2016 Olympics in Fukuoka?!
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| The locals have been abuzz recently with the news that Fukuoka is aiming to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. (Sapporo is also in the running, but one might…
Coming-of-Age Day
| Today (the second Monday in January) is “Seijin-no-hi”, when 20-year-olds gather for a special ceremony to celebrate reaching adulthood, and dress in their best furisode (for the girls) or…
Taoru wo doozo!
| In Japan, the gas stations provide services that are as good as restaurants do. At full service gas stations, which most are, allows you to sit back and relax…
Fukuoka Robots!
| This week’s news brings us Kiyomori, a two-legged robot with a great website, born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. It’s famous for the revolutionary ability to rotate its pelvis as…
Festivals coming up in Fukuoka!
| Japan loves its festivals, and Fukuoka is of course no exception. Here’s what’s coming up (info excerpted from a very helpful post to the Fukuoka JET website: January 3:…
How safe is Japan?
| Very very safe! A few examples we’ve noticed recently, from in and around Fukuoka: – When you get large amounts of change from the subway vending machine, a loud…
Shitsurei desu ga…
| Sometimes the implied meaning of words can be very different from the stated meaning. A friend of ours in Japan, on a recent visit to the offices of another…
Student breakdown
| We finally got round to analyzing who our students were this year, and we’ve posted the results to our website at this page. Some semi-interesting factoids: while the total…
GenkiJACS Getting Cheaper?
| Well, if you’re American at least. Our highly placed sources in the international finance community tell us that the yen to dollar rate hasn’t been better for a long…
Rikishis at Hakata station!?
| Have you ever seen Rikishis (Sumo wrestlers) in Fukuoka except at Kokugikan (the sumo ring)? I’m quite sure I’m not the only one who has never seen Rikishis, even…