高校生対象日本語クイズコンテスト
2025 PNW Japan Bowl at Clark College on Saturday, March 15.
Join high school students and their supporters from across Oregon and Washington in this regional quiz competition on Japanese language and culture!
Online registration for students, teachers, and family/friends is now open. Please read the Competition and Administrative Guide first and then fill out the registration form. Study Guide is also available for the participants to prepare for PNWJB.
Student and Teacher’s forms are due on January 20, 2025.
Participant’s (student) registration form: https://forms.gle/UpDFY9oDhL7aTMbg9
Chaperone Consent Form:
Teacher’s registration form: https://forms.gle/VHgSsNxS98ypv2Y36
Family/Friend’s registration form: https://forms.gle/es4xuG9buNcJzS6FA
Read last year’s press releases from JASO’s Executive Director here:
Additional photos from the 2024 PNW Japan Bowl here.
2024 PNW Japan Bowl Results
Level 2
1st International School of Beaverton
2nd Westview High School
3rd Bothell High School Team 1
Level 3
1st Sunset High School
2nd Bothell High School Team 1
3rd Bothell High School Team 2
Level 4
1st Forest Grove High School
2nd Shorewood High School
3rd Beaverton High School
Read about the PNW Japan Bowl experience from two students from champion teams:
2024 National Japan Bowl on April 18 & 19
Two teams representing the Pacific Northwest competed in the National Japan Bowl in Washington, D.C. Please read their reports and enjoy some of the photos.
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2024 Sunset High School – Level 3
2024 Forest Grove High School – Level 4
PNW Japan Bowl Official Mascot
Students are cheered on by the Pacific Northwest Japan Bowl’s new mascot: Iina (いいな) the beaver. Iina’s name was inspired by the Chinuk Wawa word for beaver, which is ina. Chinuk Wawa is an indigenous language spoken by members of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, who have lived for centuries in Oregon’s Willamette Valley from the Cascades to the Coast Range. To learn more about the language and culture of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, you can visit the Chachula Museum in Grand Ronde or their informative website here.
The word iina is also frequently used in Japanese. It means something like “I wish” and expresses the speaker’s longing for something to happen. The team behind the Pacific Northwest Japan Bowl wished for all who attended the Japan Bowl to become more curious about the rich cultures of Japan and the Pacific Northwest.
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Mr. Kihachiro Nishiura
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