| We helped some students get dressed up in traditional Japanese 浴衣 (yukata, summer kimono) to go the fireworks show at 大濠公園 (Oohori Kouen, Ohori Park). Don’t they look great?And…
| One of the great benefits of Genki Japanese School’s location in central Fukuoka is that there are so many restaurants and cafes around. In fact, there are three restaurants…
| Great news! GenkiJACS has been shortlisted as one of the world’s Star Language Schools (not just Japanese language schools) by Study Travel Magazine for the fourth year in a…
| We’ve finally managed to arrange with a new Japanese rental cellphone company to offer very cheap rentals to our students. Normally short-term rentals can work out extremely expensive, in…
| A blog entry from Maiko-sensei about an in-class activity for intermediate students: 中級のクラスで、金子みすゞの「私と小鳥と鈴と」の詩について勉強しました。 この詩の勉強をした次の授業でこの「私と小鳥と鈴と」の詩を 自分たちで作ってもらおうと思っていたところ、学生たちが自ら授業外で協力して作ってきました。 第一連はジェームスさんが「俺」でジーヘーさんと比較、第二連はファーさんが「あたし」となってカトリンさんと比較して、クラスの4人がこの詩に入るようにうまく作っています。 元の詩にはない、「俺」や「あたし」という言葉を使って 彼らなりの特色を出している所が面白いなあと思います。 俺がテニスボールを打っても 俺がテニスボールを打っても敵の方にちっとも行かないがテニスが上手なジーへーは俺のようにバスケットができない あたしがドイツ語を読んでも意味はちっともわからないけどドイツ語がわかるカトリンはあたしのようにきれいな絵は描けないよ ジェームスとジーヘーとカトリンとそれからファーみんなちがってみんないい Didn’t they do well?
| Can’t believe we missed this! Monocle Magazine ranked Fukuoka as the 12th most liveable city in the world this year – a big leap from last year, and close…
| Strange structures have appeared throughout Fukuoka City! In preparation for the Yamakasa festival on July 15th, giant decorative “yamas” are on display around the town. Here is the one…
| To help our students meet Japanese people, we offer a Language Exchange Partner (LEP) system. We match Japanese students with a Japanese person who has similar interests, and arrange…
| People often ask us how class level placements work here at Genki Japanese School. The procedure is quite simple: 1) Before you arrive, we ask you to take an…
| We were overjoyed to be able to attend the wedding of two Genki Japanese teachers recently! Tetsuya-sensei and Masayo-sensei were married at a Fukuoka shrine, then had their reception…