{"id":10253,"date":"2010-01-19T17:19:01","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T21:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=10253"},"modified":"2010-01-31T17:26:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T21:26:31","slug":"jetaa-chapter-beat-1-19-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/19\/jetaa-chapter-beat-1-19-10\/","title":{"rendered":"JETAA Chapter Beat 1.19.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Freelance writer\/editor <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jonathantrace#h150-180\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Trace<\/a> <\/strong>(Fukuoka-ken, 2005-08) takes us on a walk around the JET Alumni community for another edition of <strong><a href=\"..\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/jetaa-chapter-beat\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Chapter Beat.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10260\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/7709503-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"7709503\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/7709503-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/7709503-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetaanc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Northern California<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>East Bay Nomikai &#8211; <\/strong>Thursday, January 21st, 6:00 at Ozumo. Join the JETAA NC group at Ozumo&#8217;s sake lounge in welc<\/li>\n<li><strong>Free Kaiwa Class &#8211; <\/strong>Starting January 27th, every Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:00 at Golden Gate University, the Consulate General of Japan, San Francisco and the JET Alumni Association of Northern California are sponsoring a free Japanese conversation class. Take advantage of this generous opportunity and brush up on those rusty Japanese skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetaasc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>JETAA Southern California<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Super Bowl Hike &#8211; <\/strong>Sunday, February 7th, 10:00 at the Greek Theatre. Get a little fresh air and exercise before the game, and join JETAASC for a hike from teh Greek Theatre to the Griffith Observatory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Upcoming Member&#8217;s Retreat &#8211; <\/strong>JETAASC is planning a member&#8217;s retreat in Big Bear in February. Expected dates are from Friday, February 19th through Sunday the 21st, more details to come.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jetaabc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>JETAA British Columbia<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10261\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Ramos_Alcvin_Takegawa-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"ZenShakuhachi_Vol1.indd\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Ramos_Alcvin_Takegawa-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Ramos_Alcvin_Takegawa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Ramos_Alcvin_Takegawa.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shakuhachi Workshop &#8211; <\/strong>Saturday, February 6th, 1:00 to 4:00 at the Renfrew Park Community Centre. Mr. Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos will be performing a musical workshop on the Shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese bamboo flute. Participants will learn how to play and will receive their very own hand carved flute made by Mr. Ramos himself.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Year&#8217;s Cooking Class &#8211; <\/strong>Saturday, January 23rd, 11:45 at the National Nikkei Heritage. Learn to make authentic Japanese Shogatsu food with Naomi-sensei, including four different recipes and a dessert.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canberra.jetalumni.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Canberra<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>O-Shaberikai \u2013 <\/strong>Wednesday, February 3rd, 5:30 at the Holy Grail in Civic. Join in and meet Japanese people living in Canberra and other locals interested in Japan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnw.jetalumni.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Pacific Northwest<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nihongo Dake Happy Hour &#8211;<\/strong> Monday, January 25th, 6:00 at Wann Izakaya. Dust off that Japanese vocabulary and come out for a night of fun with PNWJETAA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dc.jetalumni.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA D.C.<\/a><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Happy Hour &#8211; <\/strong>Thursday, January 21<strong><strong><strong><strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>st, 5:30 at Bar Louie. Get together and share some laughs with the group in DC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA New York<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10262\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/skiing-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"skiing\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/skiing-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/skiing.jpg 545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Snowboarding Trip &#8211; <\/strong>February 26th &#8211; 28th in Killington, Vermont. Alumni, family and friends are welcome to join in on this weekend of skiing and snowboarding up in Vermont.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What happened at your chapter\u2019s event? <\/em><\/strong><em>If you attend(ed) any of these exciting events, JetWit would love to hear about them. Just email <strong>Jonathan Trace<\/strong> with any info, stories or comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freelance writer\/editor Jonathan Trace (Fukuoka-ken, 2005-08) takes us on a walk around the JET Alumni community for another edition of JETAA Chapter Beat. JETAA Northern California East Bay Nomikai &#8211; Thursday, January 21st, 6:00 at Ozumo. 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