Yamakasa is coming!
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| Strange structures have appeared throughout Fukuoka City! In preparation for the Yamakasa festival on July 15th, giant decorative “yamas” are on display around the town. Here is the one…
Language Exchange Partners
| To help our students meet Japanese people, we offer a Language Exchange Partner (LEP) system. We match Japanese students with a Japanese person who has similar interests, and arrange…
Class levels at Genki Japanese School
| People often ask us how class level placements work here at Genki Japanese School. The procedure is quite simple: 1) Before you arrive, we ask you to take an…
A Genki Wedding
| We were overjoyed to be able to attend the wedding of two Genki Japanese teachers recently! Tetsuya-sensei and Masayo-sensei were married at a Fukuoka shrine, then had their reception…
Free wireless Internet around Fukuoka City – finally!
| Japan is a little behind the curve when it comes to free wireless Internet access in public places. But Fukuoka City is finally catching up, with the introduction last…
Parent-friendly workplace at GenkiJACS
| There is only one full-time male employee at GenkiJACS – all the other full-time and contract staff are female. So we’ve always tried to make sure that the working…
Flexibility and Japanese language schools
| Japanese language schools have a reputation for being quite inflexible, compared to language schools in other countries. Part of the reason we started Genki Japanese School was because we…
Cheap accommodation in Fukuoka
| Fukuoka is a surprisingly cheap place to stay, despite being a major city.Here are the costs of accommodation with Genki Japanese language school, compared with the average costs in…
Beach weather in Fukuoka!
| It’s raining today, but recently the weather has been lovely here. Last weekend one of the beaches at Odo Park was full of people digging for アサリ (clams). It’s…
Genki Japanese School receives Excellence Award 2012
| We are proud and humbled to receive an Excellence Award for 2012, our 4th consecutive year of receiving this award! The award is based on evaluations of the school…