Travel health insurance through Genki Japanese School
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| We’ve always required students to book travel health insurance to cover your stay while you study Japanese with us in Japan. In the past we just recommended a comparison…
apples to apples partII
| Here it is again. Our students at Genki Japanese Language School were playing “apples to apples”. It looked like a lot of fun. But question was, “Is it really?”.…
SUCH A SMALL WORLD!
| From July 3rd to 30th for 4 weeks in 2011, a student K-san from Germany came to study at Genki Japanese Language School. She came back to study with…
The Famous Foods of every prefecture in Japan!
| Great overview of the famous foods in each Japanese prefecture here. Don’t forget to eat mentaiko when you come to Fukuoka!
Setsubun
| “Setsubun” (bean-throwing festival) is the day that we throw beans saying “oniwa soto fukuwa uchi”(demons out, luck in). We did this cultural event at Genki Japanese language school on…
“Demons out! Luck in”
| On February 1st, we had a cultural class about Setsubun. Setsubun is the day before the beginning of Spring in Japan! In its association with the Lunar New Year,…
What class is this?
| What is J-san doing in this class? At Genki Japanese language school, students learn not only Japanese language but also Japanese culture. Today, some of them learned how to…
Doll painting
| Some students at Genki Japenese language school are not only studying Japanese but also experiencing Japanese culture. As a part of the culture course, we painted Hakata dolls yesterday.…
How safe is Japan?
| Here’s a great story from one of our Japanese language school students, Mohammed-san, of how safe Japan really is: Many people can’t imagine how safe Japan is, but that’s…
Kagami Biraki
| There is a traditional ceremony called “Kagami Biraki” on 11 Jan. Literally translates to “Opening the Mirror or “Breaking of the Mochi” and we do this to thanks Gods…