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• 27th Annual Heartland Japanese Language Contest - Registration

  • When
    Saturday, March 08, 2025
  •  
    9:45 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    Johnson County Community College, Capital Federal Conference Center in the Regnier Center, 11190 Quivera Rd, Overland Park, KS 66210

  Register

  
  

  Registration now open!

  Click here for JCCC Student Registration

  All others, click the blue Register button on the left.

  27th Annual Heartland
  

  Japanese Language Contest

  Johnson County Community College

  March 8, 2025 - In person

  -Karuta - Hiragana, Katakana, N5 & N4 Kanji

  
  

  March 7, 2025 - Online Quizzes  

  beginning at 6 pm

  JLPT 5, 4, 3 Vocabulary and Grammar quizzes

  
  

  Calligraphy & Tanka Contest - submit by February 21, 2025

  
  

  Find complete contest details here:

  2025 Language Contest Info Packet .pdf

  
  

  T-Shirt Design Contest Due:  Feb 5, 2025

  

  
  

  New this year:  

  Obento Contest on March 8th

  (see 2025 Language Contest Info Packet for details)

  
  

  Schedule of Events

  
  

  
  

  Entertainment, Activities, Info 

  HAJAS Bazaar Table

  Three Trails Taiko performance & workshop

  Japanese games, calligraphy & origami

  Info Tables - KU, Japanese Exchange & Teaching Program (JET)

  Japan Trivia Game

  Obento Contest

  
  

  For more information or question, please contact:

  kcjlangcont@gmail.com

  
  

  Registration fees underwritten by:

  

  Hosted by:

  Consulate General of Japan at Chicago

  Heart of America Japan-America Society

  Johnson County Community College

  
  

  Sponsored by:

  Heartland JET Alumni Association

  KU Center for East Asian Studies

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• JCCC Students - 27th Annual Heartland Japanese Language Contest - Registration

  • When
    Saturday, March 08, 2025
  •  
    9:45 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    Johnson County Community College, Capital Federal Conference Center in the Regnier Center, 11190 Quivera Rd, Overland Park, KS 66210

  Register

  
  

  JCCC Student

  Registration now open!

  Register by Feb 21st with discount code

  
  

  27th Annual Heartland
  

  Japanese Language Contest

  Johnson County Community College

  March 8, 2025 - In person

  -Karuta - Hiragana, Katakana, N5 & N4 Kanji

  
  

  March 7, 2025 - Online Quizzes  

  beginning at 6 pm

  JLPT 5, 4, 3 Vocabulary and Grammar quizzes

  
  

  Calligraphy & Tanka Contest - submit by February 21, 2025

  
  

  Find complete contest details here:

  2025 Language Contest Info Packet .pdf

  
  

  T-Shirt Design Contest Due:  Feb 5, 2025

  

  
  

  New this year:  

  Obento Contest on March 8th

  (see 2025 Language Contest Info Packet for details)

  
  

  Schedule of Events

  
  

  
  

  Entertainment, Activities, Info 

  HAJAS Bazaar Table

  Three Trails Taiko performance & workshop

  Japanese games, calligraphy & origami

  Info Tables - KU, Japanese Exchange & Teaching Program (JET)

  Japan Trivia Game

  Obento Contest

  
  

  For more information or question, please contact:

  kcjlangcont@gmail.com

  
  

  Registration fees underwritten by:

  

  Hosted by:

  Consulate General of Japan at Chicago

  Heart of America Japan-America Society

  Johnson County Community College

  
  

  Sponsored by:

  Heartland JET Alumni Association

  KU Center for East Asian Studies

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• 2025 Box Lunch Order - Japanese Language Contest

  • When
    Saturday, March 08, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 11:30 PM
  • Location
    JCCC - Regnier Center

  Register

  
  

  The 27th Annual Japanese Language Contest

  
  

  Lunch 

  on Saturday, March 8th, 2025

  Audience members 
  

  can pre-pay for their lunch here

  
  

  JLC participants can order lunch while registering:

  JCCC Student Registration

  All Other Students' Registration

  
  

  • 
    

     Box Lunch 

    from JCCC Catering

    
    

    $15.00 a box

    
    

    Choice between:

    
    

    A - College Boulevard Chicken Wrap

    or

    B - Vegan Lettuce Wrap

    
    

    
    

     A - Chicken Wrap box includes:  

    1. Breaded Chicken Tender, Romaine Lettuce, Avocado Ranch, Cheddar Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese, Tomato, Flour Tortilla

    2. Potato chips, Apple, Chocolate Chip Cookie Bottled Water or Canned Soda

    
    

    B - Vegan Lettuce Wraps box includes:

    1. Marinated Grilled Vegetables, Curried Quinoa, Green Leaf Lettuce, Individually Wrapped Desserts

    2. Bottled Water or Canned Soda

    
    

    Pre-order and pay for your lunch by February 22nd, 2025.

  • To purchase, please follow the "Register" link in the box on the left.

   Lunches will be picked up from a table near the doors in the Regnier Center (location of the Japanese Language Contest)

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• Northland Ethnic Festival

  • When
    Saturday, April 12, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    MCC Maple Woods

  
  

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