Sample Welcome Packet

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GenkiJACS New Student Welcome Packet

Welcome to Fukuoka, and GenkiJACS! This packet will give you the essential infomation you need

to enoy you stay in Fukuoka, and you study with GenkiJACS" #lease ead though the

infomation hee, and keep it fo futue efeence"

This guide coves the following topics$

%" Safety

&" 'oney

(" Tanspotation

)" *iving

+" School staff and esponsiilities

-" School sevices and policies

." Classes

/n addition, this packet contains a touist map of Fukuoka, a sightseeing guide, us and suway

guides, and a map with the school location maked, as well as the time you must e at school on

you fist day" 0ou will eceive you fist week1s class schedule afte you placement test on the

fist day"

/f you have any 2uestions aout anything hee, o would like moe infomation, please feel fee to

ask at the school, and we will e happy to help!

Thanks again fo choosing GenkiJACS!

0ous sinceely,

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1. SafetyWhile Japan is one of the safest counties in the wold, it always pays to e caeful!

Emergency Phone Number

GenkiJACS school nume ?97&@ .%-8:-.(

GenkiJACS emegency numes ?&) hous a

day@

9798)77(8+(-+ o 9798.&7:8::).

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Amulance and fie %%7

Englih!"eaking #octor

5" Schlempe$ e speaks fluent ;nglish, 5utch and Geman" e pactices Westen medicine" ospital$

/ntenational Clinic Toinmachi, Jigyo %8)8-, Chuo8ku, Fukuoka" Tel 97&8.%.8%999" ;mail$

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&. 'oneyCredit card( Check

'ost chain shops and depatment stoes accept cedit cads many smalle shops do not, so make

sue to cay some cash" Checks ae not used in Japan, and thee ae vey lage fees to cash a

check at a ank"

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'ost ank AT's now accept intenational AT' cads ?/SA, 'C, Cius, #lus, etc@" Fukuoka Dank and

CitiDankdo at all locations, as does the #ost Effice, so you can use these to take out money fom

you oveseas account" AT's in convenience stoes usually do HET accept intenational AT'

cads"

*. )ran"ortation'ost tanspotation in Fukuoka shuts down aound midnight, so e caeful to get ack to you

accommodation efoe then" Confim the time of the last us o tain in advance"

$ukuoka City Subway

All suway tains stop at evey station thee ae no e=pess tains, ut thee ae thee diffeent

lines, the akoIaki line, 4uko ?aipot@ line, and Hanakuma line" ;asy to ide and had to get lost,

suway maps in ;nglish ae located aove each doo" #opula stops ae announced in ;nglish"

And, like all tains and suways in Japan, fist you puchase a ticket and then put it though the

gate to get in and again to get out"

Nihitetu +u

*ocal uses un all ove Fukuoka #efectue" Schedules and maps at the us stops ae always in

Japanese and can e confusing" /f you ask, the dive is usually kind enough to notify you of you

stop"

Duses usually un on thee diffeent schedules$ weekdays, Satudays, and Sundays" Schedules ae

colou8coded and ae posted at all stops" Weekdays ae geen Satudays ae yellow o oange

Sundays 6 holidays ae pink"

0ou oad the local Hishitetsu uses fom the ea" As you get on, take a ticket fom the machine,

with a nume on it" The display at the font of the us shows the fae eside the ticket nume"

,ighway +u Centre

*ong8distance uses aive and depat fom two points in Fukuoka City$ akata Station and Tenin

Station" Hishitetsu us infomation can e found on the (F of oth the Tenin Dus Cente and

akata Dus Cente" Duy you ticket at the counte efoe oading and get in line at you

destination1s oading point"

J- yuhu )rain

akata Station is the mao cente in Fukuoka fo local as well as Shinkansen ?ullet@ tains into

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4yushu" Thee is oth suway and us access fom akata Station" Tain schedules ae in ;nglish

at lage stations and tains ae always within one minute of scheduled time, unless thee is

inclement weathe" ?Hot so with the Hishitetsu uses!@" BTeiki monthly passes ae availale fo

unlimited tavel etween two set stops, useful if you take the same tain evey day"

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/. 0iing-ecycling

Gaage must e divided into thee types" Thee ae special ags fo each type, availale fom

convenience stoes and coloed diffeently, as follows$

%" #lastic ottles and glass ottles$ oange ag

&" Hon8unales ?metal, polystyene, etc"@$ lue ag

(" Dunales ?eveything else@$ ed ag

Cell Phone

Fo long stays, we ecommend uying you own phone" #epaid cell phones ae availale fom

convenience stoes ?in paticula .8%%@, and Softank 'oile" 0ou will need to show /5 ?fo

e=ample, passpot@ to complete the contact, and minos cannot uy them" We also ent cell

phones fom the school cheaply, with no comple= contact e2uied" 0ou can also ent cell phones

cheaply ove the /ntenet fom G8Call, and pay y cedit cad" #lease see this page fo moe

infomation$ http$66genkiacs"com6cellphone"htm

)ourit 2nformation

3ainow #laIa is a geat souce of touist infomation" /t is on the : thfloo of the /'S uilding in

downtown Tenin" They offe infomation aout all touist attactions, as well as a noticeoad that

you can use to find Japanese fiends"

Fukuoka How ?fee ;nglish8language magaIine and wesite, http$66www"fukuoka8now@ has event

infomation, as well as lots of lifestyle info and a message oad to help you meet people" The

latest edition of Fukuoka How should e included in this Welcome #acket"

4okusai ioa also povides infomation to foeignes" They ae located on the ( dfloo of the

eautiful AC3ES uilding in Tenin" They ae open fom %9am to -"(9pm and closed 'ondays"

The Fukuoka Welcome Cad, availale fom 3ainow #laIa and othe places, has info and

discounts fo many attactions" #ick it up efoe you stat sightseeing!

3. School taff and re"onibilitie/f you have a 2uestion o polem, talk to the elevant peson elow$

)o"ic 'ain taff Secondary taff

Accommodation 2uestions Ayako Dady 0uuki 'atsuguma

Deginne % classes o scheduling Tomoe 0oshiguchi 'achiko Eyama

Deginne & classes o scheduling Aiko 4uoiwa 'achiko Eyama

/ntemediate classes o scheduling 'achiko Eyama Aiko 4uoiwa

Couse change e2uests ?including adding o dopping

classes@

Ayako Dady 0uuki 'atsuguma

;vent6touist infomation, counseling Ayako Dady 0uuki 'atsuguma

Email addree

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aange an altenate fee event on these days" /f no event is held, we will efund tuition fo the

day"

Cla attendance

Attendance is e2uied at all classes" /f you have good eason to e unale to attend a class, call

the school at ?97&@.%-8:-.( to infom the staff in advance" /f you ae egulaly asent, o asent

fo a long peiod, you may ecome ineligile to eceive a gaduation cetificate" /f you ae asent

fo moe than two days, the school will attempt to contact you o you accommodation if we

cannot contact you, we will contact the police as e2uied"

#lease e on time fo classes" Teaches will not wait fo you to aive, so you will miss class

content" /f you ae vey late, you may e efused enty to the class"

Peronal belonging

GenkiJACS is open to the pulic" Take cae with you elongings, and do not leave valuales out of

you sight" /f you see anything o anyody suspicious, please contact a meme of staff staight

away"

Alcohol%cigarette%drug

Students unde &9 yeas of age ae not legally allowed to smoke o dink in Japan" Students unde

&9 ae e2uied to oey these laws while in the county" 5ug possession6use is 2uite ae, and is

punished vey hashly in Japan" /f caught, you face months in ail ?likely in solitay confinement@

efoe you tial, then many yeas afte that in pison, o depotation to you home county, to e

impisoned thee" 5o not do dugs in Japan"

/n addition, smoking in the school itself is pohiited" Thee is a smoking aea ust outside the

entance to the school uilding"

7. Clae

Schedule

/n geneal, you classes each weekday ae scheduled as follows$

7$(98%%$&9$ )8skills pactice classes

%&$(98%)$&9$ gamma classes

%)$(9$ additional classes

This schedule changes depending on the season and nume of students" /n addition, at Deginne

% and Deginne & level, )8skills and gamma classes ae comined"

;ach couse is taught y multiple teaches, so you teache will change fom day to day, ut

classes follow the peset cuiculum"

;vey Fiday, a ceemony is held fo gaduating students ?with speeches@ fom %)$&+ in the

lounge"

When No Cla Grou" 2 Aailable

/f you ae the only student at you aility level, the following options ae availale$

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%@ /f a class at a simila level is availale, you will have two hous of pivate lessons pe day,

and two hous with the closest class"

&@ /f no class at a simila level is availale, you will have thee hous of pivate lessons pe

day"

Fo additional lessons ?Japanese #lus Convesation, Japanese #lus #op Cultue, etc"@, if you ae the

only student at you level, you will have ( pivate lessons pe week"

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