Summer Weather at Maizuru Koen
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| Now that August is here, the rainy season is officially over, and the weather has been absolutely beautiful this week. The horizon is a Carolina blue worthy of the…
August 1st Fireworks At Ohori Park
| On August 1st, there was a spectacular fireworks show at Ohori Park.A bunch of Genki JACS students (some wearing yukatas!) met up beforehand and headed over to the park…
Mentai Wide Comes To Genki JACS!!
| Local TV station FBS came over to Genki JACS this afternoon to film for their popular show Mentai Wide. They came into our growing cosplay room and some of…
Daijayama Dragon Festival
| GenkiJACS students took part in the Daijayama Dragon Festival in Omuta City this weekend. This festival has two parts: first, a dance parade/competition, where teams of dancers dance around…
Thank you Sabrina-chan!
| Student Sabrina was kind enough to donate a couple of cosplay costumes to us today – from the manga Onepiece and Hetalia. Thank you Sabrina-chan! I don’t think we’ll…
New Dormitories for Japanese School Students
| Due to unprecedented demand this summer, we ran out of availability in most of our accommodation options. But there’s a happy ending, as we were able to find a…
A New Smiling Face At Genki JACS!!
| If you walk up to the Genki JACS building, you’ll see a new face smiling down upon you.Can you guess who it is?? Here we are putting him together……
Students Attend Yamakasa!
| Last Thursday was Yamakasa, probably Fukuoka’s most fun festival. Held early in the morning of the 15th of July, it’s a series of races by teams of almost-naked men…
Tanabata
| We’re a little late with this blog post, but students made a wish tree for 七夕 (“tanabata”, star festival), on the 7th of July. Some beautiful wishes on this…
Activities いっぱい！
| We realized today that we’re probably the premier tourist organization for foreigners in Fukuoka! Just today we arranged all of these activities: 1) Visit to manga animation school2) Visit…