Here's a video of Kumamon's bungee jump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_W7bagqLfM
2012-08-28 08:37 JST 2012 Here's a video of Kumamon's bungee jump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_W7bagqLfM くまモンの五木村バンジージャンプ五木村バンジージャンプのオープニングイベントでくまモンも挑戦しました。 日本最大級の高さ77mからのバンジージャンプ！ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_W7bagqLfM ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 4 · Comments: 0 · Shares: 4 ← 2012-08-28 08:35 JST 2012-09-01 09:58 JST → Around this time … 2012-09-03 11:25 JSTA bunraku (traditional puppetry) festival will be held in Yamato-machi this Sunday. They have a long bunraku tradition there. In addition to an introduction to traditional puppetry and the puppets, there will also be a Kumamon show and other events. http://kumanago.jp/topics/?mode=detail&id=703 2012-09-03 11:13 JSTA festival (Shiranui Umi no Matsuri) will be held in Uki this coming weekend. Most of the activities, including the fireworks, seem to be planned for Sunday evening. http://www.city.uki.kumamoto.jp/q/aview/34/3549.html 2012-09-02 13:42 JSTThere's a hotel in Kumamoto called the "Hotel Slow Suizenji." I think "slow" in the name must be a translation of the Japanese "yukkuri" or "yuttari" which means unhurried and relaxed. The idea, of course, is that "you can take your time and relax here." In English, of course, "Hotel Slow" sounds like 遅いホテル (a hotel where service is slow) -- probably not the meaning intended by the proprietors. http://www.hotelslow.jp/index.html http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/LocationPhotos-g298213-d1093951-Hotel_Slow_Suizenji-Kumamoto_Kumamoto_Prefecture_Kyushu_Okinawa.html 2012-09-01 09:58 JSTAnime fans! Here's a video about anime tourism in Kumamoto:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0pRgZ6Lp-kI found this on the English-language web page:http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/4205972.html人気アニメで地域おこし ～人吉球磨のアニメツーリズム～ 2012-09-01 10:42 JSTI've taken people to see this kofun (burial mound) in Yamaga several times. It's worth seeing, I think. The following page has a link to a map showing the location:http://www.tvtrip.com/Monument+1-info/Chibusan-Kofun+u1HcZmHere's an old message from Kumamoto-i with some more information:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumamoto-i/message/7875There's also more explanation in English toward the end of the text explanation that accompanies this YouTube video.古代人からのメッセージ・装飾古墳の謎 Messages from the ancients. 2012-08-28 08:37 JSTHere's a video of Kumamon's bungee jump: (this post) 2012-08-28 08:35 JSTYou can see a video of this here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_W7bagqLfM 2012-08-28 08:24 JSTWhat happened to the "Kumamoto (熊本)" group? It seems to have vanished from Facebook, at least for me. Are others of you who have been members able to see it? I wonder if it has been deleted. The last post to "Kumamoto (熊本)" was pretty weird. Here's my record from an RSS feed (which, thankfully, stays constant even if Facebook material seems to disappear): "Alain Barbier posted in KUMAMOTO（熊本）: "私のアプローチはあなたに奇妙に思える場合でも、私は議論すると日本人の女の子が欲しい、私たちの文化を交..." He's saying, perhaps through a translation service, that "Even if my approach seems strange to you, my point is that I want Japanese girls . . ." or something to that effect. Perhaps this post has something to do with the end of the group. Actually, I've been thinking that it would be more in keeping with the spirit of Kumamoto-i to make this page a "group" rather than a "page" so that posts by member will be more prominent. If it means, though, that everyone needs to be made a moderator with power to delete the group and/or ban me from it, I'd better think twice. 2012-08-28 07:54 JSTThe Hassaku Festival will be held in Yamato-cho (used to be called Yabe) this weekend: http://kumanago.jp/topics/?mode=detail&id=697 2012-08-26 14:25 JSTBungee jumping starts in Itsuki Village tomorrow, the 27th. They have an extremely high bridge that was built in anticipation of a dam on the Kawabegawa but dam construction was canceled. So, they decided to make use of the bridge by letting people jump off it. Cost of one jump: 5,000 yen. http://www.vill.itsuki.lg.jp/q/aview/9/3249.html 2012-08-26 08:50 JSTThis indicates that Kumamoto has a low probability (about 30%) of experiencing tropical storm winds within the next three days as a result of the approaching typhoon: http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/
