The 6th All-Japan High School Computing Contest, "PC Koshien 2008"
The final round of the 6th All-Japan High School Computing Contest (also known as "PC Koshien 2008") was held at the
University of Aizu for 2 days on Saturday, the 8th and on Sunday, the 9th of November. A total of 60 high school students (30 teams of
2) who had passed preliminary rounds out of 440 teams (1,261 people) from 43 prefectures, proceeded to the finals and competed
for a grand prize in the "Programming" and "Digital Contents" division. Many people visited the site and
enjoyed other events held in conjunction with the contest, such as screenings of videos and animations created by leading Asian artists,
experiencing game software made by students of the University, special lectures by contest judges and a raffle, etc.
In the contest, representative teams from Hiroshima Gakuin High School won a grand prize in the Programming division and
Okinawa National College of Technology also received the prize in the Digital Contents division. Regarding 4 high school
teams which participated in the contest from Fukushima Prefecture, Iwaki High school won a judge's special award in the Programming
division presented by Mr. Hisao Yazawa. The top 3 teams and special award winners for each division are as follows.
Please view the PC Koshien 2008 official website for more details.
| Grand Prize | Hiroshima Gakuin High School |
| 2nd Prize | Senior High School at Komaba, University of Tsukuba |
| 3rd Prize | Senior High School at Komaba, University of Tsukuba |
| The Judge's Special Award [Hisao Yazawa Award] |
Fukushima Prefectural Iwaki High School |
| Grand Prize | Okinawa National College of Technology |
| 2nd Prize | Aikodai Meiden High School |
| 3rd Prize | Hyogo Prefectural Himeji Technical High School |
| The Judge's Special Award [Reiji Matsumoto Award] |
Hyogo Prefectural Himeji Technical High School |
- PC Koshien 2008 Official Website
- http://www.pref.fukushima.jp/pc-concours/index.html
 Programming division |
 Digital Contents division |
 Awarding ceremony |
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