“Tokyo Kousaten”
Find out what sparks creativity in local artisans and 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.

  • Soba chef

    Yoshinori Horii

  • Fashion designer

    Nanako Kuroda

  • Edo-style woodblock print carver

    Jiro Nagao

  • Edo Armor Craftsman

    Tadayasu Okoshi

  • Kabuki actor

    Nakamura Toranosuke

  • Kabuki wig stylist

    Tadashi Kamoji

  • Sekitei (rakugo theater manager)

    Yoshimitsu Mayama

  • Bartender

    Hidetsugu Ueno

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE!

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