GENKI school is opening its Kyoto school on July 1, 2019. Genki has schools in Fukuoka and Tokyo right now. To accommodate more students, they decided to open a new center and it is in Kyoto, one of the popular travel destinations for visitors. Kyoto is a very attractive city, and many people from the … Continue reading “GENKI Japanese & Culture School is opening its Kyoto School in July”
Do you like cooking and love to learn Japanese cooking while you are in Japan studying the language? Kudan Institute of Japanese Language & Culture (KILC) in Tokyo is offering the Japanese cooking course in 2019. This 4 week course is offering in January, April, July, and October, 2019. You will study Japanese at Kudan … Continue reading “Japanese cooking course and Japanese lesson”
If you love Japanse Manga or comics and would like to learn the manga drawing, Kudan Institute is offering a collaboration class with partnership with Mangajuku, a professional manga school. This course is only available at Kudan and you can learn both Japanese and Manga skills. In this course, a professional manga artists will teach … Continue reading “Japanese and Manga course available”
If you are visiting Japan, you may have a chance to take Hello Kitty themed Shinkansen or Bullet Train. The Hello Kitty Shinkansen is running for a limited time until November 2018. Please check the Japan Rail Pass Blog and you can find the detailed information on what the Hello Kitty Shinkansen is all about. … Continue reading “Hello Kitty Shinkansen available until November 2018”
In 2018 summer, I have visited three Japanese schools in Fukuoka City, Kyoto Fu and Kobe City. Visiting schools is very important to actually see the campuses, meeting with the staff, and exploring the cities. I know for sure that the schools we introduce on our website is a great choice for students who would … Continue reading “Visited Japanese Schools in Fukuoka, Kyoto and Kobe”
I love the Japan Rail Pass, and have been using it for past few years. For just in case you don’t know what the JR Pass is, the pass allow you to conduct UNLIMITED Japan Rail (JR) travel. You can use SHINKANSEN or bullet train and travel from Hokkaido to Kyushu islands. Very nice. Whenever … Continue reading “JR Pass is very easy to purchase”
Summer break has started. Are you interested in studying Japanese in Japan? Our partner school, Genki School has a special summer program for minors from 14 to 19 years old. This NextGen program has 20 lessons in a week, plus you can choose 3 “experience” classes every Saturday. The experiences include, manga drawing, tea ceremony, … Continue reading “Junior program in Fukuoka, Japan”
Do you know Randoseru (ランドセル）? This is a backpack for elementary school children in Japan. However, Randoseru is not just a backpack, but the special and an expensive bag for elementary school children. The bag costs from 20000 YEN to 80000 yen, or more. The bag is very detailed, functioned, high quality designed to use … Continue reading “Where can you buy Randoseru?”
Securing internet connectivity is sometimes challenging in Japan. Living in the United States, free wifi connection is everywhere like cafe, hotel, restaurant, school, etc, but this is not the case in Japan. So, when I heard this news, I was very excited. Japan Airline is introducing an APP for both Android and iOS allow you … Continue reading “Japan Airline App for Wifi connectivity in Japan”
* Above image: From Japan National Tourism Organization’s Come to Japan website, https://us.jnto.go.jp/cometojapan/ If you are planing to visit Japan, you should do homework before actually visiting there. Of course the homework is studying about Japan. I have a great resource for you. Japan National Tourism Organization has just released a wonderful website. Check the … Continue reading “Come to Japan videos”