2023/12/20

The 17th Morita Cup & The Mainichi Cup Pair Presentation Contest of Japanese Culture was held at KUFS on Saturday, December 16th. The ten pairs who competed in the event were selected from across the country after a rigorous screening process, and they all gave presentations that showed their daily academic efforts. From KUFS, Kokona UMEMOTO and An MORI, a third-year student in the Department of British and American Studies, participated and won third place.

Date: Saturday, December 16th
Place: Small Hall at 7th floor of Building 1 (R171)
Hosted by Faculty of Foreign Studies’ Department of British and American Studies of Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
Cooperation by Headquarters for Vitalizing Regional Cultures, Agency for Cultural Affairs
Supported by 　Kyoto City
　　　　　　 　The Consortium of Universities in Kyoto
　　　　　　 　The Mainichi Newspapers Co.,Ltd
Cosponsored by The Westin Miyako Kyoto
　　　　　 　 　 IIBC (The Institute for International Business Communication)

Judges
Robert Sakai-Irvine (The Mainichi)
Katharine Okumura (Kobe College)
Pallavi K. BHATTE (Kyoto University)

The results are as follows.

1st place (Morita Trophy)
Rizu SODA（Mukogawa Women's University）・Akari KITA（Mukogawa Women's University）
Title：Osusowake: The Complex Exchange of Goodwill

2nd place (The Mainichi Trophy)
Erika SAKAI（Doshisha University）・Tamami NEI（Kindai University）
Title：Machikoba in Higashi Osaka: The Secret of High Technology in Small Factories

3rd place (The Mainichi Trophy)
Kokona UMEMOTO （Kyoto University of Foreign Studies）・ An MORI（Kyoto University of Foreign Studies）
Title：Japanese Regional Characteristics Seen through Miso

Encouragement Award
Noa SATO（Kokusai Kotoba Gakuin College of Launguages）・BANDARA（Kokusai Kotoba Gakuin College of Launguages）
Title：Why is Japanese so Ambiguous?

Megumi MORIWAKE（Shujitsu University）・Haruho YANAGISAWA（Shujitsu University）
Title：Kojima Jeans: From Our Streets to Your Legs

Emi KINUGASA（Kobe College）・Akane ICHIKAWA（Kobe College）
Title：The Association between Japanese and Baths

Haruka UMEI（Kwassui Women's University）・Nodoka OTA（Kwassui Women's University）
Title：Wa-Ka-Ran

Mayuko SHIBUTA（Seisen University）・Karen MIYAJIMA（Seisen University）
Title：KAYA: a Cultural Revival in the Bedroom

Nodoka TANAKA（Mukogawa Women’s University）・ Saho OKAMOTO（Mukogawa Women’s University）
Title：A Lesson from the Spirit of “Wabi-Sabi”

Yuuna KAJITANI（Seinan Jo Gakuin University）・Lulu IGAWA（Seinan Jo Gakuin University）
Title：Fukuoka Heritage: Yatai

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