Kirk here with an article about the bridge opening:
2021-03-09 09:56 JST 2021 Kirk here with an article about the bridge opening: New Aso Bridge opens, replacing one knocked out by 2016 quakes : The Asahi ShimbunMINAMI-ASO, Kumamoto Prefecture--Five years after a series of earthquakes took out the Aso Ohashi br https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14251031?utm_id=97758_v0_ … ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 29 · Comments: 0 · Shares: 6 ← 2021-03-08 08:55 JST 2021-03-09 16:06 JST → Around this time … 2021-03-13 12:04 JSTHere is the article about an English-speaking salon, HISAKI FUJITAKE in Kurokami, Chuo-ku Kumamoto City.When we move to a new place, it always takes time to find the right hair salon, especially if we are in abroad. The owner and hair dresser, Mr. Fujitake, used to work in London for 3 years as a top stylist, involving in some shows, magazines and also attending celebrity hairs.At his salon, you can also donate your hair to an organization for making medical wigs to children if you have enough length. One of my friends donated her hair before and I wrote about the process in the article.Check the article below and I hope you will have a nice conversation and relaxing time with Fujitake-san!- ChiekoOfficial website of HISAKI FUJITAKEhttp://www.hisaki-fujitake.com/index.html 2021-03-13 12:02 JSTMarch 11 marked the 10th anniversary of the Tohoku Earthquake and accompanying tsunami which took the lives of almost 16,000. While Kumamoto does not face the threat of a plate-thrust induced tsunami, it does face a threat from a different cause: the Mt. Fugen volcano on Shimabara Peninsula in Nagasaki Prefecture.On May 21, 1792, volcanic activity on Mt. Fugen caused a massive landslide of 340 million cubic meters to tumble into Ariake Sea, resulting in a tsunami reaching 22 meters in Kumamoto; a "bathtub effect" of energy reflected back at Shimabara, which, due to its more abrupt shoreline inclination, created a tsunami as massive as 57 meters. These killed some 5,000 in Kumamoto and 10,000 in Shimabara. Remnants of this disaster can be seen in the numerous islets off Shimabara known as Tsukumojima (九十九島). The disaster is known as the "Shimabara Taihen Higo Meiwaku" (島原大変肥後迷惑), which can be translated as "Disastrous for Shimabara, Troublesome for Higo," somewhat downplaying the latter - waters would have ebbed up Kamitori.Such an event is unlikely to reoccur in our lifetimes, but don't turn your back on Mt. Fugen - its last major eruption, pictured below, was as recent as 1991. - William 2021-03-11 15:45 JSTA job posting from Greg Howes is below:Freedom English School is looking for one or more experienced native-English-speaking instructors to teach English to 1st Grade Junior High School students at a number of Kumamoto Seminar cram school branches from mid-April.The lessons are fifty minutes long, starting at 20:10 on Friday and/or Wednesday evenings. Depending on the branch and lesson scheduling, the English instructor will either teach the lesson individually, or in a team-teaching format with a Japanese English teacher. The lesson format and materials have been planned to provide the students with conversation-based reinforcement of language the students learn at school, and are part of a wider cram school English curriculum.The branches are as follows.JozanNagamineMashikiShimizuThe payment will be ￥4000 per lesson, plus travel expenses. If they wish, it may be possible for one teacher to teach up to four lessons per month.If you would like more information, please contact Greg Howes, at [email protected], 2021-03-10 10:11 JSTOkoshiki Beach is a great place for photographers if you get the timing right. For previous posts on Kumamoto International about this spot, click on the following link:https://www.facebook.com/page/123734781033296/search/?q=OkoshikiKirk https://www.facebook.com/KUMANICHIs/posts/3750393805047944 2021-03-09 16:06 JSTKirk had written about the Aso Ohashi bridge opening. Kumamon seems quite excited about it, if this video is any indication. - William新阿蘇大橋開通記念！ くまモン動画配信中！ 2021-03-09 09:56 JSTKirk here with an article about the bridge opening:New Aso Bridge opens, replacing one knocked out by 2016 quakes : The Asahi Shimbun (this post) 2021-03-08 08:55 JSTKirk here. Yesterday, Atsuko wrote about the following tragedy:"Last November, a 21-year-old Vietnamese trainee was arrested for leaving the bodies of her baby twins in a cardboard box after giving birth in her dormitory in the town of Ashikita, Kumamoto Prefecture. 'I thought I would be forced to return to Vietnam if the company found out I was pregnant,' police quoted her saying."The following article also quotes Mr. Nakashima of Kumustaka:"'The supervising entities are required to inform trainees of their rights but "they are not doing enough,' said Shinichiro Nakashima, head of Kumustaka, a Kumamoto-based nongovernment organization to support immigrants and other foreign workers."Fear of deportation weighs on pregnant foreign workers in Japan 2021-03-08 06:38 JSTGood morning!Here is the article about Tori-no-koduka Park (or Men-no-ishi observatory) in Minamiaso Village. There are two main attractions there. One is its amazing scenery of southern Aso and the other is Men-no-ishi stone, which fell down after the earthquake but still people enjoy it with different view. Yesterday, “New Aso Ohashi bridge” was opened to traffic. There used to be Aso Ohashi bridge but it collapsed after the earthquake in 2016. This good news of the bridge is a great hope for people in Kumamoto and makes us feel that we are moving forward. It seems like it will be sunny this weekend and some of you may be thinking of going for a drive to Minamiaso area to use the new bridge. In this article, I have introduced some other places in Minamiaso area so that you can make a fruitful plan.Check the article below and enjoy southern Aso at most!- ChiekoTori-no-koduka Park (鳥の小塚公園) in Minamiaso Village ~ Untapped place for the great view of southern Aso ~ | Untapped Kumamoto 2021-03-08 00:44 JSTAso Ohashi is back! Now all roads in and out of the Aso area that had been closed due to the 2016 quakes are back in service.-- Kirkhttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=248351646842093 2021-03-07 23:23 JSTDouglas, back again as promised, with a more recent video of the topic of rice.If you live in the same place for most of your life, you tend to get used to your environment and stop noticing everyday things.When a stranger comes into your neighbourhood they are likely to notice the things that you no longer see.Quite often, when a stranger asks a local person, "What is that over there?", a usual answer is likely to be, "I don't know. I haven't really noticed it before."Even after 20 years in Japan my gaijin-eyes still find interesting things that my Japanese neighbours seldom pay attention to.Here Megumi and I take a look at some Japanese rice farmers as the till their paddy fields and then plant rice seedlings in the soft muddy bottom.We have used a mixture of footage taken both from ground level and from above.Regards,Douglas and Megumi 2021-03-07 12:51 JSTHello friends.It's Happy Woman Festa, 8th March, tomorrow.It's a so important issue for foreign ladies what they should do if they got pregnant, especially in case they don't want to do in Japan.Readers might have lots and various opinions about the problem but it's so sorry if some ladies have lots troubles because of being pregnant, especially for technical intern trainee.Japanese accepting system and Japanese culture, and also Japanese support system is so weak and poor for them.You might have heard the news about one of them were arrested because she born her babies secretly and the babies died.The webpage is shared by コムスタカhttps://www.facebook.com/KumustakaKumamoto/The webpage tells the place they can consult about pregnancy in Kumamoto and what they should do.Of course, the page has English and tiếng Việt, Vietnamese version.I attached in comments box below.Hoping all pregnant ladies can spend their pregnant days healthy and happy even if they don't want, in Japan, in Kumamoto! Of course, hoping all pregnant ladies can enjoy their happy pregnant life in Kumamoto!!ーAtsuko(*ˊ˘ˋ*)♡
