The Pacific Northwest Japan Bowl
2019/4/3
On March 16, the 3rd Annual Pacific Northwest Japan Bowl was held at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. The competition was co-hosted by the Consulate General of Japan in Seattle and the Japan-America Society of Oregon.
Japan Bowl is a quiz competition for high school students learning Japanese. The participants compete against one another on not only their Japanese language skills but also anything related to Japan. Topics range from politics and economy to literature, culture and pop culture. This year, 42 participants from eight high schools in Oregon and Washington participated.
Participants were provided traditional Japanese bento lunches during their break. Along with our office, universities from Oregon set up their booths and enjoyed conversing with the high school students. The group then reconvened to watch a calligraphy and traditional instrument performance.
In the afternoon, the Champion Round was held by the top three teams that won in the morning round of levels 3 and 4.
Consul General Yamada appreciated the organizations, schools, and sponsors that helped to make this competition possible. He also told the participants to visit Japan someday to get a sense of the different cultures between Japan and the US.
In the Champion Round, the venue was heated up with challenging questions, such as fastest finger quizzes, and having to come up with sentences using onomatopoeia and mimetic words.
The International School of Beaverton and Westview High School from Oregon won the championship for Level 3 and Level 4, respectively.
Group photo
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Scenes from the morning round
Japan Bowl is a quiz competition for high school students learning Japanese. The participants compete against one another on not only their Japanese language skills but also anything related to Japan. Topics range from politics and economy to literature, culture and pop culture. This year, 42 participants from eight high schools in Oregon and Washington participated.
 Consulate booth |
 Lunch break |
 Japanese calligraphy performance |
 Performance of traditional Japanese instruments |
Participants were provided traditional Japanese bento lunches during their break. Along with our office, universities from Oregon set up their booths and enjoyed conversing with the high school students. The group then reconvened to watch a calligraphy and traditional instrument performance.
 Judges from the Champion Round |
 Remarks from Consul General Yamada |
In the afternoon, the Champion Round was held by the top three teams that won in the morning round of levels 3 and 4.
Consul General Yamada appreciated the organizations, schools, and sponsors that helped to make this competition possible. He also told the participants to visit Japan someday to get a sense of the different cultures between Japan and the US.
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Scenes from the Champion Round
In the Champion Round, the venue was heated up with challenging questions, such as fastest finger quizzes, and having to come up with sentences using onomatopoeia and mimetic words.
The International School of Beaverton and Westview High School from Oregon won the championship for Level 3 and Level 4, respectively.
Group photo