Comedy shows next door to GenkiJACS Tokyo
| Lovers of Japanese comedy will have a field day at our Japanese school in Tokyo, not just because the famous Yoshimoto Lumine theater is only a short walk from…
Photo book from a former student
| Student Heli-san came back to study with us for the third time this summer, and studied at both our Fukuoka and Tokyo schools. And she brought something very special:…
Movie night!
| Our Tokyo Japanese language school students are enjoying movie night tonight! They are watching “21st Century Boys”. Movies are shown in Japanese with English subtitles every Thursday – it’s…
Tanabata
| Our Tokyo school has started with preparations for the star festival – Tanabata! Students write their wishes on special slips of paper, and hang them on the bamboo along…
Maestro-branded Mastercards still don’t work in Japan!
| An update on the situation: Since April, chip Mastercards with the Maestro logo can’t be used to make withdrawals from ATMs in Japan. This has left a few students…
Edo Tokyo Museum
| Our Tokyo Japanese culture class went on an outing to the Edo Tokyo Museum recently. The museum is set up so that, if you follow the routes laid out…
Professional Photographer
| We had a professional photographer come and take some pictures of our new Tokyo school last week. We think Hiro-san did a great job of capturing the atmosphere of…
Kaminari-okoshi!
| Last week, our Tokyo Culture Class learned how to make Kaminari-okoshi! Kaminari-okoshi is a traditional Japanese snack made from cripsy rice boiled in sugar and butter. It was traditionally…
Lovely postcard from former students
| We received the lovely postcard above from a couple of students who finished studying at our Japanese language school in Fukuoka recently. It’s always nice to hear from students…