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Kanagawa man who tweeted 'lion scare' after 2016 Kumamoto quakes avoids charges | The Japan Times
A man who fanned a "lion scare" with false tweets following the deadly earthquakes that hit Kumamoto last April has managed to avoid indictment. The Kumamo
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/03/23/national/kanagaw …
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  • 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/viewform
    cheers joe
    Public 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 …
  • 2017-03-26 20:19 JSTKanagawa man who tweeted 'lion scare' after 2016 Kumamoto … (this post)
  • 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 see
    https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1086747584732006
    and
    https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1087632817976816
    -- Kirk
    http://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.net
    The official site (which, unfortunately, seems not have been updated since the earthquake) is http://hanatourou.com/
    Corrective edits added by Kirk
    top 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. -- Kirk
    https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/kumamoto-i/conversations/messages/13493
    Yahoo! Groups
  • 2017-03-22 14:38 JSTThis job announcement came to me via a mailing list called PMJS (for specialists in pre-modern Japanese studies). I'm not sure if anyone who reads this page would be interested in actually applying for these positions but I found it interesting to learn that there is a strong Japanese studies department in Kyushu University that offers advanced degree programs taught in English. -- KIrk
    http://www2.lit.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/impjh/
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