2017-03-27 08:59 JST 2017 Kumamoto quakes faults sample dug up for preservation：The Asahi ShimbunKOSA, Kumamoto Prefecture--Workers here created a scientific time capsule by cutting away a section https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201703010069.html?utm_i … ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 4 · Comments: 0 · Shares: 1 ← 2017-03-26 20:19 JST 2017-03-28 09:44 JST → Around this time … 2017-03-30 13:18 JSTThe Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (NPB) will hold its 2018 All Star game in Kumamoto in July of that year. The decision to hold the game in Kumamoto for the first time in the history of the event was motivated in part by a desire to contribute to Kumamoto's recovery.-- Kirkhttps://www.nishinippon.co.jp/hawks/article/318076藤崎台で来年球宴 熊本復興支援で 2017-03-30 07:16 JSTJoe Tomei here. A student of mine had a baito as a miko-san , which is one of the assistants at a jinja, selling hamaya during shogatsu. (trans "part-time job at a Japanese temple as a 'shrine maiden', selling ceremonial arrows to ward of bad luck for the New Year's festivities"). This isn't about how to get a baito at a jinja, but I hope that sentence may interest you in this guide to Shinto vestments. Links below on other aspects of Shinto shrines are also interesting.http://www.nippon.com/en/views/b05212/“Shōzoku”: The Shintō Vestments 2017-03-29 09:51 JSTJoe Tomei here. John Spiri, a former Kumamoto resident who has a column in the Japan Times, is writing a piece on foreigner anxiety about placing children in the public school system. He asked me to share this survey with Kumamoto-i and he'd like to ask follow up questions. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfR7WHC1_j656x6FfxYU4Ip653yDoisbUwZe0K3a6vw5WBebg/viewformcheers joePublic Schools in Japan 2017-03-28 13:03 JSTA note regarding an employment opportunity:Magic English School (Shinmachi branch) is looking for a motivated, professional person to teach on Saturdays, (1pm - 6:30pm, immediate start).You must be a native speaker and willing to teach all ages, from pre-schoolers to adults.Experience is preferred, but not necessary as training will be provided.If you're interested, please e-mail a brief cover letter and resume.Feel free to contact me for further information.Barry Chandler Magic English School 096-221-3479[email protected]www.magicenglish07.com 2017-03-28 09:44 JSTTravelers’ Treasures / Kumamoto Yamaemura-san Egomaabura … 2017-03-27 08:59 JSTKumamoto quakes faults sample dug up for preservation：The … (this post) 2017-03-26 20:19 JSTKanagawa man who tweeted 'lion scare' after 2016 Kumamoto … 2017-03-24 19:19 JSTThis is a Japanese news report (with video) of today's graduation ceremony at Kumamoto Gakuen University. The parents of Hikaru Yamato, the student who died tragically when the Aso bridge collapsed, were presented with a special diploma for their son. I was not at the individual ceremony for the parents but I attended the main ceremony that preceded it. There I learned that the tragedy occurred as Hikaru was returning from a trip to deliver water to a friend in Kumamoto City after the first quake. For some background seehttps://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1086747584732006andhttps://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1087632817976816-- Kirkhttp://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye3012289.html 2017-03-23 23:38 JSTA reader noted that last year the Honmyoji Hanatourou festival was held on 3/26. Unfortunately, according to the following web page (and to a comment below from Jan) no similar event is being held this year due to damage from the earthquake:http://hanatourou.otemo-yan.netThe official site (which, unfortunately, seems not have been updated since the earthquake) is http://hanatourou.com/Corrective edits added by Kirktop of 本妙寺桜灯籠 Official Website 2017-03-22 17:55 JSTWhere's my tram? Thanks to the magic of GPS technology, it's now possible to see in real time exactly where the tram you are waiting for is:https://www.kumamoto-city-tram.jp/Sys/web01-- Kirk 2017-03-22 15:54 JSTI'm not sure if this is still available but this printer, which was offered for free, is an example of the kind of information that you can find on the Kumamoto-i mailing list that may not show up here. -- Kirkhttps://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/kumamoto-i/conversations/messages/13493Yahoo! Groups
