As a quick addition to our previous item about the Fukuoka 2016 Olympics bid, I thought I should post this photo, which tickled our collective funny-bone here. This is Fukuoka City Hall, in the middle of the city, showing the true force of spirit and willpower to pull the games to Fukuoka at all cost, no expense spared. If you look really really hard, right in the middle of that picture is a tiny tiny banner with the words {2016 Olympics to Fukuoka{. It must have looked huge in someone's bedroom...

GenkiJACS is proud to have been invited to present a class on Japanese gestures at the most recent Fukuoka JET ALT Meeting. Two teachers attended, and taught a 45-minute class on some of the more common and uncommon gestures seen in Japan. (A quick confession: much of the material for the classes was inspired by the book {70 Japanese Gestures: No Language Communication{, by Hamiru-aqui. We just added photos from the class to our photo gallery, so please take a look! GenkiJACS is always happy to do out-lessons for special occasions or events, and if you ask nicely, we might even do them for free! All teachers are, of course, fully certified by the Ministry of Education. Call us for more details!