I also have a page called "Kumamoto Links": http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/~masden/links.html
2014-06-01 21:29 JST 2014 I also have a page called "Kumamoto Links": http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/~masden/links.html KUMAMOTO LINKSComprehensive website with information including links and pamphlets on tourism, business, schools/studies within Kumamoto Prefecture for the rest of the Asia region. http://www.kumamoto-links.com/ ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 6 · Comments: 0 · Shares: 1 ← 2014-05-27 16:57 JST 2014-06-02 20:57 JST → Around this time … 2014-06-05 01:09 JSTKumamoto City "relies solely on groundwater, which comes from water deposits in aquifers consisting of volcanic rocks formed from Mount Aso’s eruption between 90,000 to 260,000 years ago."http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/life-health/57549-clean-water-technology-japan-philippinesFresh, clean water? Japan has technology that PH can use 2014-06-05 01:10 JST7-Elevens look to capitalize on Taiwanese women's love for … 2014-06-04 18:40 JSTYou can rent a Beer Gar Den(sha) between July 1st and September 30th this year.交通局からのお知らせ(一覧) / 熊本市交通局ホームページ 2014-06-04 00:00 JSTGakuendai will hold its annual Japanese-language speech contest for foreign students this Saturday. 2014-06-02 20:57 JSTMayor Koyama will not run for re-election. He says he will continue his career as a politician but is being vague about his future plans.http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nnp/national/article/92230 2014-06-01 21:29 JSTI also have a page called "Kumamoto Links":KUMAMOTO LINKS (this post) 2014-05-27 16:57 JSTThe Kumamon craze continues . . . (Thanks to Reno for notification.)http://akihabaranews.com/2014/05/26/article-en/japan-airlines-air-kumamon-flight-meal-full-kumamoto-goodies-1475151130Japan Airlines - Air Kumamon - In-flight meal full of Kumamoto goodies 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 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 2014-05-25 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 2014-05-24 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
