“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.

  • 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

    Tomosaka 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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  • VR and the Metaverse

    Takuhiro Mizuno

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  • Taiko drums

    Yoshihiko Miyamoto

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  • Painter

    Tsurutaro Kataoka

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  • Kimono influencer

    Sheila Cliffe

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  • WOTA BOX

    Yosuke Maeda

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  • Space development engineer

    Toshihiro Obata

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  • Flower artist

    Nicolai Bergmann

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  • Contemporary artist

    Noritaka Tatehana

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  • Pop pianist

    Harami-chan

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  • Glue gun artist

    Rintaro Mizuguchi

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  • Photographer

    Masataka Nakano

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  • Folding screen artisan

    Koto Kataoka

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  • Miniature doll house artist

    Yukio Kawai

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  • Atelierista

    Ayaka Tsuda

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  • Pickled plum producer

    Junpei Takeuchi

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