{"id":21611,"date":"2019-02-16T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T22:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=21611"},"modified":"2019-02-15T14:58:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T06:58:05","slug":"nihongo-fiesta-2019-promoting-cultural-exchange-through-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2019\/02\/16\/nihongo-fiesta-2019-promoting-cultural-exchange-through-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Nihongo Fiesta 2019: Promoting Cultural Exchange Through Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Promoting cultural exchange through language, <strong>Japan Foundation Manila<\/strong> brings back the <strong>Nihongo Speech Contest<\/strong> this year and it&#8217;s happening along with the <strong>Nihongo Fiesta 2019<\/strong>\u00a0on <strong>February 23<\/strong>\u00a0at the <strong>Shangri-La Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21625\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Nihongo-Fiesta-2019-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Nihongo-Fiesta-2019-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Nihongo-Fiesta-2019-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now on its 14th year, the Nihongo Fiesta is back with one of their major events\u2014the Nihongo Speech Contest\u2014which\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">serves as a platform for Filipinos to showcase their language skills through original compositions of any theme.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The champion will take part in an all-expense-paid week-long study tour in Japan while all qualified contestants will receive consolation prizes.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a quiz bee, film showings, live performances from former JPOP Anime Singing Contest Winners Jhona, Mitch and Mai, and a lot more activities showcasing the Japanese culture to the Philippines!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"960\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21629\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/JPOP.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/JPOP.jpg 678w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/JPOP-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Catch the Nihongo Fiesta 2019 this February 23 at the Shangri-La Plaza Mall! Admission is <strong>FREE<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><em>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2019\/02\/07\/heres-your-guide-to-japan-film-week-this-february-and-march-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s Your Guide to Japan Film Week This February and March 2019<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Nihongo Fiesta 2019 Schedule<\/h4>\n<h4>Cinema 2 (Shangri-La Plaza Mall)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>10:20 am<\/strong>: 46th Nihongo Speech Contest<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>2:15 pm:<\/strong> 11th Nihongo Quiz Bee for High School Students<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Japanese Film Screening<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>5:15 pm:<\/strong> Your Name ( \u541b\u306e\u540d\u306f )<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>7:30 pm:<\/strong> Mumon: The Land of Stealth ( \u5fcd\u3073\u306e\u56fd )\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VgixlvX28-g<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Grand Atrium\u00a0<\/strong>(Shangri-La Plaza Mall)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">J-Pop Performance\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former J-POP Anime Singing Contest Winners | 1:45 PM<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">46th Nihongo Speech Contest Awarding Ceremony<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For details on the contest and the festival\u00a0as well as other cultural projects and programs, you may contact The Japan Foundation Manila at 02-811-6155 to 58 and fax at 02-811-6153. You may also email them at <a href=\"mailto:email@jfmo.org.ph\" target=\"_blank\">email@jfmo.org.ph<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:cejaquino@jfmo.org.ph\" target=\"_blank\">cejaquino@jfmo.org.ph<\/a>. For updates,\u00a0visit their website at <a href=\"https:\/\/jfmo.org.ph\/\" target=\"_blank\">jfmo.org.ph<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What:\u00a0<\/strong>Nihongo Fiesta 2019<strong><br \/>\nWhen:\u00a0<\/strong>February 23, 2019<strong><br \/>\nWhere:<\/strong> Shangri-La Plaza Mall, Edsa corner, Shaw Boulevard, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City<strong><br \/>\nFacebook:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jfmanila\/\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/jfmanila<\/a><strong><br \/>\nWebsite:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jfmo.org.ph\" target=\"_blank\">jfmo.org.ph<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">This is a press release. Minor edits were made prior to publishing.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Images courtesy of The Japan Foundation Manila Facebook page.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Promoting cultural exchange through language, the Japan Foundation Manila brings back the Nihongo Speech Contest this year and it&#8217;s happening in time with the Nihongo Fiesta 2019! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[237,22,163,60],"tags":[7135,7138,7136,1438,7134,7139,1437,7137],"class_list":["post-21611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educational","category-festival","category-shangri-la-plaza","category-workshops-classes-seminars","tag-46th-nihongo-speech-contest","tag-jpop","tag-mumon-the-land-of-stealth","tag-nihongo-fiesta","tag-nihongo-fiesta-2019","tag-nihongo-quiz-bee","tag-the-japan-foundation-manila","tag-your-name-kiminonawa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21611"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21663,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21611\/revisions\/21663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}