2017-05-31 07:57 JST 2017 JR Kyushu’s luxury sleeper train returns to boost Aso：The Asahi ShimbunFUKUOKA--Kyushu Railway Co.’s luxury sleeper train Nanatsuboshi (Seven stars) will run through the A https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201705300035.html?utm_i … ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. ← 2017-05-30 18:56 JST 2017-05-31 21:35 JST → Around this time … 2017-06-02 16:28 JSTCome & Enjoy Boccia!Arts & Sports for Everyone, an NPO, is to hold an event where you can enjoy a universal sport, boccia, with people living in temporary housing after the quake and people with difficulties. Anyone with/out difficulties and with/out experience of playing boccia is welcome. If interested, please contact ASE by emailing to [email protected] NOW. No entryfee needed and lunch provided. Ideally, please make a group of three or four, but individuals are also fine. We will make a rainbow team.-- Yuichi 2017-06-01 14:55 JSTFor the opening of Jyosaien (城彩苑) in 2011, a Tokyo company with the cool name of Toppan Insatsu (凸版印刷 - "relief printing") produced a virtual reality presentation of Kumamoto Castle called "Wakuwakuza" (湧々座), which is still on display there. Later, Kumamoto University Professor Koutaki Gou (上瀧剛助教 - another cool name) realized that this data could be useful for reconstruction.Toppan has provided some 40,000 highly detailed images of the pre-quake castle, and Prof. Koutaki has created a computer program that matches each stone to its original position. The method is still time-consuming as each stone awaiting restoration must be imaged for its location to be sourced (improvements are under investigation), but it is an important step which somehow makes this tremendous endeavor seem possible. - WilliamMore about Wakuwakuza can be found here: http://9tabi.net/kumamoto/kumamoto00/kumamoto080.htmland the Kumanichi article here: https://this.kiji.is/242830341186422269?c=92619697908483575熊本城、石垣修復で産学連携 熊本大院と凸版印刷 - 熊本日日新聞 2017-06-01 22:48 JSTI just posted about the upcoming rugby test match in Kumamoto:https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/photos/a.129499733790134.25925.123734781033296/1471703799569714/?type=3&theaterHere's some of the same information delivered in Head Coach Jamie Joseph's mellifluous Kiwi accent:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNdkarKZsoI-- KirkリポビタンDチャレンジカップ2017 ジェイミー・ジョセフHC コメント 2017-06-01 21:26 JST"Japan host Romania on June 10 at Kumamoto’s Umakana-Yokana Stadium, which will be renamed Egao Kenko Stadium in February."http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/01/27/more-sports/rugby/jrfu-announces-venues-brave-blossoms-june-test-matches/#.WTAEfsaB364Ticket information can be found (in Japanese) at:https://www.rugby-japan.jp/2017/03/03/lipod2017_ticket_info/If you need help with the language, the translating function on Google's Chrome browser might prove helpful.Parking will be severely restricted on the day of the match. Check the website for details.-- Kirk#Rugby 2017-05-31 21:35 JSTThis video from the Kumanichi (the local newspaper) shows a remotely operated piece of heavy equipment being used to remove fallen stones. The possibility of further collapse makes the area too dangerous for human workers. This is the first such use on a site of such historical importance. The five "claws" that grasp the stones are made of (or coated with?) a rubber-like material. The stones must be handled carefully because they will need to be used again when the wall is reconstructed.-- Kirkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV-MswEMs5M無人重機が崩落石を回収 熊本城飯田丸五階櫓 2017-05-31 07:57 JSTJR Kyushu’s luxury sleeper train returns to boost Aso：The … (this post) 2017-05-30 18:56 JSTThis news article about tattoos and onsen in Japan got me wondering about the situation here in Kumamoto. I searched in both English and Japanese and the best information I was able to find about where people with tattoos can enjoy a nice soak was on the following English page:https://en.unknownjapan.net/tattoo-friendly-onsens/If there are other tattoo-friendly spots in Kumamoto that you'd like to recommend, please write a note about them in the comments.-- Kirkhttp://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003720878Bathhouses in fog about accepting people with tattoos 2017-05-29 23:34 JSTStunning crescent moon in Kumamoto's early evening sky tonight. Ramadan mubarak to all of our Muslim friends on Kumamoto International. - William 2017-05-29 13:14 JSTLarge disparities in temperature between the bottom of basins and higher atmosphere often result in fog. Mt. Aso is famous for this; the phenomenon is known as 雲海 (unkai, "sea of clouds"). A recent video taken of the Grand Canyon in the US showed the same phenomenon. So here you are: Dueling videos of 雲海. - Williamhttps://vimeo.com/217407298https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRl5D096E-wSKYGLOWPROJECT.COM: KAIBAB ELEGY 2017-05-26 09:15 JSTA snake caused a brief power outage in parts of Kumamoto City yesterday. -- Kirkhttp://rkk.jp/news/index.php?id=NS003201705251754200111 2017-05-24 21:36 JSTJCI stands for "Junior Chamber International." Their website says that "JCI is a nonprofit organization of young active citizens age 18 to 40 who are engaged and committed to creating impact in their communities. Active citizens are individuals invested in the future of our world. JCI gathers active citizens from all sectors of society."https://jci.cc/aboutAnother web page says that the "2017 JCI Academy in Kumamoto will enable the participants, the future leaders of JCI and the community, to deepen mutual understanding among one another. At the same time, it will provide an opportunity for participating members from JCI Japan to establish a connection with overseas delegates, so that the Japanese delegates can be even more involved at the international level in the future."They are looking for host families and volunteer interpreters to help with this event (the following pages are in Japanese):http://2017jciacademy.com/f/interpreter/http://2017jciacademy.com/f/family/-- Kirkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1J2-B8u60A【full ver】JCI Academy kumamoto
