| We all went to Tsugumi-sensei’s restaurant. While the shop actually specializes in sweets (parfaits, etc.), today they made lots of different food specially for the GenkiJACS students. Everything was…

| Everyone’s favorite word in Japanese, and their favorite thing in Japan. “Tabehoudai” (All-you-can-eat) We ate enough for 3 days!! Everyone’s chopsticks going for the grill… A short break [Link…

| Going to a yatai (outdoor food stall) for the first time. It was raining, but it was still fun! You can’t really talk about Fukuoka without mentioning yatai, can…

| We posted a while ago about companies moving out of the GenkiJACS building, but this time, we’re happy to announce a new company moving in! This is the sign…

| At Atago Shrine. The weather was great up until yesterday, with a pretty blue sky. After climbing a lot of stairs, the view was incredible. At the shrine, a…

| Recently the higher-level classes at GenkiJACS went to visit a local Japanese university, where we had Japanese conversation practice with the students. We talked about our home countries, Christmas,…

| Today we had okonomiyaki. It tastes different when you’re learning how to make it as you go along! We were hoping for some leftovers, but it looks like it…

| At a culture lesson we drew the Chinese zodiac animal for next year. Next year is the Year of the Tiger.Students drew tigers on the wood from a 100-year-old…

| We went to see the early-morning practice at the sumo stable Takasago. The impressions afterward were “That was scary…” Everyone was overwhelmed by the sight of the wrestlers practicing…