Events and Activities
We organize a wide variety of events and for students to discover Japan and to get to know their classmates, and also to improve their Japanese language abilities.
Here is a sample monthly schedule of events:
MON |
TUE |
WED |
THU |
FRI |
SAT/SUN |
1 |
2 City Tour (FREE) |
3 Culture Class: |
4 Culture Class: |
5 School party |
6 Historical City Language Exchange (FREE) |
8 |
9 City Tour (FREE) |
10 Culture Class: |
11 Culture Class: |
12 Izakaya party with uni students |
13 Language Exchange (FREE) |
15 |
16 City Tour (FREE) |
17 Culture Class: |
18 Culture Class: |
19 Karaoke party |
20 Language Exchange (FREE) |
22 |
23 City Tour (FREE) |
24 Culture Class: |
25 Culture Class: |
26 Houjoya Festival Trip |
27 Language Exchange (FREE) |
29 |
30 |
31 Culture Class: |
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Free City Tour: Every week we offer a free tour of the city for new students. Find out the best places to visit, most delicious restaurants, and the cheap shops that all the locals go to! |
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Friday party: Every Friday, we take students to a different local restaurant to experience Japanese cuisine at its finest, whether its eating live fish, or a restaurant with a two-storey waterfall inside! |
| Movie Night: We show a Japanese movie (different genres) every week in the student lounge. Movies are a mix of live action and animated features. From Akira to Moonchild, there is something for everyone! | |
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Onsen Trip: We take students to a local onsen (hot spring), to experience bathing Japanese-style! Don't forget to try the electric bath... |
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Weekend outings: On weekends, we run outings to local festivals, shows, and famous places, depending on the interest of our students. For example, we regularly visit Mt. Aso (the largest active volcano in Japan), Nagasaki, a pottery workshop for hands-on practice, and a soba noodle workshop. |
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Extra lessons: Thanks to volunteers from school around the area, we put on extra kanji and conversation classes for free! Teaching these classes are students from Fukuoka Communication College and Fukuoka Womens University, among others. |
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Special classes: Whenever we can, we run special "one-off" additional classes, taught by visiting lecturers on Japanese cultural topics, that any students can attend. Recently, we have offered special classes on Japanese flower arranging, tea ceremony, and calligraphy. |
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As well as day trips across the Fukuoka region, at the weekend o-matsuri are observed diligently by us at Genki JACS! And you can expect an escorted trip waiting for you, especially in the summer – so pack your yukata! |
Event Reports from Students
Pottery
We walked for about 10 minutes to a small pottery shop near GenkiJacs.
We were taught how to sculpt a small bowl/plate thing. It was a very fun, and relaxing class.
The pottery sensei gave very detailed instructions and examples, and the school sensei that
came along translated/helped the students who needed. We were all allowed to use the pottery
teachers bowl as 'practice' before we tried to decorate our own bowls. Lots of mistake, but very fun.
This process took about 2 hours. I'd definitely give it another try if I was ever in Japan again.
The only thing bad is that it takes quite a while for the ceramics to dry and be given to you.
GenkiJacs Friday Nights Out!
Some teachers and a lot of students go out on a Friday evening to random, different restaurants around the city (all nearby the school!).
They're usually All You Can Eat/Drink for a very cheap price (usually 2-3,000 Yen).
These are definitely worth going to! You can almost ALWAYS expect a great time!
Talk with teachers and students outside of the school, and stuffing your face silly with
delicious foods! I ate some food that I never would have tried or known about if I was on my own.
I definitely recommend these for everyone who wants a great time!
