NCS Ikigomi

06/03/2026

Hi everyone! Our next date for the language cafe is June 12, a friday. Please sign up using the link in our bio. Its always lots of fun and a great opportunity for language learning.

05/03/2026

Reminder of our language exchange happening this thursday. We had our first test trial last month, and we had so much fun we want to make this a monthly thing! We aim to have our conversation cafes to be the first thursday of every month, at 6pm. Free to attend. Sign up is in the link in bio or using the qr code. DM if you have any questions!

04/30/2026

A toban assists in preparation for service at the buddhist temple of southern alberta. The acts of this volunteer activity includes prepping the shrine, flowers, and food to serve to members for after service. As the temple often lets us use their space for activities, this is a part of how we give thanks back. Meal prepping on sunday mornings is both peaceful, and stressful at times. But its a rewarding experience. These are a few photos taken from April Toban by our volunteer,

04/24/2026

The results of our spirited away dinner movie night! Its always a blast hosting these for the community. Spirited away has so much food in it, it was hard to choose what to serve! Only means we get to do it again 😆

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04/23/2026

Its been a while! We are excited announce ourlanguage exchange activity on May 7th! Join us for a fun night of japanese games and language learning! Open to those just starting out, or wanting to practice their skills. Sign up using the QR code or the link in bio!

03/11/2026

‼️DATE CHANGED AND MEAL ITEMS ADDED‼️

Due to the added meal items, minimum entry is $5 per person! Register through the link in bio.

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03/09/2026

We are excited to announce our upcoming dinner movie night! With this event you'll be able to eat a small meal straight out of the world of Spirited Away and watch the movie right after.
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Registration is required, so please use the link shown on the post, or use the link in our bio.
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Can't wait to see you there!
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12/02/2025

Come join us for one of our Bunka Talks! This time on of our volunteers, Yosuke, will lead the presentation. He has created the poster and the presentation, as well as deciding on what snacks we provide. These are passion projects for our volunteers, and helps us connect to the Japanese and Japanese Canadian Community.
This will be held after temple service at the Buddhist Temple of Southern Alberta, so it will religiously affiliated.

Registration is not required, but if you have any questions, please feel free to DM us!

11/06/2025

We are excited to announce our upcoming dinner movie night! For a minimum of $5 donation, you can eat a meal inspired by food shown in The Secret World of Arrietty and get to see a showing of it on the big screen right after!
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Registration is required, so please use the link shown on the post, or use the link in our bio.
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Can't wait to see you there!
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Ikigomi page links

11/04/2025

Thank you to all our volunteers and participants that made our haunted hospital nights come alive! We had some great photos this year, courtesy of on instagram.
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