Join us for a family-friendly hanami gathering at Queen Elizabeth Park on April 15th (Good Friday) from 11:30am to 1:30pm! There will be food, snacks, music, and good company. Please note lunch is $10/person. Sign up to receive more details: RSVP
https://jetaabc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/April-Yomi-Kai-242x300.png We really enjoyed Hiromi Goto's writing, so we decided to read another one! This next one is called "Stinky Girl." Come join us on Tuesday, April 19th at 7:00pm over Zoom. Sign up here if you want to join only for the April Meeting. More details about Yomi-kai can be found here.
https://jetaabc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/141013_r25575-219x300.webp The JETAABC Yomi-Kai group will read "Scheherazade," one of the three Haruki Murakami short stories that inspired the movie Drive My Car. Come join us on Tuesday, May 24th at 7:00pm over Zoom.
https://jetaabc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Asian-Heritage-242x300.png On Saturday, May 28th at 10:30am, join us to celebrate Asian Heritage Month at Nitobe Memorial Garden! The registration deadline is Sunday, May 22nd. Sign Up
Japan Market is a locally-organized festival of Japanese food and crafts, in the heart of downtown. From the Japan Market website: Tickets on sale now for Japan Market Summer Festival June 11-12! Get your early bird ticket today and save $! Early bird pricing ends on May 28. Early bird ticket for 1 adult (16+) for 1 day $4 Early bird ticket for 2 adults (16+) for 1 day $7 == After May 28, 10am, it'll be upped to $5 [...]
Updated date! Come join us on June 19th from 10:30am for this family friendly event as we fold some origami and socialize! More details linked here.
On Tuesday, June 28th at 7:00pm over Zoom, we will discuss the short story “The Cafeteria in the Evening and a Pool in the Rain” by Yoko Ogawa.
Akutagawa Prize winner Hitomi Kanehara often writes about asserting personal choice with consequences of being ostracised from "normal" society to be themselves. Find out how this plays out in her short story, “Mambo,” on July 26th at 7pm over Zoom. Click here to join only July's meeting.
From the Powell Street Festival website: This year’s Powell Street Festival takes place Saturday, July 30th and Sunday, July 31st in Oppenheimer Park and surrounding neighbourhood! Powell Street Festival is one of the largest and the longest-running community arts festivals in Canada, located in Vancouver’s historic Japanese Canadian neighbourhood, Paueru Gai – today known as the Downtown Eastside. Celebrate with a weekend of exciting programming, musical and theatrical performances, a bustling marketplace, and your favourite festival foods. JETAABC will have a [...]
This month we will read Yukio Mishima's “The Priest and His Love.” Through the backdrop of the Heian period, Mishima writes about the internal struggle between worldly love and religious faith. Come join us on Tuesday, August 30th at 7pm over Zoom. Click here to join only August’s meeting, or sign up for Yomi-Kai here.