DIR EN GREY in Fukuoka
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| Dir en grey are among the most popular Japanese bands abroad. Almost each year, they perform in small live houses all around the world, from Europe to North America.This…
Former student’s adaptation of Murakami book is a success!
| Stephen Earnhardt, a former student at Genki Japanese school, recently premiered his stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s ねじまき鳥クロニクル (Nejimaki Tori Kuronikuru, the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle) to rave reviews at…
New Friends in Room 6
| A kind friend of the school recently left us a huge box of action figures, mostly of the ever-popular Kamen Rider series here in Japan. But what to do…
Low Cost Carriers in Japan
| While low cost carriers (LCCs) have been providing cheap tickets to travelers in Europe for many years now, they’re still relatively new in Japan. But it looks like next…
Hojoya O-Matsuri!
| This week sees Fukuoka ring in the third of the three signature festivals of the region: the Hojoya festival. It is the final Matsuri of the summer and generally…
Genki textbook seminar!
| A big event planned for Sunday October 2nd – we’ve invited one of the authors of the Genki textbook series (no relation to our school) to visit GenkiJACS for…
Michael Jackson Thriller dance event
| GenkiJACS students attended a quite unique event recently – an attempt to have 1000 people dance Michael Jackson’s Thriller at Bayside Place in Fukuoka! Bad weather meant numbers didn’t…
Escape game!
| We took GenkiJACS teachers and staff out to celebrate the end of the busy summer season last week. This time we arranged to attend something a little special –…
Beach barbecue part 2!
| Local study abroad organization IAC was kind enough to arrange a beach barbecue for GenkiJACS students last weekend, and the photos are up on their blog here. Students had…
Former student cycling the length of Japan!
| Former Genki Japanese school student Dylan Jacoby is currently cycling the length of Japan, from Kagoshima all the way to the north of Japan! He’s doing it to raise…