Summer Camp (Children’s World) and Summer School (VJLS) were a great success! Students enjoyed learning Japanese and had a great time. 8月11日から22日は、こどものくにサマーキャンプ、VJLSサマースクールでした。校内に楽しいそうな声が響き渡り、園児・生徒は、日本語を通して夏の思い出を作りました。
More infoOn Saturday, August 2nd, we invited student from pre-war period, students and other people and held a reunion. Everyone is healthy and they enjoyed chatting about their old stories. We felt we are very fortunate to have seniors who can share Japanese Canadian history with our students. 8月2日（土）戦前の生徒や関係者の方々にお集まり頂き、同窓会を開きました。皆さんとてもお元気で懐かしい話に花が咲いていました。先輩の方々から直に日系人歴史を聞くことのできる本校生徒は恵まれていると思いました。
More infoOn August 2nd and 3rd, Powell Street Festival took place on Alexander Street. There are some demonstrations and activities were also held at the Hall and classroom. The turnout was great for both days. As usual, we participated in Food Booth and Community Booth and had a great time to provide tasty food and share […]
More infoOn July 7 or Tanabata day was sunny and we could hold a successful Community Tanabata Festival. Some people were wearing yukata or jinbei and families of three generations attended the event. People wrote their wishes on tanzaku, made origami paper decorations to celebrate traditional Japanese culture. Storyteller Ohomi Sgawara performed kamishibai, everyone sung a […]
More infoWe will be participating in the 38th Annual Powell Street Festival again! At Food Booth, we will be selling yakitori, okonomiyaki, kakigori. Also, we will have a booth at Community Booth. We look forward to meeting you there! 8月2日（土）3日（日）はパウエル祭です。本団体は例年通り、フードブースで焼き鳥、お好み焼き、かき氷などを販売いたします。また、コミュニティーブースにも参加しますので、是非お立ち寄りください。
More infoIn July and August, VJLS will open as summer hours. Daycare will be open as usual. There will be summer school, however the office and library will open as summer hours. Summer hours are from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm for the period July through end of August. Summer Office Hours | Office and Library […]
More infoOn Saturday, June 21, Graduation and Year End Ceremony took place at the Japanese Hall. We invited Deputy Consul General Akira Uchida, Consul Yoshiyuki Tomi from Consulate-General of Japan in Vancouver, Vancouver City Councillor Kerry Jang, Grater Vancouver Japanese Canadians Citizens Association President Derek Iwanaka, and Gakuyukai (those who graduated VJLS before WWII). We started […]
More infoCommunity Tanabata Matsuri Monday, July 7, 2014 11:00am – 1:00pm Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall(487 Alexander St. Vancouver) Inquiry: 604-254-2551 *It is free entry and there will be lunch sales Community Tanabata Matsuri is coming back! Write your wish on tanzaku and decorate a bamboo tree! We are planning on having tanzaku table, […]
More infoOn June 14th, Graduation Ceremony for Kinder Class took place. On this special day, 27 students dressed up and received graduation certificates on the stage. Our guest, Consul Yoshiyuki Tomi from Consulate-General of Japan in Vancouver congratulated our students. Student also received a bouquet from Ms. Ohomi Sugawara who teaches reading to children. After the […]
More infoOn May 31st, we had the end of year presentations. From grade 1 to adult students did presentations by singing, acting or sharing their research. There were variety of presentations including researches about: Mt. Fuji, or Fujisan which has been selected as a world heritage site by UNESCO History about Vancouver Japanese Language School and […]
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