We are pleased to offer JLPT-focus Japanese classes to JETAA Toronto alumni! Lessons will be half conversational, half structured lesson.
Dates: Mondays, October 15, 22, 29 ; November 5, 12, 19, 26. (total number of classes: 7)
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Toronto Reference Library. 789 Yonge St. (1 block north of Yonge & Bloor) Meeting Room B1
Fee: $70 (deposit*) + course materials (more…)
Position: JET Programme Assistant Coordinator
Position Type: Full Time – Temporary
Application Deadline: Tuesday October 9th, 2012 – 4:00 pm
Start Date: Monday October 22nd 2012
End Date: Friday, November 23th 2012
Location: Consulate General of Japan-Toronto
Suite 3300, 77 King Street West
P.O. Box 10, TD Centre
Toronto, ON M5K 1A1
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Missing good ramen with an atmosphere to match? Johnson Kong reviews this great new place in Baldwin Village.
Toronto ramen aficionados, rejoice! No longer do our stomachs have to gurgle with hunger and envy as friends in Vancouver or New York gush about their options for restaurants serving Japanese-style ramen. Nor do we have to put up with feeble renditions of “Irasshaimase!” when we enter a Toronto ramen restaurant, or make do with pale limp noodles and chewy char siew pork slices that disappoints our memories of delicious Japanese ramen.
Missing Japanese home cooking? Need some ingredients you can’t seem to find anywhere? How about checking out the many options we lucky Torontonians have at our disposal. Explore the various Japanese supermarkets in Toronto. Ashley Haley breaks it down for you.
J-Town
3160 Steeles East / 404 & Steeles
J-Town, should you be close enough to access it, should always be your first stop for authenticity. This shopping complex encompasses a supermarket, restaurant, bakery, fishmonger, cafe, izakaya, kitchenware store, cosmetics store, beauty salon…it is, essentially, a tiny Japanese mall. The prices are consistent with what you might find at Sanko, though slightly higher than the Korean grocery stores that stock Japanese products. Still, for the experience – especially for expats fighting homesickness – this place is the Promised Land. It’s also the only store I know of in the city that sells melon pan, fresh or otherwise.
Access it by the 53 Steeles East bus at Finch Station – the stop you want is “3381 Steeles Avenue East,” immediately afterWoodbine Avenue.
Sanko
730 Queen Street West / Queen & Bathurst
Sanko is the more well-known of the two purely-Japanese shops in town, open since 1968 and run by a local family. For downtowners, it is a much more sensible choice than J-Town, especially as it has a fantastic stock of both drygoods and fresh ingredients, including burdock root and shiso leaves. Rice balls and takeout obentou available too. Sanko also carries an extensive stock of Japanese dishware; priced for imports but of excellent quality.
Access it via the 511Bathurstor 501 Queen streetcars.
Saturday, May 26 was a beautiful, sunny day, making it the perfect setting for an outing to the BMO Field to watch a Toronto FC game. JETAA members brought with…
Thank you to everyone who came out to support our event! Three short weeks after disaster struck Japan, JETAA Toronto put together a highly successful fundraiser at the Hard Rock Café. We had over 300 people in attendance to enjoy live local bands, a taiko group, as well as a successful silent auction. Everyone left with a handmade paper crane pin.