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  • Miso maker

    Yuki Tsujita

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  • Designer

    Tomoe Shinohara

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  • Distiller

    Ayumu Yamaguchi

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  • Ship carpenter

    Tatsuya Sano

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  • Manga artist

    Motoka Murakami

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  • Edo Armor craftman

    Tomomi Kato

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  • Designer

    Tomotaka Koizumi

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  • Kihachijo weaver

    Fumiko Yamashita

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  • Theater director

    Satoshi Miyagi

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  • Moss terrarium creator

    Tsuyoshi Kawamoto

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  • Cosplayer

    Moe Iori

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