New teachers (and old ones leaving…)
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| 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…
More strange Japanese customs
| At long last, a follow-up to our year-old post on strange Japanese customs. To recap, we put a blank sheet of paper on the wall and asked students to…
Fukuoka world’s best shopping city, one of the most liveable!
| The Japan Times reports that London magazine Monocle named Fukuoka as the best city in the world for shopping! Reasons include the compactness of the central shopping district, the…
GenkiJACS receives Customer Satisfaction Excellence Award
| The busy summer season means that this blog doesn’t get updated nearly as often as we would like, but much has changed in the last month or so that…
New website chat feature!
| If you visit our main site, you may notice a little black bar in the bottom-left-hand corner. This is a chat box, and if it says “Click to talk…
Link with online Japanese school J-OS
| In our never-ending quest to improve our students’ Japanese, we’ve linked up with Japan Online School (J-OS), a Japanese school offering webcam lessons over the Internet, to offer a…
Student Essay: Myself as Other and the Beauty of Internationalism
| A former student of Genki Japanese Language School wrote the following report after her stay in Japan. Her reflections on her time here may be useful for others thinking…