This annual festival features songs and dances from around the world performed by foreign students studying in the Kansai-area universities. The festival, held in Kyoto and Osaka, is designed to help create a worldwide network of friendship and peace.
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- 1st Festival:
- October 1, 1989 at Kyoto Kaikan, 47 participants, in 6 universities/schools, from 8 countries/regions
- 2nd Festival
- November 18, 1990 at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Morita Memorial Hall, 49 participants, in 7 universities/schools, from 8 countries/regions
- 3rd Festival
- November 17, 1991 at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Morita Memorial Hall, 85 participants, in 9 universities/schools, from 8 countries/regions
- 4th Festival
- November 22, 1992 at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Morita Memorial Hall, 88 participants, in 11 universities/schools, from 15 countries/regions
- 5th Festival
- November 23, 1993 at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Morita Memorial Hall, 88 participants, in 19 universities/schools, from 17 countries/regions
- 6th Festival
- November 23, 1994 at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Morita Memorial Hall, 91 participants, in 15 universities/schools, from 13 countries/regions
- 7th Festival
- November 19, 1995 at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Morita Memorial Hall, 125 participants, in 34 universities/schools, from 18 countries/regions
- 8th Festival
- November 17, 1996 at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Morita Memorial Hall, 148 participants, in 31 universities/schools, from 20 countries/regions
- 9th Festival
- November 09, 1997 at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Morita Memorial Hall, 93 participants, in 12 universities/schools, from 19 countries/regions
- 10th Festival
- November 08, 1998 at Kyoto Concert Hall, 126 participants, in 36 universities/schools, from 20 countries/regions
- 11th Festival
- November 14, 1999 at Kyoto Concert Hall, 93 participants, in 25 universities/schools, from 23 countries/regions
- 12th Festival
- November 19, 2000 at Kyoto Concert Hall, 122 participants, in 26 universities/schools, from 31 countries/regions
- 13th Festival
- November 18, 2001 at Kyoto Concert Hall, 176 participants, in 22 universities/schools, from 25 countries/regions
- 14th Festival
- November 10, 2002 at Kyoto Concert Hall, 189 participants, in 35 universities/schools, from 27 countries/regions
- 15th Festival
- November 23, 2003 at Kyoto Kaikan, 202 participants, in 20 universities/schools, from 31 countries/regions
- 16th Festival
- November 23, 2004 at Kyoto Kaikan, 134 participants, in 18 universities/schools, from 22 countries/regions
- 17th Festival
- November 23, 2005 at Kyoto Kaikan, 150 participants, in 16 universities/schools, from 32 countries/regions
- 18th Festival
- November 26, 2006 at Kyoto Kaikan, 139 participants, in 18 universities/schools, from 23 countries/regions
- 19th Festival
- November 18, 2007 at Kyoto Kaikan, 133 participants, in 14 universities/schools, from 20 countries/regions
- 1st Festival:
- December 19, 1991 at International House, 34 participants, in 9 universities/schools, from 9 countries/regions
- 2nd Festival
- December 12, 1992 at IMP Hall, 71 participants, in 17 universities/schools, from 14 countries/regions
- 3rd Festival
- December 19, 1993 at Osaka International Cultural Exchange Center, 85 participants, in 19 universities/schools, from 12 countries/regions
- 4th Festival
- December 3, 1994 at Festival Hall, 123 participants, in 23 universities/schools, from 22 countries/regions
- 5th Festival
- December 3, 1995 at Osaka International Cultural Exchange Center, 172 participants, in 27 universities/schools, from 20 countries/regions
- 6th Festival
- December 7, 1996 at Ikeda City Civic Culture Center, 149 participants, in 22 universities/schools, from 17 countries/regions
- 7th Festival
- December 6, 1997 at Daitou City Cultural Hall, 159 participants, in 25 universities/schools, from 16 countries/regions
- 8th Festival
- December 13, 1998 at Osaka International Cultural Exchange Center, 103 participants, in 25 universities/schools, from 18 countries/regions
- 9th Festival
- December 13, 1998 at Osaka International Cultural Exchange Center, 103 participants, in 25 universities/schools, from 18 countries/regions
- 10th Festival
- December 3, 2000 at Osaka International Cultural Exchange Center, 191 participants, in 30 universities/schools, from 29 countries/regions
- 11th Festival
- December 9, 2001 at Maikata City Civic Center, 142 participants, in 36 universities/schools, from 25 countries/regions
- 12th Festival
- December 8, 2002 at Osaka International Cultural Exchange Center, 150 participants, in 26 universities/schools, from 29 countries/regions
- 13th Festival
- December 7, 2003 at Kishiwada City Namikiri Hall, 191 participants, in 25 universities/schools, from 27 countries/regions
- 14th Festival
- December 12, 2004 at Osaka International Cultural Exchange Center, 225 participants, in 20 universities/schools, from 28 countries/regions
- 15th Festival
- December 18, 2005 at Takatsuki Modern Art Theater, 140 participants, in 21 universities/schools, from 25 countries/regions
- 16th Festival
- December 17, 2006 at Osaka International Cultural Exchange Center, 131 participants, in 21 universities/schools, from 23 countries/regions
- 17th Festival
- December 16, 2007 at Osaka Sayama City Culture Center Sayaka Hall, 101 participants, in 28 universities/schools, from 21 countries/regions
