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The lobby of the restaurant looks like something out of an 80's sci-fi film, LED lights and mirrors everywhere!

Robot Restaurant in Shinjuku

The show itself is a visual feast of colours and lights, accompanied by some catchy tunes (you haven't lived until you've seen these "robots" do the Gangnam Style dance!) The scantily clad ladies are sure to be a hit with the male audience, while the robot characters (automated robotic dogs and large mecha "driven" by the girls) are sure to provide entertainment for anyone watching the show.

Robot Restaurant in Shinjuku

Robot Restaurant in Shinjuku

Robot Restaurant in Shinjuku

Robot Restaurant in Shinjuku

The show changes periodically to include new choreography and robot characters, so you won't see the same items twice.

Check out more pictures of the event in our Facebook gallery!]]> Events http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1354 Mon, 3 Jun 2013 11:46:21 -1500 http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1353
Festival at Hanazono Shrine Festival at Hanazono Shrine Festival at Hanazono Shrine

In addition to great traditional foods like yakitori and okonomiyaki, there were also a few less-frequently seen delicacies like ikayaki!

Delicious food at the festival Delicious food at the festival

People were seen relaxing on the steps leading up to the shrine, eating dinner and taking photos. Talk about a great way to spend a Friday evening!

Browsing the food stalls at the festival

For more photos, check out the gallery on our Facebook page!]]> Events http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1353 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:15:36 -1500 http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1352
20130522-ryan.jpg]]> General http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1352 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:58:17 -1500 http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1351 Part of the reason we decided to do this is because so many people want to study at both our Tokyo and Fukuoka schools, splitting their time between both. Having the same price at both locations makes it much easier to calculate, and hopefully easier to decide to study with us!]]> General http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1351 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:35:09 -1500 http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1350 There are of course still places left at our new Tokyo school, so why not give it a try! It's a great opportunity to experience very small group classes in an amazing environment. We hope we'll see you there!]]> General http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1350 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:48:52 -1500 http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1349 You can read the whole article here (PDF link).

Genki Japanese Language School has been a member of IALC, the International Association of Language Centres, for the last four years. IALC accredits the top schools worldwide, and is a mark of quality. We feel IALC membership has greatly helped us to improve as a school, by giving us specific quality guidelines to apply, and goals for continuous improvement. It's also made us part of an international community of schools from whom we can receive all kinds of ideas and support. So it's great to see mathematical proof that IALC member schools are above average!

The article compared IALC membership to the grades given to schools in the UK by the British Council, an inspection authority, and English UK.
Here are a couple of the important quotes from the article:
half of the top 2 per cent of schools belong to Ialc and member schools are four times more likely to be Centres of Excellence than the average English UK member. Overall Ialc schools achieved 3.6 points of excellence in their reports, over twice the average 1.6 points achieved by UK-accredited schools.

Ialc schools outperformed 80 per cent of language school chains and posted similar results to those of language centres at world-ranking universities.

These are incredible results, and we're happy to be a part of the IALC family!]]> General http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1349 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:58:32 -1500 http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1348 1) Bring another source of money, such as a credit card.
2) You can send money to GenkiJACS' Unipay account, and we will give it to you as cash at school.

From Mastercard's page giving info about the alert:

To: Cardholders of Maestro-branded EMV Cards issued outside of the Asia/Pacific Region
Re: Temporary Suspension of Maestro ATM Acceptance in Japan

Thank you very much for patronage with MasterCard. As of April 19, 2013, all Maestro-branded EMV cards issued outside of the Asia/Pacific region will be temporarily unable to withdraw currency at domestic ATMs, while the regional ATM network is upgraded.

Maestro-branded EMV cards issued within the Asia/Pacific Region, Maestro-branded cards without EMV chip, MasterCard-branded cards, and Cirrus-branded cards are not affected by this temporary suspension of service. Cardholders can continue to be able to use these other MasterCard products at ATMs and merchants across Japan.

MasterCard is working with these customer financial institutions to enable full acceptance of all cards as soon as possible.

Please accept our deep apology for the inconvenience caused.]]> General http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1348 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:49:41 -1500 http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1347
Students talk and laugh and the sound of games and music.....

He must be really tired....


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E-san, how can you sleep???


]]> General http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1347 Wed, 3 Apr 2013 14:19:00 -1500 http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1346 Genki Japanese Language School Excellence Award

We are proud to announce that Genki Japanese Language School has received an Excellence Award from online agency Languagecourse.net for 2013 too! As Languagecourse.net says,

"Every year LanguageCourse.Net requests evaluations from more than a thousand language course students worldwide in order to honour language schools which provide outstanding services to their clients. As a result of these evaluations LanguageCourse.Net presents an annual Excellence Award to those language schools, which receive the highest customer satisfaction ratings worldwide. We are glad to award Genki Japanese and Culture School Fukuoka with the 2013 Excellence Award, as your students rated your overall service as excellent."]]> General http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1346 Wed, 3 Apr 2013 13:32:38 -1500 http://genkijacs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1345 Hanazono Shrine

We finally confirmed the location of our new Japanese language school branch in Tokyo! From June 2013, GenkiJACS' Tokyo school will open in the wonderful Hanazono building, overlooking the famous 花園神社 (Hanazono Shrine)! We are incredibly excited about this location, because it's perfect for us:
- The most conveniently located Japanese school in the world. Just minutes from Shinjuku Station, in the heart of Tokyo.
- The perfect place to study. Set back from the main road, and with only a quiet shrine beside, students will be able to focus on learning the language without distraction.
- The perfect place to truly experience Japanese culture. Shinjuku has the best of Japan's pop culture available 24 hours a day, while Hanazono Shrine will give students a unique chance to experience traditional rites.

Tokyo Japanese language school building

We've added an album of photos to our gallery.
Construction on the school will begin soon, and we'll be welcoming students from June 3rd. We look forward to seeing you in Tokyo!

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