Reorganization of GenkiJACS Courses
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| There have been a lot of changes at GenkiJACS this year: converted to an NPO, almost tripled the size of the school, found perhaps the coolest thing in the…
Sayonara Kim-san!
| Last Friday was the last day of work for Kim, our former culture classes and events coordinator. Kim worked with us for a little over a year, and was…
“Yojijukugo” – Japanese sayings
What are we talking about? One of my favourite aspects of the language is 四字熟語 (“yojijukugo”, 4-character idioms). A way of Japanese sayings which literally, it means: yo(yon) = 四…
GenkiJACS blog in Japanese!
| We’ve started a separate blog in Japanese! It’s written partly for host families, to keep them informed about what’s happening at school, but should be a great resource for…
Photos of new school
| We’ve added an album of photos of the new (since June 2008) school location to our photo gallery. You can see the pictures here. These should give you an…
Japanese and weather
| The Japanese love to talk about the weather. I suppose when you have a country with such a diverse climate it’s hard not to. The beaches in Okinawa rival…
New teachers (and old ones leaving…)
| We finally got around to updating our teacher introductions page to reflect some of the new teachers who have been hired recently. Not all new teachers have been added…
German Bildungsurlaub recognition!
| GenkiJACS was recently approved as a recognized school for the German bildungsurlaub, or educational leave program. Qualifying German nationals can now receive 10 days of state-sponsored study leave with…
New Japanese trend: Ad-sponsored notepaper!
| One of our staff members also teaches at a local university, and was surprised this week to receive a student’s homework assignment that looked like this: It’s notepaper with…
No more Western Union!
| We received a letter recently informing us that the only official Western Union agent in Japan, Suruga Bank, is ceasing to handle Western Union money transfers. This means that…