Bowl ญี่ปุ่น

From August 1st to 5th 2013 Bowl. Yokohama received the visit of three high school students แบบ Monta วิสตา High School, California who placed first in the 21st National ญี่ปุ่น The ญี่ปุ่น Bowl is a national การทำแบบญี่ปุ่น language competition developed and sponsored by The Japan-America Society of กรุงวอชิงตันดีซี (เว็บไซต์ภายนอก) since 1992

การทำแบบญี่ปุ่น Students all over the US รูปแบบการเขียน teams of three and compete in this event that tests their achievements in the study of But it goes beyond language and also tests students ' knowledge of การทำแบบญี่ปุ่น culture, history, geography and current events.

Last year, while Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi was in กรุงวอชิงตัน to celebrate the centennial of the National Cherry Blossom Festival and to promote Yokohama as a major stage in Japan-US relations, she paid a visit to the 20th ฉบับพิมพ์ of the competition, which was held during the same period. Bridges were built following this, which led to the establishment of a short homestay program for the winners of this year ' s ญี่ปุ่น Bowl to visit Yokohama.

การแลกเปลี่ยน Julia Liu, Jessica Chen and Erin Dowd were hosted respectively by the families of three students of Yokohama ' s Municipal Minato Sohgoh High School, allowing them to share and deepen mutual understanding.

On the afternoon of the first full day of the program on August 2nd, I took the six students around Yokohama to iconic places representing the strong connection between this city and the US such as the Yokohama Doll Museum, the Port Opening Square or the Yokohama Archives of History. For example, Port Opening Square is important for it is the place where Tokugawa shogunate representative Fukusai Hayashi and US Commodore Matthew Perry signed the Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity in 1854 which led to the opening of ญี่ปุ่น to the world in 1859 The visit organized by the City of Yokohama concluded with a การไปรับ with Deputy Mayor Takashi Suzuki.

( Photos: The six students involved in the homestay program in pairs, shaking hands at Port Opening Square, the very spot ญี่ปุ่น took a step toward internationalization 159 years ago with the conclusion of the Treaty of Peace and Amity. )

ญี่ปุ่น Seeing the younger generations meet and การแลกเปลี่ยน like this in Yokohama makes me hopeful in regard to the future of the exchanges between the US and After all, those are the people who will bear international relations in the future. Seeing those six so involved makes ones heart beat with confidence that Yokohama, an important stage in the relations between the two countries, will keep on leading as ญี่ปุ่น ' s gateway to the world.

(Cette หน้า en français)

The Japan-America Society of กรุงวอชิงตันดีซี Official Site (เว็บไซต์ภายนอก)