Discussion about raising children (in Japanese) to be held every Saturday, from Jan. 30 to June, 2016 (excluding February 13, March 12, 19, 26, and May 21). 14 sessions, admission free. For mothers and fathers of children aged 2 to 6. Please register to attend. Childcare will be provided (RSVP required). Sessions will be held […]
It’s the season for the annual Holiday Drive. We are currently looking for volunteers who can help out in the sorting and delivery process, see below. If you can help out, contact Chie (jss.outreach@gmail.com) indicating what you can help us out with and the available day(s) and time(s). 1. Sorting the donated items Dec. 15 […]
The following is the JSS Craft Club schedule for December (flyer in Japanese only). Craft Club – Wednesdays, 10:30 – 12:30 at Hamasaki room December 2: Washi Japanese doll cards (free) December 9: Hawaiian Quilt (free) December 16: Knitting (free) *Please contact JSS (416-385-9200 or general.jss@gmail.com) to sign up if you would like to attend.
Do any of the following apply to you? – You’ve met a new guy friend here in Canada, and he invited you out, but you don’t know what to do. – You don’t have any interest in love or dating, but you want to understand the slang and keep up in conversations. – You want […]
The following is the JSS Craft Club schedule for November (flyer in Japanese only). Craft Club – Wednesdays, 10:30 – 12:30 at Hamasaki room November 4: Washi Japanese doll cards (free) November 11 & 25: Hawaiian Quilt (free) November 18: Knitting (free) *Please contact JSS (416-385-9200 or general.jss@gmail.com) to sign up if you would like […]
The following is the JSS Craft Club schedule for October (flyer in Japanese only). Craft Club – Wednesdays, 10:30 – 12:30 at Hamasaki room October 14 & 28: Hawaiian Quilt (free) October 21: Knitting (free) *Please contact JSS (416-385-9200 or general.jss@gmail.com) to sign up if you would like to attend.
The following is the JSS Craft Club schedule for September (flyer in Japanese only). Craft Club – Wednesdays, 10:30 – 12:30 at Room 278 (September 9) and Hamasaki room (other days) September 9 & 23: Hawaiian Quilt (free) September 16: Knitting (free) September 30: Cord bracelet with petit pearls ($7.00) *Please contact JSS to sign […]
By Yoshiko Nakao, Former Toronto Japanese School principal I assume that there are many parents who are thinking of looking for a Japanese language school for the coming school year in September. I would like to support this by providing some brief information on the current state of Japanese education in and around Toronto for […]
By Harue Clipsham It’s been a year since we moved to a 2-bedroom downtown condo from a Toronto suburban, 2-story 4-bedroom house in which we had lived in for 30 years. By the time we moved, our home was showing typical signs of many seniors’ households. My husband had already been retired for 7 years, […]
By Yuki Minesaki, Registered Acupuncturist and Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner This is the 2nd half of the article “What is Anti-aging? Oriental Medicine and Medicinal Cooking”, published in the May 2015 Issue of the JSS Online News. You can see the 1st half of this article by clicking here. The Key is “Hojin / […]
By Mami Ishii, Naturopathic Doctor, ND What does water mean to you? The ancient Greek philosopher Thales (624BC -546BC) said: “All things are from water and all things are resolved into water.” In fact, 60-70% of the adult human’s body consists of water. While a newborn’s body consists of 80% of water and is moist and […]
The 2015 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon will be held on October 18th (Sunday), and JSS will once again send three marathon runners. There are two different courses the runner can choose from: full marathon (42km) and half marathon (21 km). Mr. Takanori Kuge (counsellor) will run a full marathon and Ms. Junko Mifune (part-time counsellor) […]
