| 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…

| At the end of every year, one kanji is nominated to become the “symbol” of that year. This kanji embodies the spirit of the past year. The official kanji…

| During the last field trip, students from Fukuoka school visited Sasaguri, a small town about two hours from Fukuoka. It was an exciting day of hiking, sight-seeing, and finding…

| Fukuoka City was selected as one of the 国家戦略特区 (kokka senryaku tokku, National Strategic Special Zone) areas for Japan. This means the local government is allowed to apply for…

| As you know, to celebrate our new government accreditation, we’re currently running a competition to give away an entire year of intensive Japanese study completely free to one lucky…