~ Article and photos from JETAA Canberra ~
The first official JETAA Canberra
event for 2016 was the February Oshaberikai. Held in the Castle Room at the back of King O’Malley’s pub on the first Wednesday of every month, the event is a chance to keep up our Japanese and reminisce about our time in Japan.
A recent partnership with the Japanese Language and Culture Meetup group has meant that the number of people attending our events has increased, which means more Japanese fun for everyone.
Our (rather late) shinnenkai BBQ was held in Nara Gardens in late February. JETAA’s promise of free sausages and drinks meant that the event was well attended by JETAA members and meetup members alike.
In addition to our monthly Oshaberikai, JETAA C anberra’s biggest annual event is the Canberra Nara Candle Festival which is held in October. JETAA runs a gyoza and beer stall which seems to get more popular every year. With a constant flow of people from four o’clock onwards, the Candle Festival has become our biggest fundraiser. The JETAA committee would like to thank our small army of volunteers who worked tirelessly through the evening cooking gyoza and decanting countless bottles of beer into plastic cups.
Later in 2016 we are looking forward to meeting the new generation of JETs in this 30th anniversary year. The committee usually runs a few information dinners for the participants so they can feel free to ask questions in an informal environment. For more information on
JETAA Canberra please visit our website at http://jetaacanberra.org/
