{"id":40404,"date":"2016-10-14T21:05:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T01:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=40404"},"modified":"2016-10-14T21:07:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T01:07:12","slug":"announcement-of-the-results-of-the-jet-programme-video-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/14\/announcement-of-the-results-of-the-jet-programme-video-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement of the results of the JET Programme Video Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thank you for your continued understanding and support in helping promote the JET Programme. The JET Programme Video Contest, which CLAIR held to create a platform for JET Programme participants and alumni to utilize their unique insight to discover and share the hidden charms of Japan\u2019s local regions, has finally come to an end and the winners have been decided. From all over Japan, over 50 videos were submitted in the Autumn\/Winter Edition of the contest and 57 videos in the Spring\/Summer Edition, making the total 107 videos submitted over the 11 month period.<\/p>\n

We would like to thank everyone who assisted in submitting videos to the contest and raise awareness about this project among the JET community.<\/p>\n

The 10 award winners of the contest, announced today, will be recognized for their achievements at the JET Programme 30th Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony, scheduled to be held Monday, 7 November, 2016.<\/p>\n

Watch Winning Videos<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

JET Programme Video Contest Winners
\nFirst Prize: \u201cEkin Kabuki Festival, Akaoka, Japan\u201d \u2013 Alexander Barnett (Kochi Prefecture)
\nMost Voted Video Award*: \u201cTHIS IS JAPAN\u201d \u2013 Rochelle Mighty (Toyama Prefecture)
\nBest Idea Award: \u201cA Gourmet Tour of Aomori\u201d \u2013 Sooyoung Park (Aomori Prefecture)
\nPR Award: \u201cTanegashima This is Our Island\u201d \u2013 Emily Rose Eisemann (Kagoshima Prefecture)<\/p>\n

Best of Season (Spring\/Summer) Award:
\n\u201cKagura in the Shimane Highlands\u201d \u2013 Sarah Laverty (Shimane Prefecture)
\n\u201cDefinitely More Fun in Hiroshima \u2013 Kitto Motto Tanoshii Hiroshima\u201d \u2013 Arum Jung (Hiroshima Prefecture)<\/p>\n

Best of Season (Autumn\/Winter) Award:
\n\u201cSenri no Michi mo Ippo Yori (Little by little, one goes far)\u201d \u2013 Aaron Jones (Oita Prefecture)
\n\u201cNishiizu, My Little Sunset Town by the Sea\u201d \u2013 Dana Nyberg (Shizuoka Prefecture)<\/p>\n

Special Judges\u2019 Award:
\n\u201cThe Kotatsu Train of Iwate\u201d \u2013 Amada Wayama (Iwate Prefecture)
\n\u201cTonneru wo Nukeru to Soko wa Hare no Kuni de atta\u201d \u2013 Edouard Brena (Okayama Prefecture)<\/p>\n

*The Most Voted Video Award was selected by vote from general viewers on the contest\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Dr. Mitsuko Okamoto, Professor at the Graduate School of Film and New Media at the Tokyo University of Arts and Chair of the Contest\u2019s Panel of Judges, commented on behalf of the panel, saying \u201c\u2026I was moved to see that JET participants truly understand and enjoy the tradition, culture, and variety of seasons of Japan, and that they proactively make efforts to interact with those around them and become part of their respective communities. The videos in this contest are a great endorsement of the JET Programme, of the regions they feature, and of Japan itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

CLAIR hopes to utilize the videos submitted in the contest to contribute to the revitalization of Japan\u2019s local regions as well as raise awareness of the activities of JET Programme participants and the JET Programme itself.<\/p>\n

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Thank you for your continued understanding and support in helping promote the JET Programme. The JET Programme Video Contest, which CLAIR held to create a platform for JET Programme participants and alumni to utilize their unique insight to discover and share the hidden charms of Japan\u2019s local regions, has finally come to an end and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-avG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40404"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40411,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40404\/revisions\/40411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}