

“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.
Nihonga or Japanese-style painting artist
Allan West

Woodworking artist
Masataka Misawa

Designer
Reiko Katayama

Media artist
Kazuhiko Hachiya

School bag craftsman
Kunio Tsuchiya

Track and field sprinter
Maki Yamada

LEGO® Certified Professional
Jumpei Mitsui

Watchmaker
Jiro Katayama

Dancer/actress
Aoi Yamada

Rickshaw puller
Misato Otoshi

Edo culinary culture researcher
Ukiyo Kuruma

Character
Hello Kitty

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



