It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
| For the Christmas fans among our Japanese language students, Japan is renowned for its light-ups. Where in Western countries, Christmas is traditionally a time for families to be together…
Okonomiyaki
| We previously posted about cheap, yet delicious ramen in the Tenjin area. This time, we’d like to tell you about cheap, yet delicious okonomiyaki! Fukiya is an okonomiyaki restaurant…
New Japanese Plus Pop Culture Course!
| New for 2014, we’ve updated our Japanese Plus Pop Culture course to bring it into line with the Japanese Plus Traditional Culture course. Where previously the Pop Culture course…
Interesting Japanese – 寝刻
| For those Japanese language students who just aren’t morning people, and can never quite seem to make that 7AM wake-up to make it to morning classes on time, this…
Coffee
| For the coffee lovers among our students – and let’s be real here, every student has a fundamental understanding of the need for caffeine, right? – there’s no need…
Gingerbread house
| Three of our students made this amazing gingerbread house and gave it to teachers at our Fukuoka Japanese language school today. They really put so much effort into decorating…
Bento – Japan’s national lunch of choice
| A bento is a box packed with small portions of a home-cooked Japanese meal. Traditionally, it includes rice, fish (or meat) and vegetables – a well-balanced meal in a…
What Japan Thinks
| We found a great blog this morning, What Japan Thinks, that translates and summarizes opinion polls and surveys of Japanese people. There are so many interesting topics covered, although…
Traditional Kyoto dance in Fukuoka
| We were lucky enough to be passing the Iwataya department store recently just as a free demonstration of traditional Kyoto dancing was being held. The two 舞妓 (maiko, trainee…