ADVANCE WITH KYOTO ～Locate Your Stronghold of Growth in Kyoto, a City Creating New Value～

September 23, 2014 Daisaku Kadokawa, mayor of Kyoto

Kyoto City Official Website http://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/

Good News from New York!

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Kyoto won the Title of World’s Best City in Travel + Leisure Magazine in 2014

Kyoto won the Title of No. 1 City in Asian City Division in Condé Nast Traveler Magazine in 2013

Kyoto is evaluated highly by prestigious U.S. magazines

City of Kyoto

Spiritual Home of the Japanese, Kyoto:

Alive with more than 1000 years of history and tradition

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A Diversity and Depth No Other City in the World can Offer:

Harnessing the advantage of Japan in future society

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City of Manufacturing Innovation City

City of Arts and Culture

Excellent city to live, to visit, to dine and to study Kyoto

City of Hospitality to Visitors City of Food Culture

City of Universities and

Students

City Fostering Human Resources

Innovation through fusion

Discernment

Six specialties of Kyoto

Ingenuity

Manufacturing industry with a 1000-year heritage: continuing, creating and developing

Mastery

Endeavor

Hospitality

Economy Historic City

City of Nature and Landscapes

Harmony between nature and townscape alive with culture and arts

Highly ranked City

京扇子 京人形

World-class Manufacturing Industry

Traditional industry deeply rooted in history and culture

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Nishijin Textiles Kyoto and Kiyomizu Pottery Kyoto Lacquerware

Kyoto Dolls Kyoto Folding Fans

Kyoto City Traditional Industries (74 Items)

World-class Manufacturing Industry

Kyoto Research Park

Cutting-edge Industry Developed through the Techniques

and Wisdom of Traditional Industry

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A business center with 4000 staff from 350 companies

200 excellent staff headed by Prof. Shinya Yamanaka conduct research here

Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University

Cutting-edge

Industry

Traditional

Industry

Sake brewing

Printing

Buddhist and Shinto

ritual objects

Dyed and woven fabric

Pottery

Innovation

Cutting-edge Industry Innovated from Traditional Industry!

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These cutting-edge companies originate from traditional industry

Fine Ceramics

Condensers

Precision apparatus Medical instruments

Drug development Bio-technology

Semi-conductor manufacturing

devices

Cutting-edge Industry Innovated from Traditional Industry！

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Global enterprises with their bases in Kyoto

Cutting-edge Industry Innovated from Traditional Industry！

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Cardio Simulator

World’s smallest scissors

World-Renowned Experimental Stronghold

Global Niche Top Companies Concentrate in Kyoto

Grading and Packing System for Eggs

（World-class maker, second-largest world share）

Rapid Automatic Weighing Machine

（World-class maker, second-largest world share）

a rice grain

KYOTO INTERNATIONAL MANGA ANIME FAIR

Kyoto produced TheTale of Genji, the oldest novel in the world,

and Choju-giga, the oldest Manga in the world

World-Class Contents Industry from the Synergy between Culture and Business

A City of Movies（Oriental Hollywood）

Birthplace of the Japanese film industry

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Contents industry including Manga and Anime is a future growth industry!!

Kyoto International Manga Museum The first Manga museum and library in Japan（300,000 works）

Kyoto is the birthplace of Manga

Academic City, Kyoto (City of Universities and Students)

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Prof. Shinya Yamanaka and

many other researchers

have achieved world-class

research results

Students can take any classes they want from 50 universities in Kyoto

Students can study Zen, flower arrangement, tea ceremony, traditional culture,

along with arts, religion, nature, environment, education, and economics, at the same time！

The “Consortium of Universities in Kyoto” was established by the City of Kyoto and other organizations. It encompasses 50 universities.

150,000 students study at 38 universities in Kyoto 7,000 students from around the world study in Kyoto

A credit-exchange system operates in Kyoto with more than 500 courses available

11 Nobel Prize winners are connected to Kyoto

Prime Location for Offices and Laboratories （Industry–academia–government collaboration centers）

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Katsura Innovation Park

Advanced Chemical Technology Center in Kyoto

Creation Core Kyoto Mikuruma Kyoto Research Park

Innovation Belt

Environmentally Advanced City, Kyoto （ Birthplace of the Kyoto Protocol ）

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Achieving a comfortable society by decreasing environmental burdens, and increasing efficiency

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Realizing a Smart City and Compact City

“Kyoto” has become a verb!

Are you doing something good for the environment?

Creation of Green Innovation Industry

Innovative Silicon Carbide

After Before

“Kyoto Design” Will Protect and Shape the Landscape

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“Kyoto Design” Will Protect and Shape the Landscape

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In order to conserve a townscape befitting Kyoto, global companies

cooperate in adapting the design of billboards

Before After

Enjoy creating a clean city environment: “All Kyoto City Beautification Campaign”

The cleanliness and safety of Kyoto are most appealing to overseas tourists The City of Kyoto is collaborating with Kyoto Prefectural Police to develop the city into the safest and most hospitable city in the world

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“Cleanliness of the City” and “Public Safety” is Overseas Tourists’ Top Satisfaction Factor

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Factor Very good Very bad

Cleanliness 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

61.7% 29.5% 7.1% 1.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1%

Safety 60.5% 30.4% 7.4% 1.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%

We continue to conduct a satisfaction survey for overseas tourists

Improve the Environment for Tourists

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■ Wi-Fi service is available free

Enhancing strengths and rectifying faults

■Round-the-clock Multilingual Call Center

■Transportation app “Bus and Train Veteran”

At 650 locations such as bus stops

At railroad stations or small inns（８２０facilities）

Largest system in Japan

Input your destination and receive information on which route to take and how long it will take based on level of traffic congestion. This app has proven very popular.

Unique and Quality Lodging Facilities in Kyoto

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■Ryokan, or Japanese inns, which exemplify Japanese culture are very popular among visitors Japanese inns represent the traditional Japanese culture of clothing, food and housing, and also provide Omotenashi or heartfelt hospitality

■ Lodging Facilities in Kyoto meet various needs

A hotel well known around the world

Kyo-machiya

town house

ryokan-experience.com

On-line Ryokan Booking Site

Promotion of Ryokan in New York, January 2012

Kyoto, a Representative MICE Strategic City

In 2013, 177 international conferences were held in Kyoto, with about 100,000 participants

MICE誘致のための体制強化

A tourist city that is the envy of the world

Increasing the number of overseas tourists who stay overnight

400,000 → 1,130,000 → 3,000,000

（２００３） （２０１３） （２０２０：target）

Designated as a Global MICE Strategic City by the Japan Tourism Agency

Five cities were designated to improve the environment for hosting international conferences and other events through united efforts between the designated cities and the national government

Expanding and upgrading Kyoto International Conference Center

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Utilizing unique venues

Utilizing venues unique to Kyoto for MICE such as Nijo Castle,

a World Heritage site (There are about 2000 temples and shrines in Kyoto)

Promoting the construction of a hall with a 5000-person

capacity and exhibition space

The 22nd “Fashion Cantata from KYOTO”

(Former Saga Imperial Palace: Daikakuji Temple)

Kyoto International Conference Center

in harmony with surrounding nature

A subway station is located nearby

A City Where Foreign Residents Can Live Comfortably and Play Active Roles

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■Solving the problems of foreign residents decisively and swiftly

Kyoto International Community House

Foreign residents living in Kyoto can get important lifestyle information through this complimentary guidebook

Kyoto City Living Information

English, Korean, Chinese and Spanish

■Educational and parenting support and improvement of medical services

☆Providing living information to foreign residents through media such as magazines and the radio station FMCOCOLO ☆Medical interpretation service is available in English, Korean and Chinese

Why don’t you visit Kyoto?

We have you by the best Omotenashi or heartfelt hospitality 20

When your company comes to Kyoto,

we will support you all the way.

京都市長 門川大作 Daisaku Kadokawa, mayor of Kyoto

City of Kyoto