This month we will read Edogawa Ranpo's spooky “The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture.” The story is about a stranger with an uncannily live-looking rag-doll picture, telling a story to a fellow traveler of how his brother had sought out and fallen in love with a girl in the picture. Click here to join us on Tuesday, October 24th at 7pm over Zoom. Fun fact: Did you know that JETAABC Yomikai has been running monthly meetings for three [...]
Help us welcome back the new JET alumni in style with an izakaya dinner and karaoke nijikai! Date: Friday, November 10th Izakaya Dinner: 6pm, Guu Toramasa (757 Seymour Street, Vancouver) Karaoke Nijikai: 8:30pm, Fantacity (1133 Robson St, Vancouver) Please RSVP by Monday, November 6th!
This month we will take a step back to enjoy and read prose from Japan's Heian period (794-1192): excerpts from Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book. Click here to join us on Tuesday, November 21st at 7pm PST 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.
Come and celebrate the end of another year with JETAABC at our annual bonenkai! Enjoy a delicious izakaya dinner at Eat Bar & Patio Haraheri on Friday, December 8th, and share your memories of 2023. Seating is limited, so RSVP by Wednesday, December 6th. Sign Up
We are excited to announce our fourth JETAA Bento Workshop co-hosted by JETAA Portland, JETAABC and AKJETAA on January 28, 2024 at 1pm PST/12 pm AKST. The focus of the workshop will be onigiris (japanese riceballs). The event will be hosted virtually and in-person simultaneously. Our trusted facilitator, Amanda Oumiya from KL Bentos, will guide you through 3 different methods to make yummy onigiris. Whether you are attending virtually or in-person, we will be working together with YOU to [...]
This month we will read Natsume Soseki's "The Carlyle Museum." Explore the homes of Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane from 1834 through the eyes of Natsume Soseki. Click here to join us on Tuesday, January 30th at 7pm over Zoom. If you would like to be updated on latest literary news and access to special literary resources, please sign up here to join JETAABC Yomikai.
Come join us for a fun and friendly gamified experience at Ninja Tag in Coquitlam on Saturday, February 3rd! All fitness levels are welcome. First 10 alumni who register get a discount. Sign up here by Thursday, February 1st!
❄️ JET Ski 2024 ❄️ ⛷️ JETAA Portland, PNWJETAA, and JETAABC welcome you to our ski & snowboard day! We are excited to enjoy a weekend of snow sports, good food, and fun in the Portland area! Don't wait, register via the link here. 📅Schedule Overview While our day of winter activities on Sunday, February 18th is the main event, we have plenty of bonus events to keep you busy all weekend! See below for our full schedule: Saturday, 2/17, […]
This month we will read Takashi Atoda's "Dried Fish and an Electrical Leak." Follow the main character, Mrs Sugita, as she tries to get to the bottom of the mysteries of her fridge and electrical bill. Click here to join us on Tuesday, March 26th at 7pm PDT 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 this special online event hosted by JETAA BC and JETAA Ottawa where we get a chance to talk to author Clara Kumagai. Kumagai has feet in Canada, Japan, and Ireland and has written a number of short stories for the Banshee Press and Stinging Fly. In 2023, she published her first YA novel, Catfish Rolling. We will dive into what inspired her to explore space and time through Sora. Click here to listen to Clara's quick summary of […]