PNWJETAA Transitions Networking Expo is Nov 15 @ Seattle Univ. and open to all!

Hear speakers from various sectors, explore company & community partners, and work on your career development skills.

transitions.pnwjetaa.org

#Networking #Opportunities #Connections #SeattleU #PNWJETAA #JETAA #Japan

Sponsored by USJETAA open to JETs, JET alumni, and the general public.

JET to HR: Turning Global Experience into People-Focused Careers

Date: Oct 21, 2025 (US Time)
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Place: Zoom

Registration required.

usjetaa.wildapricot.org/event-6287904

#Career #Workshop #HR #JETAA

Being a JET means becoming part of your local community. Via offers a chance to do something similar again.

Take a look at Via's experiential learning opportunities throughout Asia and the US—and perhaps find your next adventure!

www.viaprograms.org

#Via #GlobalCommunity #Leadership #JETAA #Japan

JET alum Emily Metzgar (Shimane, 1993-1995), a Kent University professor and author of a book on the JET alumni impact on the US-Japan relationship, is asking our help in responding to a survey for her research.

Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.🙏

shorturl.at/2a3PT

#JETimpact #Research #Survey #JETAA

Monday is Sports Day this year!

Sports Day commemorates the opening of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. It exists to promote sports and an active lifestyle.

Schools & communities alike hold field day events. Have you joined in one?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_...

#SportsDay #運動会 #FieldDay #JETAA #Japan

Do you know JETstreams?

JETStreams is an online publication with essays, stories, photography, and more from JET alumni, JETs, and Friends of JET. Join the community! Subscribe (free) here:

jetprogramme.org/en/jetstreams/

#JETStreams #Alumni #Networking #CLAIR #PostJET #Community #JETAA #Japan

Swift and short, the 2025 Mt. Fuji climbing season closed Wed, Sep 10.

Reservations for climbing in 2026 will open next April. Find all the info you need to plan and reserve your climb here:

www.fujisan-climb.jp/en/for-every...

#MtFuji #富士山 #ClimbingSeason #ClimbFuji #Reservation #JETAA #Japan

Give a speech in Japanese & win cool prizes!

For those in the UK, the Sir Peter Parker Awards Business Japanese Speech Contest is your chance to show off your Japanese. Ganbatte!

www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/JAPANUKEvent...

#SpeechContest #BusinessJapanese #ビジネス日本語 #SirPeterParkerAwards #JETAA #Japan

Cat cafes and cat islands are nothing new, but how about a cat ryokan?

The hundred-year-old Aratama Ryokan in Beppu, Oita, is home to numerous resident cats that guests can interact with.

english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/5...

#Cats #CatRyokan #Ryokan #AratamaRyokan #新玉旅館 #Beppu #別府 #JETAA #Japan

Like Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints?

The Tacoma Art Museum (south of Seattle) exhibit "Echoes of the Floating World" features famous woodblock prints + artwork of PNW artists influenced by them.

www.tacomaartmuseum.org/exhibit/echo...

#WoodblockPrints #Ukiyo-e #浮世絵 #Art #TAM #PNW #JETAA #Japan

Are you curious to learn more about the Ainu—the indigenous people of northern Japan?

Visit the Upopoy Museum and Park in Hokkaido to discover and experience Ainu culture firsthand.

ainu-upopoy.jp/en/ainu-cult...

#Ainu #アイヌ #Upopoy #ウポポイ #Museum #Hokkaido #IndigenousPeoples #Culture #JETAA #Japan

Check out the Osaka Noh Festa!

Here's your chance to experience traditional Noh theater in English, with some performances including hands-on experiences.

Check here for dates & ticket reservations: art-flavor.osaka-info.jp/en/special-e...

#Noh #能 #Theater #Osaka #Culture #Tradition #JETAA #Japan

Discover Japan in a new way.

Follow the paths that pilgrims have been treading for centuries, passing through wild mountains, villages, towns, and cities. Here are 7 historic pilgrimages across Japan.

www.japan.travel/en/ca/inspir...

#Pilgrimage #Pilgrim #Walk #Spirituality #Henro #JETAA #Japan