Vancouver Japanese Language School
Vancouver Japanese Language School is a language school located in Japantown, Vancouver, BC. Founded in 1906 as Vancouver Kyoritsu Nihon Kokumin Gakko, it is the oldest Japanese language school in Canada.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: School building
- Description: school in Canada
- Also known as: “The Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall” and “VJLS-JH”
- Address: 475 Alexander Street
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oppenheimer Park and BC Place.
Oppenheimer Park
Park
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
Oppenheimer Park is a park located in the historic Japantown in the Downtown Eastside, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Oppenheimer Park is situated 180 metres south of Vancouver Japanese Language School.
BC Place
Stadium
Photo: Yvrphoto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation, a Crown corporation of the province. BC Place is situated 1½ km southwest of Vancouver Japanese Language School.
Rogers Arena
Stadium
Photo: Hucul002, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rogers Arena is a multi-purpose arena at 800 Griffiths Way in the downtown area of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Opened in 1995, the arena was known as General Motors Place from its opening until July 6, 2010, when General Motors Canada ended its naming rights sponsorship and a new agreement for those rights was reached with Rogers Communications. Rogers Arena is situated 1¼ km southwest of Vancouver Japanese Language School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Japantown and Downtown Eastside.
Japantown
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Japantown, Little Tokyo or Paueru-gai is an old neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located east of Gastown and north of Chinatown, that once had a concentration of Japanese immigrants.
Downtown Eastside
Neighborhood
Photo: Bobanny, Public domain.
The Downtown Eastside is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportionately high levels of drug use, homelessness, poverty, crime, mental illness and sex work.
Strathcona
Suburb
Strathcona is the oldest residential neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Officially a part of the East Side, it is bordered by Downtown Vancouver's Chinatown neighbourhood and the False Creek inlet to the west, Downtown Eastside to the…
Vancouver Japanese Language School
- Categories: language school, building, and education
- Location: Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.28424° or 49° 17′ 3″ northLongitude
-123.09377° or 123° 5′ 38″ westInception
1906Levels
5Open location code
84XR7WM4+MFOpenStreetMap ID
way 297832706OpenStreetMap feature
building=schoolWikidata ID
Q27925825
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Vancouver Japanese Language School” goes by many names.
- French: “école de langue japonaise de Vancouver”
- French: “École de langue japonaise de Vancouver”
- Japanese: “バンクーバー日本語学校”
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