2014-05-16 22:09 JST 2014 The Tour of Lotus Root with Mustard - with Mokkosu Fire http://kumanago.jp/en/blog/2014/05/16/the-tour-of-lotus-root … ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 2 · Comments: 0 ← 2014-05-16 02:25 JST 2014-05-24 13:15 JST → Around this time … 2014-05-26 21:26 JSTHere's another article about Kumamon going international:http://akihabaranews.com/2014/05/26/article-en/kumamons-burden-going-international-and-we-know-secret-1195785850Kumamon's Burden: Going International (AND WE KNOW THE SECRET) 2014-05-25 17:59 JST"Japanese immigrants came to Hawaii from Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Okinawa and Yamaguchi prefectures after 1868. Hawaiian King David Kalakaua traveled to Japan in 1881 to visit the Meiji emperor and invited Japan to send settlers to work on Hawaii’s agricultural plantations. In 1885, Jiro Nakamura was the first Japanese consul in Hawaii, the first diplomatic representative from any nation other than the U.S., to be posted in the Kingdom of Hawaii." http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-features/about-town-5-24-14King Kalakaua was not merely interested in the labor of Japanese immigrants. Another motivation with offsetting American influence and avoiding a U.S. takeover:"He sought a closer relationship with Japan, in part, to offset the growing influence of the U.S., when he proposed a marriage alliance between his niece, Princess Ka`iulani, and the Emperor’s nephew, Komatsu."http://www.hawaii.edu/news/docs/japanese-in-hawaii.pdfAbout Town | 5-24-14 2014-05-25 18:01 JST"After years of acting as a popular icon nationwide in Japan, the Kumamoto Prefecture's bear mascot Kumamon is finally making his international debut! Earlier this week, Kumamon's PR department announced that starting in June of 2014 they would be lifting the bad on international sales of Kumamon goods. "http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-05-24/kumamon-mascot-character-is-coming-to-america/.74775Kumamon Mascot Character Is Coming To America 2014-05-24 13:15 JST". . . looking for a qualified English teacher. Must be a native English speaker. The job is at an eikaiwa near Hikari no Mori Youme Town in Kusunoki." https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/kumamoto-i/conversations/messages/12876 2014-05-24 17:49 JST"The study covered some 850 swamp sites of about 110,000 hectares, including the Kushiro wetlands on Hokkaido and the Oze marshland, which stretches over Fukushima, Gunma and Niigata prefectures on Honshu.It also covered around 1,300 sites classified as mud flats, totaling 50,000 hectares and including the Fujimae tidal flat in Aichi Prefecture on Honshu and the Ariake Sea, bordered by Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki and Kumamoto prefectures on Kyushu."http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/23/national/japan-neglecting-wetlands-ministry/#.U4BcARZbmc8Japan neglecting wetlands: ministry | The Japan Times 2014-05-16 22:09 JSTThe Tour of Lotus Root with Mustard - with Mokkosu Fire (this post) 2014-05-16 02:25 JSTWe had a discussion about this on the Kumamoto-i mailing list after this article came out:https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/kumamoto-i/search/messages?query=microaggressionYes, I can use chopsticks: the everyday 'microaggressions' that grind us down | The Japan Times 2014-05-16 00:46 JST"Cuteness overload" has been a topic of discussion on this page. Here's a fairly long CNN article on the topic.http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/12/world/asia/osaka-mascot-cull/Japanese cuteness overload could result in mascot cull 2014-05-16 00:41 JSTNot a Kumamoto native, but she did it here!http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/15-year-old-katsu-rewrites-golf-history15-year-old Katsu rewrites golf history 2014-05-16 00:06 JSTI know, I know. "Not another Kumamon photo!" But wait! This is different. Here Kumamon has charged (?) into the editorial offices Shueisha, which produces the manga Shonen Jump to complain about copyright infringement! Shueisha used images of Kumamon in the latest issue of Shonen Jump without getting approval and the prefecture lodged an official complaint.For a Japanese news article see:http://kumanichi.com/news/local/main/20140515002.xhtml 2014-05-14 22:33 JSTSong 'Kumamon-mon-mon' with English subtitles
