About this Art Contest



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This project aims to show, through drawings, the reality of the world through the eyes of children and young foreigners living in Japan, and to encourage greater cultural exchange between foreigners and Japanese who live together  in this country.

At these moments of crisis and school desertion in Japan, we, the members of the NFSA – Nippon Foundation Scholar Association – understood that we could collaborate giving an incentive to the students of the schools ofthe foreigners communities in Japan, to continue their studies through the “First Drawing Contest: My World –What makes me Merry(happy)”.
Prizes：
Kid’s Category： Foreign residents in Japan, ages between 6 to 11 years old.

Grand Prize：

Book Ticket (Toshoken) worth 30,000yen
Contest Diploma
A printed poster of the participant’s drawing

2nd to 4th Prize：

Honorary mention of the participant in the awarding ceremony

Youth’s Category：Foreign residents living in Japan, ages between 12 to 18 years old

Grand Prize：

Book Ticket (Toshoken) worth 30,000yen
Contest Diploma
A printed poster of the participant’s drawing
Invitation to the Awarding Ceremony in the Convention of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad, held in agugust 2009.

2nd to 4th Prize：

Honorary mention of the participant in the awarding ceremony
Contest Diploma
A printed poster of the participant’s drawing

School Prize:

The school with most participants will be awarded with special gifts from the organizing committee.

How to Participate

The drawing cannot be digitally made and has to be drawn in a A4 size paper (29.7cm x 21cm)

Please include this information on the back of your drawing

Name：
Nationality：
Date of Birth：
Phone Number：
School Name：
200 word paragraph about what is “merry for you：
Name of your parents：
Please send your drawing to the address below：
〒２３１－０００１
JICA Yokohama, 2F, 2-3-1, Shinko, Naka-ku,
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 〒231-0001
Notes:

• The drawing cannot be neither digital nor a made as a collage.
• The drawings will not be returned and the rights for publication and neighboring rights will be transfered to the Nippon Foundation Nikkei Scholars Association.
• One participant can only send one single drawing.
• The awarding ceremony will be held in October 2009, in the Convention of the Nikkei and Japanese Abroad

Contact：
Akira Uchimura
Project Coordinator
The Association of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad
Phone: (+8１) ０４５－２１１－１７８４