Interesting Japanese – 暗黙のルール
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| In relation to our previous post about the so-called “rules” of Valentine’s Day/White Day, an interesting term came up when we did some research on the topic: “暗黙のルール” (あんもくのルール…
Valentine’s Day and White Day
| One of our Japanese language students recently asked us what the appropriate way was to give return gifts on White Day. This is an interesting question indeed, and one…
“Berry” tasty and “berry” sweet!
| Strawberry-picking is a much-loved activity in Japan from December to May, but it is especially nice during the spring months, when the strawberries are ripe and sweet and the…
Omiyage!
| We recently received a HUGE box filled with sweets, cookies and chocolates all the way from Germany, from one of our frequent Japanese language students, Dieter-san. Thank you so…
Setsubun 2014
| Setsubun is a special Japanese event marking the last day of winter. The event is celebrated by casting “demons” (ill luck, or bad happenings) out of the home, and…
Cherry blossoms 2014
| The first sakura (cherry blossom) forecasts for 2014 are in. 花見(はなみ – cherry blossom viewing) heralds the coming of warmer spring weather in Japan, and is such a big…
Fukuoka Welcome Campaign
| Fukuoka City is having a huge discount/special item campaign aimed at foreign tourists at the moment. Until the 9th of February, most of the majour shopping malls, restaurants and…
GenkiJACS staff caricatures
| We received this very special going-away present from one of our long-term students, Bjorn-san. Can you spot all the different GenkiJACS teachers and staff? (Here is a slightly bigger…
Internship in Japan Program at Genki Japanese School!
| From 2014, Genki Japanese School has partnered with the biggest internship provider for foreigners in Japan, to offer a combined study and internship program! After studying with GenkiJACS, you…
New website is live!
| Our new website is live! It’s a big change, but we’re pretty excited! We’ll be making a few more updates during the next while, as well as fixing a…