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
- Hakodate San-iku Elementary School
- Hakodate School of Confectionary and Cooking
- Hokkaido Hakodate School for the Deaf
Media
- NCV New Media Hakodate Center
- FM Iruka 80.7MHz, Radio Station
- Hokkaido Shimbun Press
- Hakodate Shimbun Co. Ltd.
Companies, Shops
- Café&Deli MARUSEN
- Hakodate Bus Corporation
- Hakodate Kokusai Hotel
- hakoreco.com
- JTB Hokkaido Corp. Hakodate Office
- Jinya Soba Restaurant
- Ryueido Confection
- Bakery Kamakura
- Chikuba Kyushoku (school lunch) Co. Ltd.
- Fukuda Kaisan (marine products) Co. Ltd.
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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