Japanese Karaoke
| Bwahaha… I landed gold!I found this online Japanese karaoke site and it is real karaoke with the latest Jpop hits. Registration is free (though you have to enter a…
Obento
| Students Becky-chan and Shelly-chan brought their home-made bentos to school today. Oishisou!
GenkiJACS Cultural Festival
| On Saturday April 11, the GenkiJACS Cultural Festival was held. On the previous day, students created some beautiful flower arrangement to be displayed around the school. People were able…
いい天気(てんき)ですね! (Nice weather!)
| Finally, a week without rain in the forecast! I haven’t experienced summer here but I hear it’s very hot and humid, or as it is said in Japanese, mushi-atsui…
UNICEF Japan
| Every year GenkiJACS makes a donation to UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund. Before we became an NPO, we donated 5% of after-tax profits. As an NPO doesn’t have…
Dogs and Cats
| Pets are a big market in Japan. There are pet spas and pet hotels (even one at Narita Airport), pet strollers and many, many shops selling costumes (I saw…
GenkiJACS receives Customer Satisfaction Excellence Award – again!
| We received a lovely package from Languagecourse.net, one of the agencies we work with, today. They ask students to rate schools after finishing their study, and collate those ratings…
Starbucks in Fukuoka
| It may or may not come to your surprise that downtown Fukuoka is home to dozens of Starbucks cafes. Since I’m from Canada, where Starbucks is a common sight,…
Sakura
| These are pictures from Maizuru Park last week. Maizuru Park is about a 15 minute walk from GenkiJACS. In the evening the school had a Hanami event under the…




