This month, on Tuesday, December 13th over Zoom, we will read Mieko Kawakami's “A Once Perfect Day for Bananafish.” This is a terrific prose poem based on J.D Salinger's “A Perfect Day for Bananafish.” Click here to join only December's meeting. Additionally, we are collecting feedback in a survey about our JETAABC Yomikai. Please click here and respond by Tuesday, December 20th.
Let's celebrate another banner year for JETAABC and all our members! Date: Sunday, December 18th, 11:30-1:30 pm (RSVP Deadline: Wednesday, December 14th) Location: Haraheri Eat Bar & Patio 888 Nelson St, downtown Vancouver Located on the rooftop of Nelson Square Building Please note: JETAABC will be providing some light appetizers to share, and you are welcome to purchase your own lunch and drinks at the restaurant. Thanks! If you have any questions, please contact Rachel at communications@jetaabc.ca.
This month we will read Kaiji Motojiro's “Lemon,” and find out why people left lemons at a storefront in Kyoto. Click here to join us on Tuesday, January 17th at 7pm over Zoom. If you wish to get monthly news and updates outside of our JETAABC newsletter, please sign up here to join JETAABC Yomi-Kai.
あけましておめでとうございます！ Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu! It is time for our Annual General Meeting and Shinnenkai. This year’s event will be held at Mount Pleasant Community Centre, Multipurpose Room 2, on 1 Kingsway in Vancouver (with the option to attend via Zoom), on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 6:00 – 9:00pm. We will begin with a meet-and-greet before proceeding into our AGM and Board of Directors election. Your RSVP is kindly requested by Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at agm@jetaabc.ca or at this RSVP […]
Come join us at the upcoming presentation by Mr. Takuta Hikita. Mr. Hikita is a former auctioneer of high-end fish at Tsukiji Market for over 10 years. Combined with a Marine Sciences degree, he became an expert in the luxury seafood market. When he first moved to Vancouver in 2018, he realized that he couldn't find the types of fish that his family loved to eat in Japan. So, he decided to start his own company to share his passion for […]
JET Ski is back with our first in-person, tri-chapter event since 2020! ☃️ Meet us February 4–5, 2023 in Seattle as we reconnect with our friends across JETAABC, JETAA Portland, and PNWJETAA. We are excited to enjoy a day of snow sports, good food, and fun in Seattle! See this page for more information. The registration deadline is January 28th, 2023.
JETAA Portland, with JETAABC, is excited to present a third Bento Workshop led by Amanda Oumiya from K&L Bentos on Sunday, February 5th, 2023 at 11:00 am over Zoom. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join and learn! Amanda has been our trusted Bento Workshop leader the past couple times and it has been such a great success. We will be dropping hints on our social media for the next couple weeks. Can you guess what theme our Bento Workshop […]
This month we will read Japan's First Nobel Prize Winner Yasunari Kawabata's "The Pomegranate." Click here to join us over Zoom. If you wish to get monthly news and updates about our Yomi-Kai outside of our JETAABC newsletter, please sign up here.
JETAABC is excited to invite high school students learning Japanese to participate in the Metro Vancouver Japan Bowl. The Japan Bowl® is a Japanese language and culture competition for high school students who are studying Japanese. The Japan-America Society of Washington DC organized and hosted the first Japan Bowl in 1992. The competition has since been expanding overseas and is now held in Poland, England, Italy, Mexico, Serbia, Bulgaria, France, etc. The inaugural Canadian Japan Bowl was held in Vancouver […]
The first JETAA Canada Virtual Social of 2023 will be held on Saturday, March 18th. We invite JET alumni from all seven Canadian chapters and beyond to join us. Register here!
