Heart of America Japan-America Society - 2021 Japanese Language Contest

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2021 Japanese Language Contest Result

Congratulations to the winners of the Greater Kansas City Japanese Language Contest. Although the event was a bit different this year due to social distancing, 33 students from 4 schools participated in Brush Calligraphy, Japanese Tanka Poetry and English Tanka Poetry.

This year's theme was based on the most noted words in Japan this past year relating to the pandemic. The tanka theme was "Stay Home". The shodo options were 三密 (sanmitsu) 、あまびえ (amabie) 、 and マスク (masuku).

FYI:

Sanmitsu is the Japanese equivalent of the "Three C's" -- a well-known approach to preventing covid-19 infection by avoiding closed spaces, crowds, and close-contact situations.

Amabie is a legendary Japanese mermaid or merman with a bird-beak like mouth and three legs or tail-fins, who allegedly emerges from the sea, prophesies either an abundant harvest or an epidemic, and instructed people to make copies of its likeness to defend against illness.　

Masuku = Mask

Winners：

Shodo　(書道）

1st: John Marvin (KU)

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