Day trip to Ninjamura for GenkiJACS students
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| We took students of our Japanese school on a bus trip recently to Hizen Yume Kaidou, also known as 忍者村 (ninjamura, ninja town), and a nearby temple. Ninjamura is…
Staff changes at GenkiJACS
| This year has brought a lot of changes to GenkiJACS, but possibly the one that most directly affects students is the coming and going of teachers and staff. We’re…
Game testing at GenkiJACS!
| Last week a local game company, Althi, came to Genki Japanese school to test some of their new iPhone and iPad games, which they’re planning to release to the…
Comedy events in Fukuoka
| Japanese people love standup comedy. Comedians are major stars here, and comedy shows are watched by a range from retirees to elementary school kids. (Indeed, one of the biggest…
University credit for any US university student!
| Huge news today: we have successfully completed agreements with a major US university to have them act as our School of Record. What does this mean? It means this:…
Former student’s online video series
| Vincent, a former student of GenkiJACS, is using his Japanese ability as part of a web series, online at The Game Basement. Based around their love of video games,…
Free classes for GenkiJACS students
| We’re always trying to find ways to give our students more while they study with us, and recently we’ve been expanding our program of free classes. In addition to…
Long-term student visa course
| It’s been about a year and a half since we started offering long-term study on a student visa through our partnership with another Fukuoka school, FICC. As far as…
Mandarake officially opens!
| Last week was Golden Week holiday season in Japan, so the school was closed for a few days. But Mandarake took this time to open their store in the…
Japan Safety Update
| The Ministry of Education’s website, although in Japanese only, has a great set of data on radiation levels in each prefecture around the country since the 3/11 disaster. In…