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2013-05-27 21:40 JST 2013 http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/102782.php Rainy season starts in southwestern JapanJapanese weather officials say the rainy season has started in 3 southwestern regions. http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/102782.php ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 2 · Comments: 0 ← 2013-05-16 20:36 JST 2013-05-31 10:48 JST → Around this time … 2013-06-21 21:18 JSTThough this cover image is not of Kumamoto Castle, this article says that Kumamoto Castle has been ranked as number one of all of Japan's castles in a survey done by travel website TripAdvisor."Taking the top spot was Kumamoto Castle. Oddly enough, Kumamoto was the only member of the group traditionally referred to as “Japan’s Three Great Castles” in the top 20, as neither Osaka nor Nagoya Castle were chosen for the honor.Visitors ranked Kumamoto highly for its watchtowers and sweeping stone foundation created by master castle designer Kato Kiyomasa. One visitor remarked that the building’s low ceilings and squeaking wooden nightingale floors, designed to alert guards to the presence of an intruder, made hum feel like he had slipped back in time to when the structure was first built, 400 years ago."http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/06/21/travelers-rank-japans-20-best-castles/Travelers rank Japan’s 20 best castles 2013-06-20 01:13 JSTComing this way . . . Check out this page for more information: http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com 2013-06-16 12:24 JSTI posted the following on the YahooGroups side of Kumamoto-i:http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/05/national/minamata-recognition-criter\ia-called-outrage/#.Ubxydxac1K6Unfortunately, however, RSS Graffiti, which I've been using to forward items from YahooGroups to this page, isn't very reliable lately.I wrote a bit about this article on Minamata disease and a parallel with the Fukushima issue on YahooGroups at the following address:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumamoto-i/message/12556Minamata recognition criteria called outrage 2013-05-31 10:48 JSTGood news about the natural environment -- sort of. Part of the bounce back may be due to global warming.Kumamoto Prefecture has mudflats (or tidal flats) with mudskippers in Arao. Here's the address of an post about them:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumamoto-i/message/11812http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/30/national/mudskipper-numbers-jump-eightfold-report/#.Uaf9lpWc1K4Mudskipper numbers jump eightfold: report 2013-05-31 10:49 JSTHere's a video about Arao's tidal flats:http://youtu.be/0NZ_6xQk7eoラムサール条約登録！世界が認めた「荒尾干潟」 Internationally acknowledged "Arao Tidal Flat" 2013-05-27 21:40 JSTRainy season starts in southwestern Japan (this post) 2013-05-16 20:36 JSTI think this site is extremely interesting. Notice how much worse the air quality in Kyushu is than Korea -- in spite of Korea's proximity to China. Also, notice that there are many areas in China that seem to be better the Kyushu. Hmmm. http://aqicn.org/?map 2013-05-14 18:58 JSTThe food company is Marukin Shokuhin, the maker of a brand of natto that is quite popular here:http://www.marukinfoods.co.jp/company/company_top.htmlhttp://japandailypress.com/food-company-chairman-arrested-for-hiding-86-guns-1428790Food company chairman arrested for hiding 86 guns 2013-05-13 13:14 JSTHere's a message from Kumamoto-i on YahooGroups about a bicycle for sale:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumamoto-i/message/12504Yahoo! Groups 2013-05-12 23:45 JSTKumamon featured in The Guardian:http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/12/kumamon-japan-mascot-plutokunKumamon leads Japan's mascot craze, but don't mention Pluto-kun 2013-05-02 20:32 JSTNabegataki Falls will be lit up at night until the 6th. http://kumanago.jp/en/events/detail/430000004285.html
