Thank you to everybody who attended the Japanese Language Festival 2022 this year!

We had a blast with lots of different entertainment – such as listening to some of the speeches and skits from the 39th Annual Washington State Japanese Speech & Skit Contest winners, watching a performance and a how-to workshop with professional kendama players Nick and Zach Gallagher, listening to Run Sasaki’s story of how she became a voice actor, and learning about the JET Program from an actual JET alum! We had over 60 people show up to our event, ranging from students to educators to the general public, and we had participants joining us from all over Washington State and Japan!

We hope that everyone who participated in this year’s Japanese Language Festival was able to learn and connect more with the Japanese language and culture, perhaps sparking/motivating a desire to go to Japan to study, work, or travel when the borders open up!

It was great fun organizing the Japanese Language Festival with the other organizations – be sure to check them out and find out what other fun events/resources are available to you!

Japanese Language Festival 2022 Organizers

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Geonwoong YoonNovember 12, 2024 ~ April 27, 2025
Sakurai RyuichiJuly 24, 2024 ~ December 5, 2024
Yumi TsunodaApril 29, 2024 ~ August 15, 2024
Shion YamazakiApril 15, 2024 ~ May 31, 2024
Ryutaro KinzoFebruary 6, 2024 ~ May 31, 2024
Yujin HeoDecember 18, 2023 ~ December 12, 2024
KyungYoung (Jenny) KimApril 10, 2023 ~ November 19, 2023
Christie JungMarch 31, 2023 ~ July 8, 2023
Taira ShimotsuyaFebruary 27, 2023 ~ June 1, 2023
Koki MatsumuraJanuary 23, 2023 ~ March 30, 2023
Harin ParkOctober 3, 2022 ~ January 20, 2023
Chihiro MatsuoJune 29, 2022 ~ September 2, 2022
Moena YamakawaJune 29, 2022 ~ August 19, 2022
Jiwoo JungApril 4, 2022 ~ July 31, 2022
Satoshi MikiJune 2022
Ellen UchidaApril 2021 ~ December 19, 2023
Isami February 24, 2020 ~ April 3, 2020
RioFebruary 3, 2020 ~ February 27, 2020
DaichiFebruary 3, 2020 ~ February 27, 2020
Tomohiro IshiiJanuary 2020 ~ February 2020
Naoki KokubuNovember 1, 2019 ~ 
Randy UnJuly 2019 ~ September 2019
Tomomi July 1, 2019 ~September 13, 2019
Nanami KikuchiAug 7, 2019 ~ August 30, 2019
ChirikoJuly 2019 ~
Misako SatoJuly 22, 2019 ~
Kana KitahamaFebruary 6, 2019 ~ April 30, 2019
Aya OgataFebruary 1, 2019 ~ February 26, 2019
Yuno TanifujiJanuary 28, 2019 ~ March 30, 2019
Shari MonsonOctober 2018 ~ February 2019
Midori NakanoAugust 16, 2018 ~ August 31, 2018
Hiroki IshiiJune 26, 2018 ~ August 31, 2018
Yuka MuroiFebruary 7, 2018 ~ March 2, 2018
Lee Hyung WooFebruary 2018 ~ June 2018
Nao MiyamotoJanuary 28, 2018 ~ April 1, 2018
Hitomi Kase January 2018 ~
Ryoko YamamotoOctober 11, 2017 ~
Raymond SimOctober, 2017 ~
Chihiro KurokawaOctober 9, 2017 ~ December 1, 2017
Tomomi TsukadaAugust 25, 2017 ~ September 13, 2017
Shohgo MiuraJuly 6, 2017 ~ 
Jumpei AsakuraEnd of February 2017 - Mid-March 2017

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