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 [...]
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 [...]
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!
This month we will read Mukoda Kuniko’s “Mr Carp” and learn how a carp can help us explore the family archetypes during the Showa Period. Click here to join us on Tuesday, March 28th 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 family-friendly Hanami gathering (cherry blossom viewing) at Garry Point Park on April 2, 2023 from 12:00pm to 2:00pm! Participants can place an order for a bento lunch box in advance for $15. Sign up to receive more details: RSVP
JETAABC Yomi-kai: Come join us on Tuesday, April 24 at 7pm as we discuss two of Erica H Isomura's writings, "Family History" and "For the Dreamers". Click here to join only April's meeting.Can't make our April meeting? Join JETAABC Yomikai's special hour with Erica H Isomura on Saturday, May 13 at 10 am PDT. Sign up here to get a Zoom link!
JETAABC Yomikai invites award winning essayist, poet, and multi-disciplinary artist, Erica Hiroko Isomura for a special hour in honour of May Asian Heritage Month. Sign up here to get a Zoom link to join us on May 13 at 10 am PDT.
Come celebrate Asian Canadian Heritage Month with the JETAABC community! We will eat a sushi lunch and learn about Asian Canadian history, share stories and experiences, and enjoy some fun games and karaoke! $10 for JETAABC members $15 for non-alumni members. Sign up here.
Join us for a Meet & Greet dinner at Yua Bistro on Tuesday, June 20th at 6pm, and reconnect with other Vancouver Island JET Alumni while enjoying some of the best Japanese food on this side of the Pacific! 🍣
