What we’re about
👋Welcome to Vancouver Japan Kumamoto - Make New Friends, English, Food Meetup.
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✅ Join a friendly group of people interested in Vancouver, Japan & Kumamoto culture, fun English conversation, Japanese-Canadian food including Japoutine 😋 , and making new lifelong friends who have come to Vancouver just like you! We are Canada’s first Vancouver Japan Kumamoto Club . 🇯🇵🇨🇦🐻 🎉
I'm Pete, born and raised in Vancouver with a deep love for everything Kumamoto, especially the delicious food, I lived and worked in Kokai (near Kumamoto University in Kumamoto City as an English teacher for Japanese children and teens.
If your curious about Kumamoto's unique culture - from the famous kumamon mascot 🐻
to delicious local food including taipien, dango, and tonkotsu ramen 🍜 or just looking to practice English conversation, make new friends, you've come to the right place.
✅ Join our fun group of 20'-30's members from Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, and even some Brazilian-Japanese friends from Sao Paulo 🇧🇷, the city with the largest Japanese population outside of Japan (1.6 million).
💬 For Current Members: Anyone want to go eat yummy food at the Richmond Night Market this weekend? DM me on Meetup or my food and travel Instagram (derektravelsforfood) to eat! 🍣🍗 🥟 😋
✅ Make many new Canadians, Japanese, Koreans, Brazilian, Taiwanese friends, and others who are very interested in everything Kumamoto, Japan!🎌🐻🍜
👍Most fun events near: Joyce-Collingwood, Metrotown, and Vancouver Waterfront 🚝.
LET'S TALK IN ENGLISH AND JAPANESE: LEARN ABOUT KUMAMOTO FOOD LIKE TONKOTSTU RAMEN 🍜 KUMAMOTO BEN, KUMADAI, LIFESTYLE, MOUNT ASO🗻, AND ONSENS
💜LEARN USEFUL CANADIAN ENGLISH TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH FOR WORK, SCHOOL, RELATIONSHIP, TRAVEL ETC.
💚 LEARN MANY POPULAR FOREIGN LANGUAGES AT OUR LANGUAGE CAFES
KOREAN🇰🇷 JAPANESE🇯🇵 SPANISH, ENGLISH AND FRENCH🇨🇦, VIETNAMESE🇻🇳 PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS ETC.
❤️ EAT DELICIOUS ETHNIC FOOD OF BOTH WELL KNOWN AND LITTLE KNOWN COUNTRIES 🥟🍜🍱🍗🍮🍕🥘😋.
🩵MAKE GOOD FRIENDS FOR LIFE! 👨🏻👱♀️👳🏽♂️👩🏻🧑🏽🦰🧑🏼🦱👩🏽🦱
✅ home for culture, friends and fun! 🇯🇵🇨🇦🐻 STUDENTS, WORKERS, AND TOURISTS IN CANADA🇨🇦 ARE VERY WELCOME TO JOIN US!
✅ FUN KUMAMOTO AND VANCOUVER FOCUSED EVENTS EVERY MONTH!
I'm Canadian Pete Sensei from Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦 who had taught fun English conversation and writing classes to kids in Kumamoto, and Oomuta City (FUKUOKA) , Japan🇯🇵🐻.
I have made more than 15 cultural trips to Kumamoto, Sapporo , Okinawa, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Nagoya, Osaka, Miyazaki and Tokyo🇨🇦.
👍 We are a friendly group of over 200 members who are international students/tourists/workers in their 20's and 30's in Vancouver 🇨🇦.
✅ FREE ENGLISH WORKSHEETS: (Canadian vocabulary, idioms, academic writing, conversation, grammar, IELTS etc.)
✅ FUN EVENTS: MID-SIZED GATHERINGS IN MORE PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENTS RATHER THAN IN LARGE NOISY VENUES.
✅ LEARN ABOUT MOUTH WATERING, CHEAP, AND LITTLE KNOWN FOODS OF VANCOUVER, KUMAMOTO AND THE WORLD🌎🍜🍗🍣?
JOIN US ON OUR INSTAGRAM:
derektravelsforfood
👍 CLEAN, FRIENDLY, AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT
GROUP FOCUS:
✅ Make many new good friends for life 🇨🇦🇯🇵!
EVENTS:
Fun and interactive conversation exchange cafés
Dim sum lunches🥟 ;)
Bubble tea and dessert socials🧋🍰
ENGLISH ACADEMIC WRITING WORKSHOPS
IELTS and CELPIP workshops
ETHNIC FOOD LUNCH/DINNERS
PICNICS AND POTLUCKS
Ukulele Lessons🪕
Richmond Night Market
• FEMALE MEMBERS WILL FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE BECAUSE ALL MALE MEMBERS MUST BE APPROVED BY ORGANIZER
CONVERSATION TOPICS: Keeping safe in Vancouver, travel stories, how to find a good Vancouver job, school issues, cafes, coffee and tea, hobbies, relationships, pets, cooking etc.
Burnaby, Joyce-Collingwood, Coquitlam, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver
Apply for a free membership:
1) Provide a CLEAR photograph showing your whole face (NO SUNGLASSES, MASKS, OBJECTS BLOCKING FACE ETC.)
2) Answer ALL questions AND ALL parts.
✅ Join Vancouver Japan Kumamoto- Make New Friends, English, Food Today! 🇨🇦🇯🇵🐻