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| We’ve finally gotten around to cleaning out a few old hard drives full of videos at school, and we posted 10 or 15 of them on Youtube. You can…
Hakata-ben Room Names
| When we moved in to the new GenkiJACS school a year and a half ago, we gave all the classrooms numbers instead of names, to make it easier for…
On the Occasion of Our 5-Year Anniversary, a Short History of GenkiJACS
| Friday the 19th of February marked GenkiJACS 5th anniversary! Five years since we first opened our doors in 2005, in a tiny apartment in Daimyo that we had converted…
New GenkiJACS Intro Video
| Our new school introduction video is complete, and online! Many many arigatous to Luke Javelle, the wonderfully talented former student who put in all the hard work to edit…
Great things about Japan!
| We put up a piece of paper on our noticeboard asking students to write down some if the things they think are great about Japan. Here’s what we got:…
Student art
| A picture students left on the whiteboard at school this morning: Almost looks like Anpanman!
Students Staying in Japan Longer and Longer!
| We hate to pat ourselves on the back too much, but there’s been a rash of students extending their stay with us recently. So much so that the average…
Benefits of learning Japanese with GenkiJACS
| We just put up a page listing some of the benefits of studying Japanese with GenkiJACS. We’re always happy to hear of students who want to learn Japanese because…
How Cold Is It?
| A screencap from the other day’s weather report: I love the way they’ve illustrated their graphics! Not just the iceman with 冬(“fuyu”, winter) written on his kabuto helmet, or…
Upcoming GenkiJACS events
| A slew of upcoming events at GenkiJACS! Today, Thursday 1/28: Visit Yuusentei Japanese gardens; learn hanafuda Japanese cards at schoolFriday 1/29: Karaoke partySaturday 1/30: Sushi eating and Round 1…