Here's another article about where Kumamoto stands after three months. -- Kirk
2016-07-14 20:42 JST 2016 Here's another article about where Kumamoto stands after three months. -- Kirk 4,700 evacuees in Kumamoto still lodged in temporary units：The Asahi ShimbunKUMAMOTO--Nearly 5,000 residents of Kumamoto Prefecture are still living in temporary shelters three https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201607140040.html?utm_i … ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 46 · Comments: 0 · Shares: 30 ← 2016-07-14 20:39 JST 2016-07-14 20:56 JST → Around this time … 2016-07-16 20:23 JSTPost 2016-07-16 11:13 JSTHere's a post from the Kumamoto-i mailing list about items for sale: "I would like to sale off many stuffs like SD-Bed, Dining set, Dressing table, kitchenette and many more small useful items at cheapest rate possible. I can also guarantee they are all in perfect condition.Kindly check the website below to find more and please contact us through mail only so that we can reserve the stuffs for you until the sales date.http://dibyajivanarun4u.wix.com/mastmono "The Kumamoto-i e-mail group can be found at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/kumamoto-i/conversations/messagesThis Facebook page grew out of the Kumamoto-i e-mail list. The e-mail list is not as active now as in the past but it has some advantages over this Facebook page. One advantage is that you don't have any fancy algorithm deciding what you should or should not view; you see all posts in the order that they are made. Another related advantage is that all posts are treated equally. On this page, only the editors can post as "Kumamoto International" but on the Kumamoto-i e-mail group, posts from members are distributed in the same way that posts from moderators are. This makes the e-mail page group useful for people who have items they wish to buy or sell because one can address everyone in the group without getting the attention of a moderator. Since becoming involved in Facebook I have found it difficult to integrate the two forums, though their purposes are essentially the same. Recently, however, I've developed a method of collating and sending summaries of posts made to this Facebook page to the Kumamoto-i list that I think I can sustain. Readers of the Facebook page may want to check out the summaries to make sure that Facebook hasn't prevented you from seeing content that you are interested in.-- Kirk https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/kumamoto-i/conversations/messages/13373Yahoo! Groups 2016-07-14 22:54 JSTNHK frequently removes English videos such as this one after just a day or two so, it you're interested, better take a look soon.-- KirkKumamoto quakes still have effect on local economy- News - NHK WORLD - English 2016-07-14 20:56 JSTSadly, yesterday's heavy rain caused one death in Misato-machi. An elderly women was caught in a surging river. About 7 hours after she was last seen near the water, her body was found was found six kilometers downstream.川で行方不明の女性が死亡 熊本 美里町 | NHKニュース 2016-07-15 06:26 JSTA sobering headline . . .Kumamoto cleanup from April quakes drags on as 4,700 residents remain evacuated | The Japan Times 2016-07-14 20:42 JSTHere's another article about where Kumamoto stands after …4,700 evacuees in Kumamoto still lodged in temporary units：The Asahi Shimbun (this post) 2016-07-14 20:39 JSTAs of today, it has been three months since the first earthquake hit and, as the article indicates, many people are continuing to live as evacuees.-- Kirkhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/07/14/national/social-issues/kumamoto-cleanup-april-quakes-drags-4700-residents-remain-evacuated/Kumamoto cleanup from April quakes drags on as 4,700 residents remain evacuated | The Japan Times 2016-07-14 11:32 JSTIn Kumamoto, mental health of stressed staff now a big … 2016-07-13 22:26 JSTA note from our friend and shakuhachiist Jeff Cairns:Trio CaBiKi will be doing three shows around the beginning of August in Kumamoto: July 31st: TEDxKumamoto-shi; August 1st: Kamitori Pavilion Avant Garden; and August 3rd: Cafe Salon Maia. We will be offering up what we do best: Improvisation. Have you ever heard Korean shamanic drumming with theremin and shakuhachi? Now is your chance! Dong-Won Kim, Jeff Bird and Jeff Cairns are Trio CaBiKi.A note from the editor, William: For the etymologically bent, the name shakuhachi means "1.8 shaku," referring to its length. It is a compound of two words: shaku (尺), an almost-archaic unit (many traditional Japanese carpenters still use the system; a tatami size is just under 20 square shaku to accommodate floor molding) equal to 30.3 centimeters (about a foot) and subdivided into ten subunits called "sun" （寸). Hachi (八) means "eight" - here, eight sun, or eight-tenths of a shaku. Thus, "shaku-hachi" means "one shaku eight sun" (almost 55 centimeters), the standard length of a shakuhachi. Though shakuhachi vary in length from about 1.3 shaku up to 3.3 shaku, all are referred to as "shakuhachi". 2016-07-13 21:33 JSTEvacuation advisories have been issued for many areas in Kumamoto (many more than are visible in the screenshot) that are considered to be particularly vulnerable to landslides and/or flooding. http://crisis.yahoo.co.jp/evacuation/43/To view an English translation of this page you should open it it Google's Chrome browsers and the right-click on the page to chose "English translation."-- Kirk 2016-07-13 21:13 JSTThe rain seems to have subsided near my home in Kumamoto City but it may be premature to give the "all clear" when it comes to the risk of mudslides. The dark purple on this map showing mudslide risk is labeled "exceedingly dangerous" (極めて危険). By the way, on this key the light purple is labeled "hijoni" (extremely) and the highest level (dark purple) is labeled "kiwamete," which I have rendered as "exceedingly." I had trouble thinking of a word that is stronger than "extremely." ;) At any rate, steep inclines probably deserve more respect this evening than a common sense "rain seems to have clear up" observation might led one to believe.-- Kirkhttp://www.jma.go.jp/jp/doshamesh/
