JAFA's 2018 Bonenkai
Date: Friday 14 December To celebrate our 20th anniversary, tickets are just $20 for JAFA financial members! Not a member? Click here for more information! Non-members: $35. To view the full menu and to purchase your tickets, visit our TryBooking site: https://www.trybooking.com/ZNVR
JAFA AGM 2018 - President's Report
For a small organization we've been very active with a record of events that older, larger organizations are envious of. To learn more about our achievements you can read the President's Report by Mike Dunphy by clicking here.
Japanese Language and Culture Course - April 2019
The course will run for 2 weeks from Sunday 14 April to Friday 26th and includes intensive language lessons, cultural activities and home stay accommodation with a Japanese family - this latter is one of the outstanding features of the program and will certainly give a boost to your language skills. Many JAFA members have taken part in the course and the feedback has been excellent. For more information, click here.
Homestay Families Required - PGHS
For full requirements please click here. If you are interested in joining the homestay program or would like more information, please contact Glenda Grande at Parafield Gardens High School on 8258 9855 from 9am-4pm on weekdays, or send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. stating your interest. Okayama Donation
As a result JAFA has made a donation of $3,000 to the Save the Children organization in Japan to assist with their program to provide safe places for children to meet and to offer psychological support. With this small gesture we hope the people of Okayama will know that they have friends in Australia thinking of them in their time of need. For an update on the situation in Okayama please click here to read an email from Mr. Kenji Ishii, Director of the Tourism Division of Okayama Prefectural Government.
Edo Style: Art of Japan Exhibition
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Diary DatesWednesday 28 November J-KAI
6:00pm - 9:00pm Courtyard Bar Metropolitan Hotel 46 Grote St, Adelaide 5000
Friday 30 November Sashiko Class
10:00am - 12:00 noon Multicultural Communities Council of SA 113 Gilbert St, Adelaide 5000
Sunday 2 December JLPTUniSA City West Campus North Terrace, Adelaide
Friday 14 December Bonenkai
6:00pm Nishiki Izakaya Sturt Street, Adelaide
Saturday 15 December Origami & Calligraphy Class
2:00pm - 3:30pm Cowandilla Primary School 21 Jenkins St, Cowandilla 5033 |
What's On
Come and join us in farewelling the year at our Bonenkai! We will be celebrating at Nishiki Cafe & Izakaya with a special banquet menu, with a vegan/vegetarian option.
JAFA's Annual General Meeting took place on Wednesday 24 October before our monthly J-Kai, when a large crowd of well wishers joined us to celebrate the achievements of the last 20 years at our Coming of Age Party. 
The Australia-Japan Society of the ACT (AJS ACT), in conjunction with the Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange (IFIE), is again calling for applications for its two-week in-country Japanese language & culture course in Kanazawa.
Parafield Gardens High School is looking for people to join their homestay program. We host two regular study tours each year, and our next one will be from March 9-16, 2019. Students are from our sister school in Yokohama, and all participating homestays will receive a small reimbursement to cover living costs during their stay.
Unfortunately, recent weather in Japan has been quite severe with the current typhoon bringing more rain to devastated parts of Japan. The storms that hit Japan in July caused extensive flooding and landslides in Okayama Prefecture with significant loss of life.
The David Roche Foundation will open a major new exhibition Edo Style: Art of Japan (1615-1868) which will showcase more than 150 exquisite works of art, drawn predominantly from the renowned Japanese art collection at the Art Gallery of South Australia, with additional items from The David Roche Collection and private collections.