This month we will read Genji Keita's "Mr English." Take a snippet into the salaryman's life back in 1950s/60s Japan through the eyes of "Mr English." Click here to join us on Tuesday, February 27th at 7pm over Zoom. If you wish to get monthly news and updates about our yomikai outside of our JETAABC newsletter, please sign up here to join JETAABC Yomikai.
Join us for a social evening in downtown vancouver with great company and singing to your heart's content to your favourite jam. Sign up by May 8.
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Our annual Imoni-Kai is a treasured tradition from Yamagata Prefecture. Enjoy hearty taro root stew in Central Park, Burnaby from 10am, Saturday, October 5, 2024, with friends old and new! Please RSVP here by Wednesday, October 3rd, 2024.
Calling all Victoria and Vancouver Island alumni! Celebrate the new year with us at our Shinnenkai. Join us for an evening of good food and great company. Please register by Monday, January 13. We look forward welcoming 2025 with you! Register
⛷️ JETAABC, PNWJETAA, and JETAA Portland welcome you to our ski & snowboard day! We are excited to enjoy a day of snow sports, good food, and fun in the Vancouver, BC area! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact danielle@jetaabc.ca ⚠️ Please complete the full registration to ensure your space for this event. When registering, please be sure to register for any guests that will be joining you, including children, friends, or family. We DO NOT [...]
This month we will read "The Trade" by Yumiko Kurahashi. The story follows the narrator who has a beautiful face meets a grotesque stranger who tells a haunting tale of face-swapping tied to a mysterious, otherworldly realm. Registrants will get access to the short story to read before the meeting! Sign up via the Zoom link here. Check out our Yomi-kai initiative page to see what other short stories we have read in the past!
Enter the tranquil tea room at SaBi Tea Arts and take a moment to reawaken your senses with Kōdō, Japanese Incense Ceremony. Join us to learn about this traditional art form whose roots stretch back over a millennium! Dōjin Arts writes, “Set in a traditional tatami tea room, guests will be led to participate in kumikōー a form of incense appreciation exercise developed around the Muromachi period (1338–1573). Experience and compare several types of highly fragrant woods in a game [...]
This month we will read The Last Picture Show by Ryu Murakami. A short story how a young musician befriends a mysterious upstairs neighbour who has a passion for American films. A small glimpse as to how art can reveal different parts of humanity in unexpected ways. Click here to join us on Aug 26 at 7pm over Google Meet. You will receive a Google Calendar invite with access to the reading and a Google Meet link. Check out our Yomi-kai initiative [...]
This month we will read Dreaming of Kimchee by Banana Yoshimoto. A short story on how a woman begins to question the quiet cracks in her marriage as the persistent scent of kimchee mirrors the emotional tension simmering beneath her everyday life. Click here to join us on Sep 30 at 7pm over Google Meet. You will receive a Google Calendar invite with access to the reading and a Google Meet link. Check out our Yomi-kai initiative page to see [...]