The Fighting Carps, JETAA Toronto’s very own Dragon Boat team raced in it’s first regatta of the season on August 16th. In fact it was the first ever Sunnyside Dragon Boat Festival held at Sunnyside Beach on Toronto’s West End. Given this fact, the event itself was a little disorganized, but overall it was a fun day at the beach, if not a little too hot! (more…)
For the third year, the Summer Matsuri at Yonge and Dundas Square was a huge success. On Sunday, July 27th, tens of thousands of Torontonians and Pan-Am Tourists visited the festival, taking in Japanese culture in the form of entertainment, food venders, and information from Japanese community organizations, including JETAA Toronto. (more…)
In mid-July, JETAA imparted their last nuggets of knowledge to the departing 2015-2016 JETs in the form of a cooking workshop! The workshop was held by seven JET alumni in the super spacious basement of Riverdale Presbyterian Church. The new venue not only had ample space to maneuver but even had an area specifically for sitting and tasting out the delicious recipes. (more…)
On Canada Day, JETAA Toronto went up to the JCCC Caledon Estate to help support and set-up the annual Canada Day Community Cultural Picnic. (more…)
On Monday, June 22nd, seven brave and hungry JETAA members and friends went out in search of new, delicious ramen. Our destination: Kenzo Ramen, at their Queen and Bathurst location. With gyoza and chicken karaage to start, seven steaming bowls of ramen were served and demolished. (more…)
On May 9th, we excitedly welcomed the warm weather at this year’s Sakoolah event at High Park! After a long winter, it was wonderful to finally see a sunny sky, sakura trees in full bloom and people enjoying the outdoors. (more…)
JETAA Toronto members are known for many things, far and wide. We put together amazing conferences, we train departing JETs in the ways of ALT life, we karaoke like nobody’s business. But another one of our perhaps most dazzling skills is that we defy gravity. (more…)
