If you would like to participate in NECTJ Harumatsuri, please fill out the registration form above.

Japanese teachers from participating schools need to attend preparatory meetings in November and February and preparation on the day before Harumatsuri if the event takes place in person. Please find the schedule below.

Student booth application

*Booth video description

Deadline: Friday, February 25, 2022

Teachers must submit the Online Application Form above on behalf of their students.
 

Since this year’s Harumatsuri is virtual, we have the following schedule on the performance day:

Webinar format on Zoom

1. The MC will invite you to Zoom and introduce you and your performance.

2. The MC will play your recorded performance.

3. You will talk with the MC for a minute.

Performance duration: 5 minutes or less

Contents: Must be related to Japan or Japanese culture, performed in Japanese, and appropriate for screening in the school Environment: No violence or inappropriate language and acting.

Requirements: Must submit a 30-second demo video of the performance for application and record your performance to be played on the event day.

Submission format: Upload the demo video on YouTube and fill out this application form.

Deadline: Friday, February 25, 2022

Teachers must submit the Online Application Form above on behalf of their students.

Criteria:

1. Both Hand Written and Digital Entries accepted,

2. Sample themes: anime, manga, Japanese culture, spring, food, etc.

3. Format: a PDF in letter size / portrait orientation.

4. Ensure that the entry is original and in compliance with all the legal and copyright requirements.

5. Design must include all of the following phrases:

- 二〇二二年 or 2022

- NECTJ春祭り

- ニューヨーク or NY

Deadline: Friday, February 25, 2022

Teachers must submit the Online Application Form above on behalf of their students.

Length: 2-5 minutes

Contents: Must be appropriate for screening in the school environment. No violence or inappropriate language and acting. Can be live-action, animated, or voice-over with copyright-free images. Can be a monologue such as rakugo-style.

Requirements: It must include English subtitles. The script must be an original work by students.

Judging Criteria: Satisfaction of the guidelines. Originality & Creativity, Japanese language skills.

Submission format: Upload your video to YouTube.

You can watch the 2016 and 2019 winner's video here.

Date: Monday, March 28, 2022 *if the event is held onsite.

　Thursday, April 28, 2022 *if the event is held online (Zoom)

Registration Deadline: Friday, February 25, 2022

Regional Contest for the All-USA Speech Contest by Aurora Foundation

Purpose:

The purpose of this speech contest is to provide an opportunity for local high school students to learn from each other and deepen their international understanding by presenting the diverse perspectives and new knowledge they have gained through studying the Japanese language and culture.

Content:

Speakers can choose any topic; e.g. "Traditional Culture vs Pop Culture,” “International Relations,” etc.

Past Speech Contest Topics:

You can download the Speech Contest 2021 program here.

Eligibility:

Applicants must be high school students and may NOT:

a) be native speakers of Japanese;

b) have a Japanese parent (Issei), or;

c) have had more than six months of schooling in Japan after age six.

d) These students also may not be the past 1st place winners, and

e) their teachers must be current members of NECTJ.

Any student who places in the top 3 at the NECTJ High School Japanese Speech Contest on April 22 will be eligible to submit their speeches for consideration to the Aurora Foundation All-USA High School Japanese Speech Contest. However, the winner of the All-USA Contest must be a US citizen or permanent resident to enter the World Speech Contest in Japan.

For more details, see Aurora Foundation's website.

http://www.jlsf-aurora.org/eng

*Date and Venue:

The Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese (NECTJ) High School Japanese Speech Contest will be held:

virtually during Harumatsuri on Thursday, April 28, 2022, from 4:30- 5:30 p.m if the event is held online.

*As of September 2021

Procedure for Preliminary Selection

Registration Deadline: Friday, February 25, 2022

To be considered to be a finalist for the Contest, teachers must submit the Online Application Form on behalf of their students.

👉Online Application Form

1. Each teacher may apply up to three (3) students. If you have multiple entries, please rank the speeches from your school with the strongest speech as ‘1’ and so forth.

2. Upload student’s typed speech script in Japanese (PDF) with the title:

Student’s full name - Name of your school (teacher’s name)

Ex. John Smith - New York HS (Tanaka)

3. Upload student’s speech file (mp3) ( 5 minutes or less) with the title:

Student full name - Name of your school (teacher’s name)

Ex. John Smith - New York HS (Tanaka)

Selection Procedure:

NECTJ members will judge the speeches and select 6 speeches for the Contest, where contestants will present their speeches remotely via Zoom.

The teachers will be notified of the finalists by the Speech Contest Committee by the end of March 7, 2022.

Click here to see the lyrics of the song.

👈Lyric video