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Famous designer, manga artist add lustre to Kumamoto rail line
Kumagawa Rail Road, which runs in the Hitoyoshi-Kuma region in southern Kumamoto Prefecture, boasts a tourist excursion train full of great ideas.
http://travel.asiaone.com/travel/destinations/famous-designe …
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    Damage to the aqueduct due to the quakes was significant, but Kumanichi reports that Yabe has contracted with a local company for repairs which are expected to be completed by 2018. The construction will include stabilizing stones shifted in the quakes and replacing mortar to again allow water flow. - William
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  • 2016-12-09 07:03 JSTYOKA is always beautifully prepared and then published in an easy to utilize pdf format. Enjoy the latest edition!
    http://kumamotojet.com/shin/index.php/2016/11/22/autumn-2016-yoka/
    -- Kirk
  • 2016-12-08 22:02 JSTThe film "Girl Rising" will be shown in the AV Hall in the library of Kumamoto Gakuen University on Saturday, December 10th. Show times are 10:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, and 19:00 (5 showings). Admission is free and open to the general public. The movie is in English with Japanese subtitles. It is rating 7.3 (quite high) on the IMDb (International Movie Database) website. Here's the opening of a user review:
    "I recently had the privilege of seeing Girl Rising, 10x10's gripping documentary about nine girls from around the world, and why educating them—and every girl—is vitally important to our future.
    Each of these amazing, resilient girls comes from one of nine countries: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Nepal, Peru and Sierra Leone. They all have incredible stories to tell, each with unimaginable hardships, but also with hope."
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2444946/reviews?ref_=tt_ql_op_3
    Here's the address of the official website:
    http://girlrising.com
    And here's the Japanese announcement about the showing at Gakuendai:
    http://www.lib.kumagaku.ac.jp/news/news1888.html
    -- Kirk
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  • 2016-12-06 23:13 JSTA note from the Kumamoto International Volcanology and Seismology Desks (merged due to budget cuts): Kumanichi offered an update on Mount Aso's mood on the second month anniversary of it's 36-year record-breaking burp. Apparently - nobody knows. Its gas output is fluctuating between 1,000 (normal) and 3,000 (lots) tons per day, and it continues to vent much heat (these conditions are how my wife normally describes me).
    Of particular concern is the prevalence of what the article called 「Ｂ型地震」, something I correctly guessed would be expressed in English as "B type earthquake"; apparently, these are very low-frequency, shallow (>1km) quakes (in reference, the Tokai quake depth was around 600km, while most of the Kumamoto quakes have been at 10km) thought to be caused by expansion and contraction of magma or gas bubbles and are occuring at a rate of several dozen daily not just at the peak but in surrounding areas. The science is still out on this, so maybe we'll all die tomorrow, but probably not.
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    http://kumanichi.com/news/local/main/20161206006.xhtml
    http://kiska.giseis.alaska.edu/input/sanchez/volcseis.html#HighFreq
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