Acknowledgement of Support | HIF Japanese Language and Japanese Culture Program

We gratefully acknowledge support for the HIF Japanese Language and Japanese Culture Program provided from the City of Hakodate and the Hakodate Education Committee.

Great thanks also to the following supporters of the program:

Governmental Agencies

Hokkaido Prefecture Hakodate Area Hakodate West Police Department
Hakodate Provincial and Domestic Court
Public Prosecutor’s Office, Hakodate

Schools

Hokkaido University of Education, Hakodate
Russian Far Eastern National University, Hakodate Campus
Hokkaido Hakodate Nishi High School
Iai Girls Senior High School
Hakodate Otsuma High School
Shiritsu Hakodate High School
Hakodate Otani High School
Seisho Gakuin High School
Hakodate San-iku Elementary School

Media

NCV New Media Hakodate Center
FM Iruka 80.7MHz, Radio Station
Hokkaido Shimbun Press
Hakodate Shimbun Co. Ltd.

Companies, Shops

Bakery Kamakura
Café&Deli MARUSEN
Hakodate Bus Corporation
Hakodate Kokusai Hotel
hakoreco.com
Hitotsukaze (Japanese Confectionery Shop)
JTB Hokkaido Corp. Hakodate Office
Jinya Soba Restaurant

Associations, Groups

Association of the Hakodate Open-Air Play Created by Citizens of Hakodate
Esashi Oiwake Folk Music Group
Hakodate Culture Club
Hakodate Kameda Rotary Club
Japanese Teaching Society-Hakodate
Supporters’ Association of the Hokkaido International Foundation

Facilities

Futto, Care House
Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples
Hakodate Jomon Culture Center
Napal Mori (Hokkaido Youth Center for Experience and Activity)

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University of
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University of
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University of
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Nicole Lu

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Emory University

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Kaitlyn Milleret

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University of
Notre Dame

I'm very grateful I got the opportunity to stay in Hakodate since it's such an underrated part of Japan. My favorite part was visiting landmarks like ...
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Sofia Pan Xian

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University of
Michigan

If you feel you are struggling to speak, this program will make sure you go back feeling confident. You'll be only speaking Japanese - during class ...
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Julian Schempf

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University of
Kansas

It might be difficult, but you will have the experience of a lifetime, something you will cherish for years to come.

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