Have you studied Japanese? In Japan? Thinking about it? How's it going?

Age is not a limitation to learn absolutely anything. ダンさん頑張ってください、応援しますので🙏

Hi love your honest and freestyle camera viewing, it reminds me of the early days of youtube, please keep it up

I just subscribed, I’ve been craving this type of content for a long time. A lot of us fall in love with Japan by watching the travel vloggers who tend to show all of the bright lights and “must see” parts of Japan. But for all of the people who dream about moving to Japan there isnt a lot of realistic/raw moving to Japan content. So thank you sharing your journey. I’m also canadian and have been looking into studying/working aboard in Japan. How do you deal with being so far away from Canada? This might sound irrational but I have a deep fear that a medical emergency or something bad could happen back in Canada when I’m gone. Have you ever dealt with this type of fear?

Nice video! Im returning home to Japan this year after a long time away, could relate.

Wow, I am current in Fukuoka studying at the same school 😂. Also, love the editing in this video.

Great video and just in time. I'm an American already mid-40's and moving to Kyoto with my Japanese wife this summer. Planning on attending a long-term Japanese language school and saw your vlog here. Appreciate the insight into your experience. I think GenkiJACS may be the place for me! Lots of schools in Kyoto, but this one seems to be the best combination of learning Japanese to live and to work, not just to pass a test, or have a "working vacation" trip. I look forward to your next posts!

Underrated channel. Keep it Up

I love it. I'm in my 40's, male, taking Japanese at a local comm. collge, and have the same alarm sound. Sometimes I feel self concious, but you make me feel so much better about my decisions :)

ダンさん、こんにちは。 ありさです。元気ジャックスについて動画を作ってくれてありがとう😄 とてもおもしろかったです👍🏻！ 日本語の勉強、がんばりましょうね💪🏼

-Nice you live so close to train station and it was neat to see how it operates. -Your lunch looked yummy! -Hope you will get N2 at least! *fingers crossed*

This is so cool. I attended GenkiJACS several years ago, it’s interesting to see how the school and Fukuoka has changed over time. Thanks for sharing.

Oh, fellow Canadian! Cool :) p.s. I subscribed!

ようこそ！

I hope your Japanese learning journey is going well! Japan is a lovely place I love it and hate it! Definitely the atmosphere makes you feel home than home but there’s still a language barrier and it’s just hard to navigate if you don’t speak Japanese as a tourist!

様々の國から日本を訪れて来て 色々な事に興味や感心を示して 下さり感動しました。🙂❤️

Ah, genki! Natsukashii naaa~ :D I went to their tokyo branch. Such a lovely school. Thanks for your video!

Fukuoka looks like a very cool place !!!! Love the classroom and love the train station. Very clean and modern looking. Not that crowded compared to some other parts of Japan I have visited.

Cool! I decided to dedicate the new two years to learning Japanese. Been dabbling in it for a long time, had a few Japanese boyfriends that taught me some basic, watching anime etc but still struggling with katakana LOL. I got myself flashcards recently. DuoLingo doesn't really work. My first language is French, second is English (100% fluent), I'm French-Canadian. I want to travel to Japan at some point and go to all different areas, maybe 2 months in Tokyo and the rest elsewhere. My best friend actually took a Japanese language university course just to be able to speak it better LOL and we want to go together, but she has kids so she might come only a month and I would continue by myself, so I'll need to also speak and I would like to be able to. There are so many languages I want to learn, besides Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Italian, to name a few, but I came to the conclusion that you have to choose one, you can't study 10 things at the same time. And since nihongo is the 3rd language I am more advanced in, this it will be for 2024-2025. I'd like to try to find an actual practice partner, i.e. a Japanese person who wants to learn French or English and we could meet and do things once a week or something. Nice discovering your channel, check out mine if you want, I travel with my cat and vlog my (not so ordinary) life LOL :)

Good work in those opening shots and dialog. How exciting. Have you heard of suica? It will save you heaps of time at the station, just load your account with up to 20,000 円 and scan your phone and you are in. No need to carry around cash or coins anymore. I’m currently living in Tokyo and look forward to visiting Fukuoka one day soon. Good luck with your studies mate!

Konichiwa. Thank you for sharing your first day of school at a Japanese language school.

Hi this Marc thanks for youre introductions to international student in japan ,i did start for à trip in 2013 ,i whant to study it back on i was à false beginner at that time i learn for m'y pleasure !domo arigato i Will follow your vids Maaku monttoriollu ni benkyoshimashita

Love the layout of your videos, how long will you be studying at this language school?

Great video : )

i saw this video on my youtube recommended and watched it because i'll be attending language school in shinjuku starting this april. cool to see your orientation, maybe i can expect something similar. i looked through your channel and also found that you're from toronto! i am too. i will check out some of your recent videos, especially the visa one because im going to be doing the same thing in a few weeks haha

あんたはえらい！！

Man this looks so fun!

Good for you brother. Hello from Phoenix Arizona 👋

More videos on your school experience, if you are looking for topics.

Hey Mac! Thanks for the great video. I too wanted to trying something similar and was looking at genki jacs. If you dont mind could you do a breakdown of the fees you paid and everything else? I will be a complete beginner as I don't know to read anything.

Wait, the Genki School uses minna no nihongo. That's like opening the Coca Cola Cafe and only serving Pepsi. Interesting video however.

Dan, your video re: your first day of school was of particular interest to me because I've attempted to sign up for class at GenkiJacs. However, their program was full. I'm curious as to how many months into the course are you? Do classes move at a comfortable pace? Do you cover a chapter a week or more? Are you using the Genki book? I'm worried about the class moving at a fast pace and don't want to risk language learning fatigue. Since GenkiJacs if full, I am looking into studying at another school in Fukuoka. I read in the comments that you ended up in Fukuoka due to visa compatibility. Fukuoka is my first choice, I thought that I would have a greater opportunity to use Japanese once I step out of the classroom vs. Tokyo where more people speak English??? All things considered are you glad that you ended up in Fukuoka? I wish you all the continued success! Gambate ne!

I really am debating doing actual Language School after doing self study (unsuccessfully) for a few years. I worry that my age (early 40s) will limit my opportunities, but it may be worth a look.

Hey , did you buy your phone in japan ?, or did your old one worked ?, i have similar model samsung

Hi Isaac! How did you manage renting the apartment?

It's nice that they show you everything still I'd hope they are not doing this in the school I will be going to (if I finally get my CoE) .... this might be nice for people who never went to Japan before but I'd assume many people who go to visit a language school especially if its for more than just 1-2 month have been in Japan before and as a really picky eater I don't need someone to tell me about restaurants and food I am not gonna eat anyways ^^V I will probably be super nervous .... It seems they are speaking a lot of English with you on that orientation, can you tell me how much Japanese you need to know starting the school ? Probably different in every school but Japan now has as a Requirement that you have (I think its) 180 hours of previous lessons so I am a little bit scared that my Japanese is not good enough especially as I don't have 180hours and was told to just lie about it ^^V

Why did you choose Fukuoka? And why Genki over other schools? Thanks!

What was the overall cost ?

Did you join the school with zero prior japanese knowledge? Or did some JLPT certifications?

Hi, just curiosity, How old are you? and why are studying Japanese?