| Some of our more advanced Japanese language students at Fukuoka were given quite a challenging project this week!The class was split into 2, and each group told to interview…

| Some of our more advanced Japanese language students at Fukuoka school were given quite a challenging project this week!The class was split into group, and each group told to…

| It may be all cold and freezing, but that’s not going to stop our Tokyo Japanese language school students from hitting the mountains! Last weekend, some of our students…

| Teachers at GenkiJACS’ Tokyo Japanese school took some time last week to write 書き初め (kakizome, New Year calligraphy). This is a custom where people write a kanji for the…

| On 11 January, students at our Fukuoka Japanese language school got to experience the very rare 承天寺一山奉賽式 (じょうてんじ ほうさいしき” – Joutenji Temple Visit). This ceremony is held once a…

| Happy New Year! Or rather, Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu! あけましておめでとうございます！ We hope everyone has had some good rest and a chance to freshen up for the new year ahead! New…

| It’s tradition at Genki Japanese’s schools in Tokyo and Fukuoka to have special Japanese culture classes on the first day of the new year, as new year is a…

| It’s the time of the year for Japanese companies to have their year-end parties, or 忘年会 (bounenkai). The kanji for this literally mean “forget year meeting”, and in theory…

| It’s a national holiday in Japan tomorrow, but do you know what day is it? It’s the birthday of Emperor Akihito, so as well as being a national holiday…