North Korea – we’re not worried
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| You’ve probably heard a lot on the news recently about North Korea, particularly their missile testing. While it has also been in the news in Japan, it’s important…
New Book From Hamabe-Sensei
| Hamabe-sensei is one of the longest-teaching Japanese teachers at Genki Fukuoka’s Japanese school, and he’s especially esteemed for his lecture classes, as his extensive life experience makes for…
居合道（いあいど）
| We will continue our Japanese 武道 series with a brief introduction of the art called 居合道 (居合道).※Disclaimer: we do not claim to be experts at any of the martial…
Study Travel Magazine – Star Awards 2017
| After having won the very prestigious Study World Travel Magazine Award in 2016, GenkiJACS has been shortlisted for it once again for the 9th year in a row! We…
博多祇園山笠（はかたぎおんやまかさ）Hakata Gion Yamakasa
| 山笠 is a two-week long festival celebrated in Hakata, Fukuoka from the 1st to the 15th of July, culminating in a race of exclusively men carrying massive 1-tonne floats…
Student visa course – now with 50% more study!
| お元気ですか？ It has been quite some time since Genki Japanese & Language School (JACS) opened its doors in 2004. At that time we were much smaller, but determined to…
Martial Arts Series 4 – Aikido
| Today we will be looking into one of the more recently developed martial arts or武道（ぶどう）of Japan. ※Disclaimer: we do not claim to be experts at any of the martial…
A better, more Genki school
| One of the very special things about GenkiJACS compared to other Japanese schools is that we’re always actively improving. This month alone, we’ve added projectors and a digital teaching…
Listening Practice Advice for Beginner/Pre-Intermediate Level Learners
| Studying Japanese is fun, but it is also hard. As we strive to make it as easy as possible for you, here is a little introductory article of how…
Martial arts series 3 – karate
| 空手 （からて）空手 or 空手道 (からてど）means the Way of the Empty Hand. It is named that way because traditionally no 空手家 （からてか）or Karate practitioner would use weapons to fight. Another reason…