Welcome! ようこそ！
About Us
Established in the summer of 2019, this new community of like-minded individuals was formed to help connect, celebrate and promote Japanese culture in the Lehigh Valley. We represent all walks of life and all types of affiliations with Japan - Japanese in America, Japanese Americans, and Japanese Aficionados. We organize, communicate, and facilitate discussions and events to build our sense of community here in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. Send us an email to lehighvalleyjajaja@gmail.com and share local events, post a question to the group, and organize gatherings to foster a rich and open community.
2019年夏、同じ考えを持つ人々のこの新しいコミュニティは、リーハイバレーで人と人を繋げることや日本の文化を賞賛し広げるために設立されました。我々は様々な人生の経歴、様々な形の日本への関わり−アメリカにいる日本人、日系アメリカ人、日本愛好家の全てを象徴しています。ここ、ペンシルベニア州リーハイバレーで私たちが考えるコミュニティを創るための協議やイベントを計画、通達、開催したりしています。イベント情報の共有や質問、豊かでひらかれたコミュニティを育む集まりを開くためにも、ぜひlehighvalleyjajaja@gmail.com までご連絡ください。
Recent Highlights:
Recent visit by Kenju Murakami, Japanese Diplomat, featured in the WFMZ69 Channel news!
Visits included local Lehigh Valley institutions:
Allentown Art Museum and the Washi Paper Transformed Exhibit
Lafayette College Hiroshige's "Tokaido Road" woodblock print Exhibit
Northampton Community College Global Studies Department and Ceramics Art Collection
Lehigh University Art Galleries
View featured article by Northhampton Community College press.
Ron Yoshida's family story from internment is commemorated in the midst of the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. View the front page Morning Call article here!
Want to check out the Member Chat presentations?
Want to learn more about the JAJAJA community? Come to one our meetings.
Now we've gone 100% virtual!
From 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Zoom Details to be shared when requested.
Email us at LehighValleyJAJAJA@gmail.com to join!
Event Highlight:
Building Home Away from Home Summit
Our first community event was a huge success!
Thank you all for joining the Building Home Away From Home Summit. We covered lots of topics:
stories from a panel of JAJAJA members on building home away from home
women's work from homemaker to careerbuilder,
knowing how to make a "That's for ME!" list and getting to know our value
and learning about the similar and different challenges that Japanese people face with women empowerment in both the U.S. and Japan
Upcoming Virtual Events from our partners:
Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia: https://japanphilly.org/
US-Japan Council upcoming webinars:https://www.usjapancouncil.org/upcoming-events/
Let us know if you have any other events to share with the JAJAJA community.
Interested in learning more?
Contact Us!
Primary Contact & Founding Member: Miki Sankary
Email: LehighValleyJAJAJA@gmail.com
To Post a question to our community forum email: LehighValleyJAJAJA@googlegroups.com
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.
