🇯🇵 Kyoto Retreat 2025 – Fully Funded 4-Week Residency in Japan!

🎨 For Visual Artists, Writers & Curators Around the World

📍 Location: Kyoto, Japan
🗓 Dates: 16 October – 13 November 2025
⏳ Deadline: 15 July 2025
📬 Notification: By 15 August 2025

💸 Fully Funded Package Includes:

• ✅ Round-trip flight to Japan (KIX or ITM Airport)
• ✅ Private bedroom in shared residence (4 weeks)
• ✅ $800 stipend for meals and transport

🧘‍♀️ Program Overview:

Kyoto Retreat 2025 is a rare opportunity for global creatives to reflect, research, and create in one of the most culturally rich cities in the world. This is not a production-heavy residency, it’s about inspiration, rest, and immersive cultural exploration.

Explore temples like Kinkaku-ji, walk the Philosopher’s Path, join tea ceremonies, and engage with traditional arts like ikebana & Noh theatre. Kyoto will fuel your creative spirit.

✅ Who Can Apply?

• • Age 21+
• • Open to all nationalities 🌍
• • Welcoming all races, genders, religions, backgrounds 🌈
• • Visual artists, curators & writers (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, etc.)
• • All career levels accepted

📝 How to Apply:

Prepare your application:

• • Portfolio or writing samples
• • CV/Resume
• • Statement of Interest

🔗 Apply online via:
www.kyotoretreat.com
culture360.asef.org listing

🕒 Deadline: 15 July 2025
📢 Results: By 15 August 2025

✍️ Sample Statement of Interest (Copy & Personalize):

I am writing to express my deep interest in the Kyoto Retreat 2025. As a [visual artist/writer/curator], I have long admired Japan’s cultural depth and the introspective energy of Kyoto. This residency offers the ideal space for both artistic reflection and spiritual renewal, two values at the core of my creative practice.

My work often explores themes of [insert theme, e.g., memory, identity, stillness], and I believe the immersive experiences offered like temple visits, tea ceremonies, and engagement with traditional arts would profoundly enrich my process. I am currently developing a project titled “[insert project name or theme],” and time in Kyoto would provide invaluable inspiration and direction.

I am eager to connect with fellow creatives from around the world, learn from Japan’s cultural heritage, and use the stillness of the retreat to deepen my practice. Thank you for considering my application.

📌 Don’t miss this all-expenses-paid retreat to slow down, create, and connect with Japanese culture.

Perfect for those ready to grow artistically and spiritually in a serene setting.