Upcoming Events

We’re happy to announce that the inter-chapter ski event will be hosted by your favorite northwest chapters again this year. We are claiming February 12th to be JET SKI の日！ We’ll be hitting the slopes with your fellow JET Alumni at your home mountain! All three JET chapters will be shredding the mountains at these …

2022 JET SKI NO HI presented by PNWJETAA, JETAABC & JETAAPDX Read More »

–Materials– If you don’t have any of these on hand, you can find them at Fred Meyer, Target, Michael’s, or your local craft store. You’re going to need: 1) A writing utensil: a Japanese calligraphy brush is ideal, but brush pens, or any kind of rounded paintbrush you have will do. Water brushes work well …

New Year’s Kakizome – Japanese Calligraphy Workshop Read More »

Learn how to use those furoshiki you have buried in your drawers somewhere. Or take out that fabric you’ve bought ages ago and never used. All you need is a square piece of fabric. No RSVP necessary. Click here to Join the Event!

Guest Brent Logan spent part of 2020 looking for a new job, and with his history as a manager who has hired staff members before, he knows a thing or two about getting a résumé put together. Brent will be discussing how to work around automated systems and how to show employers the full picture …

Resume Workshop Read More »

JSR Micro, a Japanese semiconductor company, is currently looking for an office administrator for their R&D facility in Beaverton, OR. The full-time position is entry level with pay starting between $20 to $25 per hour, as well as excellent benefits and room to grow. The R&D team also is mostly made up of assignees from …

New Job Posting: Office Administrator at Japanese Semiconductor Company in Beaverton Read More »

We are very excited for our second JETAA Kyara-ben Contest, a collaboration between JETAA Portland, JETAA BC and JETAA PNW! Join us on July 11th at 11:00 AM (PDT) via Zoom for a fun afternoon of friendly competition and getting to know people from all over the Pacific Northwest and beyond. With quarantine keeping us …

2nd Annual Kyara-ben Contest! Read More »

Introducing the masterful Nana Goto-Bellerud. Nana has been studying at the Sogetsu School of ikebana since 2005. She has held exhibitions and demonstrations of ikebana at the Portland Art Museum, the Portland Japanese Garden, and Leach Botanical Garden. Through her demonstrations and workshops, she seeks to introduce others to the art of ikebana and to …

Explore the Art of Japanese Flower Arranging Read More »

After last year’s success, JETAA Portland, JETAABC, and JETAAPNW are excited to present a second Bento Workshop with Amanda Oumiya from K&L Bentos on Sunday, June 6 at 11am PDT. This time the theme is Kyara-ben! For those who don’t know, Kyara-ben is short for Character Bento, the art of making cute, detailed box lunches …

JETAA Kyara-ben Workshop with Amanda Oumiya (K&L Bentos) Read More »

(From left to right) President: Phylicia Bishop (Sapporo-shi, 2010-2014) Vice President: Michaela Duffey (Sapporo-shi, 2017-2018) Treasurer: Lindsay Amor (Aomori-ken, Hachinohe-shi, 2008-2013) Secretary: Rosie Fordham (Nagasaki-ken, 2014 – 2017) Click here to read more about this year’s officers!

ATJO is extending a special invitation to JET alumni to join their virtual Japan Fair and share their Japan experiences with students studying Japanese! Sempai and kouhai will have a chance to play fun trivia games, and we’ll make a virtual visit to a local shrine and guesthouse in Tottori! Friday, June 18 2021 / …

Online Japan Fair hosted by ATJO (Association of Teachers of Japanese in Oregon) Read More »