The typhoon is currently a Category 4 (winds of 130-156 mph) -- take it seriously.
2013-10-07 19:02 JST 2013 The typhoon is currently a Category 4 (winds of 130-156 mph) -- take it seriously. ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 3 · Comments: 0 · Shares: 1 ← 2013-10-07 18:59 JST 2013-10-07 19:13 JST → Around this time … 2013-10-28 00:05 JSTImperial couple visits sanatorium for Hansen’s disease … 2013-10-26 09:28 JSTWe've just hit the 500-likes mark! Thanks for your support. I'll try to get back to posting more regularly again. 2013-10-08 17:29 JSTWe are quite likely to have tropical storm winds (but lower than Cat 1) in the next 12 hours. http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com 2013-10-08 07:44 JSTThis shows the probability of Category 1 or greater winds in the next 24 hours. http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com 2013-10-07 19:13 JSTI received the following information in an emergency weather e-mail from the Prefecture. It says that Typhoon No. 24 will come closest to Kumamoto after sunset on the 8th. The tide tends to be fairly high this time of year so people near the ocean are encouraged to be particularly careful.熊本県危機管理防災課です。現在、台風24号が熊本県に接近しています。気象台によれば、8日(火)夜のはじめ頃から夜おそくにかけて熊本県に最も接近する見込みとのことです。また、現在、平常時の潮位が年間で最も高い時期となっていますので、沿岸部にお住まいの方は台風接近に伴う高潮にも厳重に注意してください。 2013-10-07 19:02 JSTThe typhoon is currently a Category 4 (winds of 130-156 mph) … (this post) 2013-10-07 18:59 JSTA typhoon is approaching. I know of at least one high school in Kumamoto City that will be closed tomorrow because of the weather. http://www.jma.go.jp/jp/typh/132424l.html 2013-09-20 21:08 JSTThis wadaiko (Japanese drumming) group from Australia, called RINDO, will be performing with the Kumamoto-jo Omotenashi Bushotai at Kumamoto Castle (Hommaru Goten, Central Garden [Naka Niwa] Stage) on Saturday (Sept 21), from 11 - 12 and again from 1 to 3 PM. From 12 to 1 Breath (the group I introduced in my previous post https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/528668377206599) will perform. RINDO will also perform from 11 - 12 on Sunday, the 22nd, at the Kumamoto Zoo.http://youtu.be/EshgREf9YngWadaiko Rindo taiko drumming at the Japanese Summer Festival 2010 2013-09-20 20:51 JSTThese musicians from Australian will be performing at the Sojo University Gallery (which, despite the name, is not far from the International Center in downtown Kumamoto) from 4 PM to 5:30 PM on Saturday, Sept. 21 (tomorrow). They will also be performing at the Kumamoto Shintoshin Plaza (near Kumamoto Station) beginning at 1:30 PM on the 23rd (a holiday). I will post more about this and related events on the page in the coming hour. Be sure click on the link to hear the amazing music (featuring didgeridoo, beatbox and shakuhachi).http://vimeo.com/70708504Bareback on the Beach 2013-09-19 09:02 JSTVoting under way for ‘yurukyara’ - The Japan News 2013-09-19 08:57 JSTWe visit the World Santa Congress in Kumamoto Prefecture and …