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The Secret Sauce: Bento Edition

1 Kingsway in Vancouver, B.C. V5T 3H7 1 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC, Canada

We are excited to announce our fifth JETAA Bento Workshop co-hosted by JETAA Portland, JETAABC and AKJETAA on February 2, 2025 at 1pm PST/12 pm AKST. The focus of the workshop will be sauces. The event will be hosted virtually and in-person simultaneously. Our trusted facilitator, Amanda Oumiya from KL Bentos, will guide you through 3 different sauces used in many Japanese recipes. Whether you are attending virtually or in-person, we will be working together with YOU to elevate your [...]

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❄️ JET Ski 2025 ❄️

Cypress Mountain 6000 Cypress Bowl Road, West Vancouver, BC, Canada

⛷️ 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 [...]

JETAABC Yomi-kai: February 2025

Online (Zoom)

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!

2025 Metro Vancouver Japan Bowl

Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC, Canada

JETAABC is excited to invite high school students learning Japanese to participate in the 8th annual Metro Vancouver Japan Bowl, happening on Saturday, March 8th at the Nikkei Center. The Japan Bowl® is a Japanese language and culture competition for high school students studying Japanese. The Japan-America Society of Washington DC organized and hosted the first Japan Bowl in 1992, and the competition has since been expanding overseas. It has been hosted in Poland, England, Italy, Mexico, Serbia, Bulgaria, France, [...]

Kōdō: Incense Ceremony with Dōjin Arts

SaBi Tea Arts 3675 W 16th Ave, Vancouver, BC

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 [...]

JETAABC Yomi-kai: March 2025

Online (Zoom)

This month we will read Matsuda Aoko's Planting. A simple but impactful story about a woman planting as a job that was written as a response to the March 11 Tohoku Earthquake. Click here to join us on Mar 25 at 7 pm over Zoom. Registrants will get access to the reading prior to date. Check out our Yomi-kai initiative page to see what other short stories we have read in the past!

JETAABC Yomi-kai: April 2025

Online (Zoom)

This month we will read Hoshi Shinichi's Shoulder-Top Secretary. A simple short story about a society where we communicate through parrots. Click here to join us on Apr 29 at 7 pm over Zoom. Registrants will get access to the reading prior to date. Check out our Yomi-kai initiative page to see what other short stories we have read in the past!

Celebrate Asian Heritage Month with JETAABC: Generations in Verse

BCIT Downtown Campus 555 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC

Join JETAABC on May 10 for an afternoon of poetry, history, and connection in Downtown Vancouver. Through the theme "Generations in Verse," special guest speakers, Carolyn Nakagawa & Yoriko Gillard will share their work, exploring identity and intergenerational storytelling. Enjoy interactive activities, Q&A, and wrap up the evening with dinner and karaoke! More details in our sign up form linked below! Sign up here!

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