2017-06-20 13:10 JST 2017 Replica of famed sword gifted to quake-stricken Kyushu shrine：The Asahi ShimbunASO, Kumamoto Prefecture--A replica of a long-lost sword was presented to Asojinja shrine in a cerem https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201706190030.html?utm_i … ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. ← 2017-06-20 07:07 JST 2017-06-20 23:39 JST → Around this time … 2017-06-24 21:19 JSTYou might notice that Kumamon never speaks - but if he did, he'd probably sound like Jim Cummings. I hope you're all enjoying rainy season. - Williamhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0i7JU9SijEThe Rain Rain Rain (came Down Down Down) English 2017-06-23 10:23 JSTAs the English side of the attached flier explains, a symposium on the impact of the Kumamoto earthquake on immigrant single mothers will be held on July 9th. I'm not sure how much of this will be in English and how much will be in Japanese. I suspect that most will be in Japanese but, if you are concerned about whether people who do not understand Japanese will be able to understand the discussion, call the cell phone number marked "English" for more information.-- Kirk 2017-06-22 07:05 JSTSpecial Olympics Nippon released the promotion video with English subtitles. Please watch it, and if interested, please be a volunteer to help athletes' smiles shine! Contact Special Olympics Kumamoto by emailing to [email protected] or faxing to 096-288-2782. We're looking forward to seeing you at Special Olympics.One more piece of information about Special Olympics Nippon--- SON was born here in Kumamoto!. -- Yuichihttps://youtu.be/tRmDIONaAaUSpecial Olympics Nippon Promotional Video_English 2017-06-20 23:42 JSTThe gentle rolling of this most recent (23:31) quake indicated it was far off - good news for us in Kumamoto, but bad news for those at the epicenter, which was just off the coast of Oita. It was a magnitude 5 and seems to have occurred along the same fault that has been rupturing from Kumamoto. - William http://www.jma.go.jp/jp/quake/5/20170620233150495-202327.html 2017-06-20 23:39 JSTA powerful earthquake (M5) occurred in Kyushu, focused on the Oita area. At my location in Kumamoto, however, it was barely noticable. -- Kirkhttp://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/6/20170620233150495-202327.html 2017-06-20 13:10 JSTReplica of famed sword gifted to quake-stricken Kyushu … (this post) 2017-06-20 07:07 JSTShizuoka Pref. city gets thank-you visit from Kumamon for … 2017-06-19 22:14 JSTA note from the Kumamoto International Meteorology Desk: That our ancestors could somehow predict heavy rain without satellites is quite amazing - perhaps it's the oppressive humidity with an ominous south-eastern wind. Which is what we have now. My wife keeps her ear close to the ground through the other cronies in the neighborhood, who are annoyingly polite but know more than you'd suspect, and word has it that big rain is coming from tomorrow afternoon for the next week. If you don't want to get wet, you should probably leave the country for a bit.Keep an eye on the rain front at http://www.jma.go.jp/jp/radnowc/ - William気象庁 | レーダー・ナウキャスト(降水・雷・竜巻) 2017-06-18 16:01 JSTA while back, I conducted a survey on this page about how foreigners should be addressed (that is, to "-san" or not to "-san") when speaking Japanese.https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/photos/a.129499733790134.25925.123734781033296/1420383221368439/?type=3&theaterThe overwhelming result from non-Japanese who speak Japanese was "don't leave off '-san' just because I'm not Japanese." At the time, I think I mentioned that the consistent practice of not addressing foreigners with "-san" or some other honorific suffix on a local TV show prompted my interest in this topic. Well, the program was TKU's Wakkatto Land (若っとランド). Through Facebook, I informed them of the survey results but, sadly, they chose to ignore me. Facebook indicated to me that my message to them was "seen" but they did not respond and yesterday's program proved that they also ignored the content of my message when they made their program. The image you see is of the message I posted on their page in response to the latest program. Here's the URL for this message:https://www.facebook.com/TKU.WakattoLand/videos/541869055936737/If you go to this page and are unable to see a Japanese message from me, that would mean that TKU took it down or otherwise made it invisible to visitors.I'm not sure what my next step should be. In a way, it's a small issue. In another way, however, I think the symbolism is important. By their refusal to even discuss the results of a survey completed by 80 people, they have indirectly given me the message that they will portray foreigners in whatever way they damn well please and that they have no intention of taking the concerns of Kumamoto's foreign community into account when they use foreigners as fodder for their programming. That's something I'm hesitant to let stand.-- Kirk😡 2017-06-16 23:08 JSTThis isn't Kumamoto specific, but it's as much a part of life here as it is in the rest of Japan. :)-- Kirkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC5Dr9lV6roJapan Has The Robo-Toilets Of The Future | Elise Tries | NPR 2017-06-15 20:58 JSTA limited-edition, Kumamoto-themed coke bottle has been issued. -- Kirkhttp://en.rocketnews24.com/2017/06/14/coca-cola-releases-five-new-gorgeous-limited-edition-bottles-in-japan/Coca-Cola releases five new gorgeous limited-edition bottles in Japan
