Every year national AJET encourages photographers from the JET community to exercise their creative talents with our annual AJET Photo Competition. Listed below are past winners.
2010 Winning Photos
First Place:
“Gundam Guards Tokyo by Night” Tim Harding (Ehime-ken)
Gundam guards Tokyo by night.
Second Place:
“Lanes of Old Kyoto” Kim Campbell (Fukui-ken)
Lanes of Old Kyoto
Third Place:
“Glimpse” Peter Marshall (Shiga-ken)
Glimpse
2009 Winning Photos
First Place:
“The Warm Up Event” Ross Cole Hunter (Hokkaido)
Two young boys compete before the start of the annual Women's Only Sumo Tournament in Fukushima, Hokkiado.
Second Place:
“Lighting the Stacks” Katie Conlon (Fukushima)
Sukagawa Fire Festival in Fukushima Prefecture
Honourable mention:
“The Wishing Bowl” by Lauren Parker (Ibaraki)
Kinkouji Temple in Kyoto is by far one of the most picturesque places I've personally ever traveled to. The constant detail found in this sacred place is wonderful. This is a picture of the many attempts people have tried to bring luck and hapiness into their lives. Only when you make the toss into the bowl can your wish be truly granted. Every year national AJET encourages poets and photographers from the JET community to exercise their creative talents with our annual AJET Haiku and Photo Competitions. Listed below are this year's winners.
2008 Winning Photos
First Place:
“The Nishigawa Bon Odori Dance” by Arthur Lim Banes
"Sachika Otani performing the Nishigawa Bon Odori Dance in Totsukawa mura, Naraken"
Second Place:
“Nagano Snow Monkeys” by Alexander Laws
"One of the older snow monkeys at Jigokudani Koen in Nagano. We went with a Gunma JET trip in March of 2008. The monkeys all have their own personalities and on that snowy day they were really enjoying the onsen."