Joe Tomei here. After just posting the COVID news, I’m not sure if I should be posting this, but May 7-9, KAB is holding a Festa at the newly fancified Kumamoto Station. Here is the web page http://www.kab.co.jp/special/ekimaefesta2021/
A colleague of mine here at Gakuen, Akira Sakai, who seems to be involved in more things that one can shake a stick at, has some of his students selling some yaki nikku tare, which has some relationship with the innoshishi summit, which is a collection of farmers, hunters, restaurant owners and others who are dealing with the problem of wild boars, which damage crops and farmland. While the tare doesn’t offer an protection from COVID, it is quite tasty, so if you do venture out, check them out.