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! REGISTRATION OPENS JANUARY 8! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact rosalie.fordham@gmail.com Please complete the full registration to ensure your […]
JETAA Portland Visits Minidoka! In October 2022, JETAA Portland visited Minidoka National Historic Site in Jerome County, Idaho. Minidoka was one of ten “war relocation centers” established in Western states to imprison Japanese Americans during World War II. At it’s peak, it imprisoned about 13,000 Japanese Americans, mostly American citizens. The event was organized by
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Join PSU’s Japanese Studies Department for a free lecture by Haruko Minegishi Cook, of University of Hawaii, as she discusses “the ways in which new employees are socialized through new employee orientation sessions in Japanese companies into acquiring their new identity of ‘shakai-jin’: in other words, how to become ‘mature,’ ‘contributing adults’ in ‘society.’ ”
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In August of 2024, JETAA Portland made a visit to Astoria to commemorate Ranald MacDonald’s 200th birthday. Our itinerary started with a visit to the Astoria Column, where there was also a replica of Chief Comcomly’s burial canoe (Comcomly was a very prominent leader of the Chinook tribe, but was also closely related to MacDonald).
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Join us for a day in Astoria to commemorate Ranald MacDonald’s 200th birthday – we’ll learn some history about him in his hometown, and have dinner at Ft. George Brewery for top-rated pizza! Who is Ranald MacDonald and why does this matter? Hailing from Astoria, he was the first native English-speaker to teach English in
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Today marks the 13th anniversary of one of the biggest natural disasters in Japan, the 3/11 Tōhoku Earthquake
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It’s official, registration is open for the return of the Iron Chef event! Register here. PNWJETAA will very kindly be covering 100% of transportation costs for Portland attendees. They’ll also be reimbursing Portland folks for the cost of tickets to their annual Shinnenkai, taking place later the same day. For those interested, Shinnenkai registration can
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⛷️ JETAA Portland, PNWJETAA, and JETAABC welcome you to our ski & snowboard event! We are excited to enjoy a weekend of snow sports, good food, and fun in the Portland area! Please see full details below: Schedule Overview While our day of winter activities on Sunday, February 18th is the main event, we have
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. For those in the Metro Vancouver area or in the
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With 2023 coming to a close, we would like to invite you and any loved ones to join us at this year’s JETAAPDX Bounenkai! If you’re looking for great food and great conversation, please join us and reserve your spot at the Bounenkai. Please see the following information on how to reserve your spot. Where:
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