Category: Events

Karaoke Bonnenkai at KTV Bistro

12-9-2017, 5pm-9pm

Family is welcome, we are scheduling as cost sharing event (GLJETAA will cover the room cost and possibly some appetizer).

 

KTV Bistro

32415 John R Road,

Madison Heights,

Michigan 48071

Meijer Gardens

On Sunday, October 22nd, join us at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids. We can possibly also visit Founder’s. Time is still TBD.

Cedar Point

On Sunday, August 20th, join us for a fun day at Cedar Point! Please indicate your interest ASAP so we can decide about carpooling or other transportation down to Cedar Point.

Pre-Departure Nijikai

Friday, July 28 at 3 PM.

CJ Mahoney’s Troy

2511 Livernois Rd

Troy, Michigan 48083

Let’s meet in the game room at CJ Mahoney’s.

花見 Belle Isle Hanami Picnic

The cherry blossoms are out early this year!
We hope you can make your way to Belle Isle for an informal picnic event. We are hoping to rendezvous near the fountain.
Please bring your own beverages and some snacks to share.

Saturday, 4/22 at 2 PM

Belle Isle – Peoples Park
Island in the Detroit River, Detroit, Michigan 48226

2/12 Ice Skating Meet!

Ice skating in Ann Arbor on Sunday, February 12th from 3:30 pm. Outdoor ice rink – rental skates available. See the below link for more details.
 
http://www.a2gov.org/departments/Parks-Recreation/parks-places/buhr/Pages/default.aspx

GLJETAA Board Meeting

February 12th, 1:00 pm, in Ann Arbor, at Hut-K Chaats.

3022 Packard Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48018

http://www.hut-k.com/

Japanese Prints of Kabuki Theater

On Saturday, January 21st, 11:00 a.m., join us to view Japanese Prints of Kabuki Theater from the Collection of the University of Michigan Museum of Art! Don’t miss your chance to experience gorgeous prints by major artists such as Utagawa Toyokuni (1769–1825), Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861), and Toyohara Kunichika (1835–1900). If you like, we can go out for lunch afterwards.

Meet at the A. Alfred Taubman Gallery, University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (See here).

For more information, see the exhibition’s website (click here).

新年会 New Year’s Celebration

GLJETAA will be hosting a New Year’s celebration in the Detroit area. We will be in the Tatami Room @ New Cherry Blossom in Novi.
Of course there will be delicious food and we are planning some fun activities as well (we will try to have games, karaoke, and koto playing). All Great Lakes JETAA members are welcome.

We hope to see you!

New Cherry Blossom 43588 W Oaks Dr, Novi, MI 48377

Youth for Understanding Luncheon

All Great Lakes JETAA members, who are registered on our website, are invited to a special luncheon session on December 5th.

Youth for Understanding (an international cultural exchange organization) is hosting a weeklong special delegation of Kakehashi Program (a Japanese Government Program) Participants from Japan. There are 25 students and chaperones between the ages of 19-27. There are college, grad, and ph. D. students all from Kanazawa University. Part of the goal of this exchange is to socialize with Americans around the same age to help the students learn about our culture.

This luncheon is a farewell to those students and chaperones Local community leaders and Consulate General of Japan staff will also be attending this event. The event will take place on Monday, December 5th from 11 AM to 1 PM at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Detroit-Dearborn.

For more information and to RSVP please contact
Debra Bledsoe at .