GenkiJACS Summer Evaluation Results
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| As another step in our own little freedom of information campaign, we’d like to publish the results of our school evaluations. First, a little explanation: We are always interested…
New NHK Japanese study TV show!
| We were surprised to see a new Japanese language learning TV program from NHK starting a couple of weeks ago in the Friday 11-11:20am slot formerly occupied by 新日本語で暮らそう…
Music City Tenjin
| You’ll hear nothing but music in Tenjin for 2 days! The biggest music festival in Fukuoka is coming soon… “Music City Tenjin (MCT)” is held on the 14th and…
The New York Times on Fukuoka
| We’re a little late to the party, but it seems the New York Times published an article last week about architecture in Fukuoka! While we often bemoan the fact…
The Japan Forum: Free trip to Japan!
| An associate informs us that The Japan Forum is running a competition open to all high school students in the US, offering 8 students the chance to come to…
This way, that way and the other way? こう、そう、ああ
| Beginner students of Japanese often struggle with the three words used as relative pronouns in Japanese, これ (kore, this), それ (sore, that) and あれ (are, that over there). The…
Hakata-ben: “けん”
| It’s a slow news week, so here’s the second part of our 博多弁講座 (hakataben kouza). This time, we look at the word “けん” (ken). This word is the Hakata-ben…
The strange customs of Japan – student collection
| We put a blank piece of paper up on the wall in the student area at school, for students to write the weird cultural things they noticed about Japan.…
2006 Was US Year of Study Abroad??
| Unbeknownst to us over here in Japan, it turns out 2006 was designated by Congress in the US as the Year of Study Abroad! This was done to “recognize…
GenkiJACS prices to rise soon!
| For those of you who are still on the fence about whether to commit to studying at GenkiJACS or not, a little bird told us that there’s a good…