Was there just a power outage, or was it only my house?
2020-07-02 04:21 JST 2020 Was there just a power outage, or was it only my house? ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 1 · Comments: 0 · Shares: 0 ← 2020-06-30 18:20 JST 2020-07-02 14:54 JST → Around this time … 2020-07-04 09:53 JSTHi again.Fortunately, the government said they don't open Ichifusa dam because of reducing rain.But Unfortunately, I heard lots flood suffered places like Hitoyoshi, Ashikita.At first, be safe!! Be careful !!And Let's help each other!! This is my supporting volunteer team's facebook page. They share lots information about this heavy rain, flood, emergency notice. It's written in Japanese but you might know how dangerous it is.Please escape, Please be safe.Even if you don't have heavy rain, Please share the information to safe lives.ーAtsuko🙏https://www.facebook.com/NpoBondandjustice/ 2020-07-04 09:12 JSTSorry notice again.The post is now (around 8:30am)at Hitoyoshi city.From 9:30, the Ichifusa dam will open to prevent its overflow. Yes the river level will become more high.Please be safe! Help each other!! This is my supporting volunteer team's facebook page. They share lots information about this heavy rain, flood, emergency notice. It's written in Japanese but you might know how dangerous it is.Please escape, Please be safe.Even if you don't have heavy rain, Please share the information to safe lives.ーAtsuko🙏https://www.facebook.com/NpoBondandjustice/I shared the warning to escape from Ichifusa dam opening.https://www.facebook.com/123734781033296/posts/3911956915544378/ 2020-07-04 08:09 JSTHi friends.Just Hoping all friends safe.The notice is for the people who live around the KUMAGAWA, Kuma river.Please escape to high place!! 当初の午前8時半から1時間遅らせて、9時半からとしました。Kumamoto government plan to open the Ichifusa dam to prevent its overflow at 9:30( at first they planed at 8:30 but postponed to 9:30)県は、球磨川のダムの下流にあたる、▼水上村、▼湯前町、▼多良木町、▼あさぎり町、▼錦町、▼人吉市、▼球磨村、▼芦北町、▼八代市の住民に対し、川の水位の急な上昇や氾濫に備えて、命を守る行動を取るよう呼びかけています。Because of opening the dam, the KUMAGAWA water level will become MORE HIGH!!PLEASE ESCAPE TO HIGH PLACE TO BE SAFE!!The notice is for the residents who live in 水上村Mizukami mura ▼湯前町 Yunomae machi▼多良木町Taragi machi▼あさぎり町 Asagiri tyou、▼錦町 Nishiki machi ▼人吉市 Hitoyoshi shi▼球磨村 Kuma mura▼芦北町 Ashikita machi ▼八代市 Yatushiro shiAround KUMAGAWA area.Be careful about suddenly water level going up.I live in Kumamoto city, no heavy rain fortunately but, Please be safe.Share and help each other!! ーAtsuko٩(°̀ᗝ°́)وhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200704/amp/k10012495531000.htmlhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200704_08/amp.htmlEmergency discharge for Kumamoto's Ichifusa Dam | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News 2020-07-03 22:26 JSTHello all!! If you've ever donated blood in Japan you may (or may not) know that most Irish & British people can not give blood here due to BSE(狂牛病). Mad, eh!?! Today I was prompted to once again look at the restrictions on giving blood in Japan as a foreign mother's friend's husband in Kyoto was appealing for O-Negative donors for an urgent transfusion 👍🏥💉💉 It seems like those precious stocks are being replenished in the Kinki Region but, if you are also O-Negative you may consider joining the RH Negative Japan group. Some of you may be able to help others as it can be an especially worrying situation if hospitals are running low, yet won't let people 'stock' THEIR OWN blood if they are from the UK&Ireland! Looking at the Kumamoto Red Cross Blood Bank site, it seems that Kyushu is also running low at present. I'm sure that Covid-19 has had something to do with this current shortage, but if you're willing and able, please consider donating blood. You can check the whereabouts of the Kumamoto Blood Bus in the links below if that coincides better with your own location. Many thanks in advance! - Ruth (O+) Donating blood in Japan: https://ajet.net/jet-community/volunteering-charity/donating-blood-in-japan/RH Negative Japan group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2649969878566467/ Japanese Red Cross (Kumamoto): https://www.bs.jrc.or.jp/bc9/kumamoto/index.html 2020-07-02 14:54 JSTKumamon visited Tokyo for the first time in three months. Traveling is difficult for him as he has to book two adjoining seats to accompany his girth. - Williamくまモン、再開だモン 東京に３カ月ぶり登場 ｜ 熊本日日新聞 2020-07-02 04:21 JSTWas there just a power outage, or was it only my house? (this post) 2020-06-30 18:20 JSTI live in the house built by my father-in-law's brother. For decades, it was used as a dormitory for local high school students, and the graffiti they carved into the walls remains, which I enjoy reading. I once punched my way up into the attic and was startled by a giant 御幣 (gohei, a Shinto relic used for purification). Obviously, I let it be: it's worked so far. - William 2020-06-30 11:49 JSTCombine a disposable culture (beverage bottles, bento boxes) with a lack of garbage receptacles is a recipe for disaster, and that is exactly what is happening in Kumamoto, as Kumanichi points out. To be sure, there are bright spots: many companies begin their morning by tidying up their nearby parks, and some areas have mini tori to deter dumpers, but this really shouldn't be necessary. Where I come from, if you leave litter, others will jump in your face for it. Perhaps that is what is required in Kumamoto. - WIlliam繁華街の〝顔〟ごみだらけ 熊本市の辛島公園 ｜ 熊本日日新聞 2020-06-29 23:45 JSTHola, Soy Joe Tomei. Here is another set of Spanish translations of the COVID information. If you are a Spanish speaker and know of a similar list in Japan for Spanish speakers, feel free to pass these on and contact me if you'd like to get them more directly. If you do post them to a Spanish speaking list, here is a disclaimer in SpanishThis is a Spanish translation of Japanese information located at https://note.stopcovid19.jp/. We are reporting COVID-19 sobte to transmit the information coming out in Japanese. The measures taken by these translations, in case problems arise, we inform you that we are not responsible. We're doing this in English, but we'd appreciate help not only for that, but also for translations in other languages.¿Cuál es la importancia de examinar los anticuerpos del nuevo coronavirus?�https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JnPWGAu8mQ1dPynHyZ521vLi7jUTKxR0/view¿Qué está pasando con la investigación del estado de infección del COVID-19 en Japón?https://docs.google.com/document/d/104tT710YqO9qynxf_1gRmgDuWAlJ0jFwibSZhdHRftU/edit?usp=sharingExpertos × Medios de comunicación Hacia la realización de una sociedad que "teme justamente y se cuida a las personas" (artículo largo)�https://docs.google.com/document/d/17eHLuPsYIYc4yz7pN3Efmm2SVwFzsC4VXo26pVShlS8/edit?usp=sharingPara los que viven con mascotashttps://docs.google.com/document/d/17eHLuPsYIYc4yz7pN3Efmm2SVwFzsC4VXo26pVShlS8/edit?usp=sharingCuál es la importancia de examinar los anticuerpos de la nueva corona.docx 2020-06-29 16:31 JSTJapanese is a funny language. For example, the Kumanichi today used the term 「馬食文化」(horse eating culture), noting that the drop in foreign visitors due to the virus has led to a plummet in basashi sales. An interesting thing I learned is that rendering horses for meat is illegal in America. However, live horses can be exported to Canada, where they are there rendered and sent to Japan. So when you eat basahi, it is likely an American-bred, Canadian processed product. - William熊本の「馬食文化」守りたい コロナで需要減、国支援乏しく ｜ 熊本日日新聞 2020-06-29 12:17 JSTI love it when people here ask me for directions. They'll approach and make an inquiry but suddenly recoil when they notice I'm a gaijin. However, I know Kumamoto like the back of my hand and am well-versed in keigo (formal Japanese), and this soothes them. They'll probably tell their friends about this experience. - William