EVENT SCHEDULE FOR JANUARY TO MARCH 2010Updated on January 08, 20102010 Nihongo Fiesta Presented by the Japan Foundation, Manila
37th Nihongo Speech Contest and Filipino students and professionals show linguistic skills by delivering their own original compositions on a theme of their choice. Already nearing its fourth decade, the Nihongo Speech Contest continues to attract high caliber contestants from the country’s numerous language institutes, colleges/ universities and organizations offering Japan language courses. The Champion and the Outstanding Performance Awardee of the Speech Contest will avail of an all expense paid week-long study tour in Japan; all qualified contestants will receive consolation prizes. The 2nd Nihongo Quiz Bee for High School Students is a fun and exciting challenge for young Filipino Nihongo learners to showcase their knowledge in Japanese language and culture. Japanese and Filipino Street Fashion Exhibit & Contest Street fashion, a brazen blend of current and traditional trends put together and individualized by young people, express the dynamic and varied lifestyles of the contemporary generation. Tokyo and Manila’s urban centers are rife with inspiration, as seen in the exhibition. SM Mall of Asia’s hallways will be transformed into catwalks with the Street Fashion Contest as roving “scouts” look for the guise which embodies the freewheeling, street-smart attitude of urban youths of Tokyo and Manila. Come to SM Mall of Asia on February 27, and dress to express and impress! The winner will win a cash prize and Japanese fashion products. All 2010 Nihongo Fiesta events are open to the public. FREE ADMISSION! For inquiries and reservations, please contact: The Japan Foundation, Manila (JFM) at telephone # 811-6155 to 58; or email: email@jfmo.org.ph. Media Partners:
Fresh from their US tour, seasoned punk-pop-rock musicians, Japanese legendary all-female band Shonen Knife, rocks out with Pedicab, the Philippines’ all-male dunk (dance and punk) group in a one-night only performance, free to the public. Shonen Knife is as strong as when it first originated in Osaka -- with a career spanning almost three decades, bringing them numerous awards and performances in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Singapore, Hongkong – and now in Manila. All 2010 Nihongo Fiesta events are open to the public. FREE ADMISSION! For inquiries and reservations, please contact: The Japan Foundation, Manila (JFM) at telephone # 811-6155 to 58; or email: email@jfmo.org.ph. Media Partners:
Immerse yourself this March with award-winning Japanese film documentaries, as the Japan Foundation, Manila, in cooperation with Shangri-La Plaza and the UP Film Institute, invites you to “Video Act! Japanese Documentary Film Now!” a combination of real-life facts on political, cultural and social issues of Japan captured in video format to be screened at the Shang Cineplex Cinema 3 on March 6 and 7, 2010. All films will be shown with English subtitles. ADMISSION IS FREE. For inquiries and reservations, please call the Japan Foundation, Manila |
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