2017-10-17 22:38 JST 2017 ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 0 · Comments: 0 · Shares: 0 ← 2017-10-17 12:29 JST 2017-10-17 23:11 JST → Around this time … 2017-10-19 11:22 JSTThe Emmy Award winning documentary "Hello?! Orchestra" will be shown Saturday, beginning at 5:30 PM. This is part of the East Asian Citizen Coexistence Film Festival being held at Kumamoto Gakuen University.As the article indicates, the documentary stars Grammy-nominated violinist Richard Yongjae 0'Neil. As you can hear in the follow YouTube trailer, much of the documentary is narrated in English by O'Neil, though there are sections where you will hear Korean, and Japanese subtitles will be shown on the screen:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-7yWOeNXBsBy the way, here's the website (in Japanese) of the film festival:http://film.witheastasia.org/2017/-- Kirkhttp://enkr.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/989297/south-korean-documentary-hello-orchestra-wins-emmySouth Korean Documentary “Hello?! Orchestra” Wins Emmy | BLOUIN ARTINFO 2017-10-19 00:30 JSTThis documentary will be shown Saturday afternoon at 4:10 PM. This is part of the East Asian Citizen Coexistence Film Festival being held at Kumamoto Gakuen University.Here's a summary of the documentary from the International Movie Database:"This film unveils a hidden history starting in the Dutch East Indies under Japanese occupation during WW2. The protagonists were born of Eurasian (some local) mothers and Japanese fathers as children of the enemy. They moved to the Netherlands with their mothers, while their fathers went back to Japan after the war. The absence of their fathers becomes a missing piece in their lives, and the ensuing search stretches across continents. One of the protagonists, Nippy Noya, is an international percussionist, recording with John McLaughlin and touring with Billy Cobham and Chaka Khan. He discovers the secret of his musical gift as the other protagonists each experience their own emotional rebirth."http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4147990/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_plThis film is mostly in English with Japanese subtitles but there are sections (about 10% according to the organizer of the festival) that are in Japanese.Yesterday, I posted about a documentary to be shown in the morning called "The True Cost":https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1627388270667932That post has more information about the film festival.f-- Kirkhttp://www.childrenstears.net/index_en.htmlChildrens tears 2017-10-18 11:41 JSTI just updated the Kumamoto International events calendar. You can find the calendar by clicking on the "Learn More" button on the page.-- KirkP.S. In case you have trouble locating the "Learn More" button, here's a link that will help find the calendar:https://kumamotoi.blogspot.jp/p/kumamoto-international-link.html 2017-10-17 23:11 JSTThis documentary will be shown Saturday morning at the East Asian Citizen Coexistence Film Festival, which will be held at Kumamoto Gakuen University on Friday and Saturday. Not all of the films are in English but this one is and several others are mostly in English. I'll write more about them later. Here's the URL of the festival website (Japanese language):http://film.witheastasia.org/2017/And here's the address of "The True Cost" website, which features a trailer:https://truecostmovie.com-- Kirkhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-true-cost-movie-review-20150529-story.html'The True Cost' exposes hidden cost of cute, cheap fashions 2017-10-18 08:59 JSTA little mailing list called "Kumamoto-i" was born 18 years ago today. Wow, 18 years! In internet years, that's about a century! :) The internet was capitalized back then!In commemoration of this milestone, I thought I'd finally try to get around to adding a link to the "Learn More" button on this page that wil take you to a few more links that I think you may find useful. One is to a Google spreadsheet with events that have been shared here. Another is a link that allows you to search for keywords in Kumamoto International posts. (I use this pretty regularly to check on information that's been shared already but that I can't find.) The last one is to the Kumamoto-i mailing list. I've been neglecting it recently but it's where this network-building project got started. https://kumamotoi.blogspot.jp/p/kumamoto-international-link.htmlThanks to the many, many people who have helped along the way.-- Kirk 2017-10-17 22:38 JSTPost (this post) 2017-10-17 12:29 JSTFrom the Kumamoto International Slow News Day Desk: The Kumanichi reports that police in Oyano, Amakusa have taken into custody a goat found loitering at a local seaside park. Wearing a collar and comfortable with humans, the goat exhibits evidence of once being someone's goat, but despite a thorough questioning of local residents, that someone remains obscure.The goat has been registered with the police as a lost and found item. If not claimed within three months, the goat will either be auctioned or, (according to the article), "police will redouble their efforts to locate its owner."In the meantime, the goat was tethered inside the police station grounds but had eaten well over half the grass there so has since been entrusted to a local citizen. The article quotes the goat as commenting only, "Umeiiii～."- William迷いヤギ、飼い主どこに？ 上天草署が保護 - 熊本日日新聞 2017-10-16 10:18 JSTHere's some information about an event that planned for November 3rd. Personally, I'm a fan of these mini fireworks. I think they're a nice example of "compact culture" in Japan (the idea that bigger isn't always better). -- Kirkhttps://www.facebook.com/events/135731733840625/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2229%22%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3A%22plan_user_invited%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D¬if_id=1508064149796986¬if_t=plan_user_invited 2017-10-15 22:00 JSTThe fireworks were held in Ezuko as scheduled, despite the rain. I didn't go but I could hear the explosions and was able to see some of the bursts of color from a footbridge in my neighborhood. Meanwhile, some natural pyrotechnics have been on display to our south in the Kirishima area (only about 40 kilometers or so from Kumamoto's southern border). I found the YouTube video here:http://mashable.com/2017/10/13/volcano-japan-drone-eruption/-- Kirkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hud-QRuFPJAAerial Footage Shows Eruption at Shinmoedake Volcano 2017-10-14 10:08 JSTThis movie about the Kumamoto earthquake will be broadcast on Monday beginning at 15:55 on KAB. A French-speaking foreigner, played by Loic Garnier, is a central character in the drama. The reviews are pretty good but I'm a bit apprehensive about the portrayal of a bewildered foreigner who insists of speaking French to all of the Japanese people he meets. I doubt that a French-speaking person who had some reason to come to Kumamoto would be unable to string a few basic English words together to at least attempt to communicate with people. Still, at this point I've only seen the YouTube trailer so I should reserve judgment.Here's the programing note I saw:http://tv.so-net.ne.jp/schedule/157384201710161555.action-- Kirkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u2FioiLZ7kうつくしいひとサバ？ 予告篇 2017-10-13 20:19 JSTYamaga in Taiwan . . . but Vice Governor Ono's name is misspelled.-- KirkCarrefour’s Japan Week reaches climax with Kumamoto dance and cookie workshop | Taiwan News