2019 JETAA Chicago Survival Series

Educational Training Events for Outgoing JETs

Main Events

Monkey Meet & Greet

Lincoln Park Zoo, Park Place Cafe

2234 N Cannon Dr, Chicago, IL 60614

Sunday, May 19

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

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This is the kick-off event for the 2019 JET Survival Series. Meet your fellow outgoing JETs and JET alumni at the Lincoln Park Zoo while we visit the snow monkeys.

JIC Sushi Reception

Japan Information Center (JIC)

737 Michigan Ave #1000, Chicago, IL 60611

Saturday, June 8

Time TBD

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After the JIC Q&A for outgoing JETs, JETAA Chicago will be hosting a sushi reception where you can network with JET alumni.

Happy Hour

Lizzie McNeill’s

400 N McClurg Ct, Chicago, IL 60611

Wednesday, June 19

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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JETAA Chicago is hosting a summer happy hour downtown. This is a great opportunity for outgoing JETs to meet and network with Chicago’s JET alumni.

Mitsuwa Marketsweep

Mitsuwa Marketplace

100 E Algonquin Rd, Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Sunday, July 7

3:30pm - 5:30pm

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Join JETAA Chicago and explore an authentic Japanese grocery store. We will host a scavenger hunt for outgoing JETs, awarding the winner with a prize that will be useful for their new life in Japan.

Last Call Online Q&A

Sunday, July 21

6:00pm - 8:00pm

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The Last Call Online Q&A will give outgoing JETs the opportunity to dial-in remotely and access a panel of JET alumni who will be fielding last minute questions on a range of topics, preparing outgoing JETs for living and working in Japan.

Additional Events

Milwaukee Coffee Meetup

Full of Beans Cafe

184 S 2nd St, Milwaukee, WI 53204

Saturday, June 22

10:00 am ~

For more information, reach out to the Wisconsin sub chapter via Facebook or email at jetaawi@yahoo.com.

Sunda 10 Year Anniversary Celebration: Sushi Rolling Class

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Sushi Rolling Class!

Attendees can try their hand at maki making using seaweed wraps, sticky rice, spicy tuna and more. Held at 2 p.m., Sunda’s award-winning chef team provides personal instruction on the delicate creation of this traditional dish while guests enjoy samplings of Japanese sake.

Purchase tickets here.

Part of the proceedings go to benefit Camp One Step For Kids Battling Cancer.

Edo/Tokyo - Seen Through Its Edifices

Edo/Tokyo as experimental crossroads of “East meeting West” in architecture.

Introducing 50 historical photographs from an album entitled “Assorted Japanese Sightseeing Spots”, taken by an Italian Envoy/Commander, B. Bolanni 1877-1881. The exhibition “Edo/Tokyo - seen through its edifices” will be presented for the first time outside of Japan, from the 15th to 30th of April 2019 at the Japan Information Center Hall.

Monday, April 15 – Tuesday, April 30, 2019

9:15AM – 6:00PM (closed: Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays)

JIC Hall, Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago (737 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1000. Chicago, IL 60611)

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Special Event: Talk Event / Reception

Thursday, April 18, 2019 6:30 PM

• Greeting from Consul General Naoki Ito

• Short Lecture by Miro Ito, Co-organizer

• Short lecture by Dr. Thomas Gaubatz, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

• Solo Ballet Performance by Shunso (Artistic Direction by Miro Ito / Music by Hagi)

• Sushi and Refreshments

Presented by the Japan Camera Industry Institute (JCII, Tokyo) and Media Art League (Tokyo/Toronto), this exhibition seeks to present a lost Edo transforming into Japan’s new capital of Tokyo, providing a dramatic contrast of a wistful nostalgic longing for the old ways of “Samurai Society” with an exuberant anticipating mood towards the advent of the newly reborn and modernizing imperial Japan.

What makes this album particularly interesting is how it shows the unique architectural transformation from the Samurai Edo to the new imperial capital of Tokyo through both modification of existing Edo edifices and new construction of Western-style buildings.

The city of Edo/Tokyo itself became an experimental crossroads of “East meeting West” in architecture. The amazing photo album that contains these invaluable images was brought back to Italy after Envoy Bolani’s mission to Japan and it was only recently discovered and acquired by the Japan Camera Industry Institute (JCII).