Ito En, a Japanese drinks company, has held the Ito En Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest for many years to promote the traditional Japanese poetry. The Department of Applied Japanese encouraged its students to compete in this contest, and under the instructions given by Dr. Yoshihiro Hanashiro, 16 of them won awards, and ISU was honored with the “Excellent School Award,” which is the second “Excellent School Award” ISU has earned since 2018.

Students of the Department of Applied Japanese took part in the Ito En Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest and brought home the “Excellent School Award” with remarkable performance.