Here's more about the upcoming Costco opening from Kuma Visit. -- Kirk
2021-02-28 09:56 JST 2021 Here's more about the upcoming Costco opening from Kuma Visit. -- Kirk ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 40 · Comments: 3 · Shares: 7 ← 2021-02-27 08:33 JST 2021-02-28 21:40 JST → Around this time … 2021-03-02 23:14 JSTHari wrote about the new Japanese program starting in Minami Ward. I wrote a little note about how they probably needed Japanese people to help as tutors. Here's a page about that (text is in Japanese).-- Kirk 2021-03-02 13:51 JSTIf you are living in the Minami-ward of Kumamoto City, this event might be of interest to you.Kumamoto International Foundation (KIF) is going to start "Minami-ku Kurashi-no Nihongo Club" from this month.March 6 (Sat.), March (Sun)From April, 1st and 3rd Sunday of every monthhttps://www.kumamoto-if.or.jp/kiji003574/index.html -Hari 2021-03-02 13:19 JSTKirk here with a commemoration of the passing of MENDA Sakae. Mr. Menda's life ended in December of last year but I missed the opportunity to post about his passing at that time.His case is truly historic in Japan. To see more posts about Mr. Menda that we published on this page before his passing click on the following link:https://www.facebook.com/page/123734781033296/search/?q=MendaAnother article that may be of interest:http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13996596https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/12/06/national/sakae-menda-death-row-obituary/Sakae Menda, an innocent man freed from death row after 34 years in prison, dies at 95 2021-03-01 13:29 JSTKirk again. Yesterday I tried to share a post from the "Aso project." For some reason, my post started out just as my text -- the "share" part was missing. So, I thought I'd share another example of the outstanding imagery on the site. If you'd like to learn more about the background of noyaki (field burning) in the Aso area, please click on the following link:https://www.facebook.com/page/123734781033296/search/?q=noyaki 2021-02-28 21:40 JSTKirk here. Today I came across a Facebook page called "Aso project." The posts are in Japanese but the images are beautiful. This is just one example.https://www.facebook.com/Aso.project/posts/2975749455981165 2021-02-28 09:56 JSTHere's more about the upcoming Costco opening from Kuma … (this post) 2021-02-27 08:33 JSTHere's and interesting post from "Untapped Kumamoto." If you're unfamiliar with this informative page, please check it out. -- Kirk https://www.facebook.com/untappedkumamoto/posts/2214803265316676 2021-02-26 22:32 JSTKirk here. A while ago I posted about MINAMATA, the Johnny Depp movie about Eugene Smith. I don't have anything new to report about the movie but I'd share this article about Smith. It think it's pretty good for the most part but I noticed one problem: "However, the disease was first discovered in 1956, after the Chisso Corporation conducted their own test and found a severe amount of heavy metals (mostly mercury) in local water bodies. "As far as I can tell, everything after the date, 1956, in the above sentence is wrong. Here's a much better summary of what happened in 1956 from the Wikipedia page:"On 21 April 1956, a five-year-old girl was examined at Chisso's factory hospital in Minamata. The physicians were puzzled by her symptoms: difficulty walking, difficulty speaking, and convulsions. Two days later, her younger sister also began to exhibit the same symptoms and she, too, was hospitalised. The girls' mother informed doctors that her neighbour's daughter was also experiencing similar problems. After a house-to-house investigation, eight further patients were discovered and hospitalised. On 1 May, the hospital director reported to the local public health office the discovery of an 'epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system', marking the official discovery of Minamata disease."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata_diseaseSo, the "discovery" was the first official report about there being some kind of health issue. It's true that Chisso did its own testing and the hid the results, but that came a good deal later.Other than that, the article is fine, as far as I can tell.Is Minamata Based on a True Story? Was W. Eugene Smith a Real Photographer? 2021-02-25 20:59 JSTHi friends.If you are Kumamoto residents, you might know 水前寺公園 Suizenzi park also has lots beautiful plum trees. Yes, it's the beautiful season to visit there.If you visit there on this Saturday evening, you can enjoy the beautiful plum blossoms and beautiful lightning.It will be held till 8pm. The people who wear kimono don't need to pay the entrance fee in February but unfortunately you should wear mask too.Hoping you enjoy the beautiful spring colors and spring light both ーAtsuko(*ˊ˘ˋ*)♡ https://matsuri-no-hi.com/matsuri/33634http://www.suizenji.or.jp/ 2021-02-25 14:43 JSTMINIATURE LIFE EXHIBITION 2 Tatsuya Tanaka Main WorksContemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Gallery I,IIDates January 29(Fri)－March 14(Sun), 2021https://www.camk.jp/english/I saw something about this on TV. Looks interesting. -- Kirk 2021-02-25 09:30 JSTCongratulations to local author, Seán Michael Wilson! -- Kirk