Manga class
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| A-kun drew some great pictures for his manga class last week. Here he is drawing: And here’s the final product!
2009 LTM Star Awards write-up
| Language Travel Magazine has finally published their write-up of the 2009 LTM Star Awards, including a shout-out to Genki Japanese School as one of the shortlisted schools in the…
Two free online lessons for GenkiJACS students!
| We are always looking for ways to motivate our students to study before you come, and keep studying after you leave. So from today we’re offering all current, future…
New payment option
| This may not be the most exciting news ever, but still: sending money internationally can be quite an expensive proposition. International bank transfers can cost up to 6000 yen…
Economic troubles
| It’s a tough time for the world economy, and Fukuoka has of course not been spared. This week brought a couple of new announcements of closings and layoffs. First,…
Grants for Swedish Students
| As GenkiJACS has become a full member of IALC, Swedish students can now receive financial assistance from the Swedish government to study with us! This is part of the…
Former student blog
| One more blog from a former student, M., who finished her second time with us last week. Hope you can come back soon, M. We miss you! Click here…
Japanese “obake”
| Here’s a great website with information about some of the huge variety of different ghosts and monsters in traditional Japanese mythology, all explained in English with lovely illustrations:The Obakemono…
GenkiJACS Long-Term Study Course
| One of the big problems we’ve always struggled with is that students can’t stay in Japan for more than six months out of a year on a tourist visa…
Anti-influenza precautions
| 新型インフルエンザ (“shingata infuruenza”, swine flu) is spreading throughout Japan quickly now, and while there are few fatalities, people are being very careful. At GenkiJACS, despite taking in students from…