Weed recycling? A dangerous business in Kumamoto. -- Kirk
2021-06-02 23:49 JST 2021 Weed recycling? A dangerous business in Kumamoto. -- Kirk Kumamoto: President of recycling firm nabbed for growing marijuanaKumamoto Prefectural Police have arrested the president of a recycle firm over the alleged cultivation of marijuana in Yamaga City https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/kumamoto-president-of-re … ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 13 · Comments: 7 · Shares: 0 ← 2021-06-02 13:54 JST 2021-06-03 10:08 JST → Around this time … 2021-06-05 13:38 JSTHello friends.It was the 10th Anniversary Day of being fair trade city, Kumamoto, yesterday.I impressed I listened some presentations which introduced some products like BABANA paper, reasonable T shirts, coffee ... at international center before.Knowing well and feel other country closely are the first step of fair trade, I think.明石san Akashisan is the representative of Fair trade Kumamoto Promotion Committee. She runs a fair trade shop ''loveland''.https://www.facebook.com/loveland.ft/https://lovelandkuma.wixsite.com/homeGo, Go fair trade city, Kumamoto!!ーAtsuko(*´▿`*) 2021-06-05 10:42 JSTThis article in Japanese is about plans to go ahead with a public viewing event in Kumamoto-jo Hall (downtown, near the International Center), despite Tokyo's cancellation of a similar event that had been planned for Yoyogi Park. See the second URL is for an English article on that topic.Personally, I prefer to stay at home and watch on TV. Medical expert Shigeru Om has been testifying in the Diet recently that the real danger from the Olympics is not interaction between athletes and staff but the moving, intermingling, and celebrating of the fans. (See third URL for that.) -- Kirkhttps://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/148c0d55e2f7d7f4318d4db7c684185b83c000d4https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Tokyo-2020-Olympics/Olympics-latest-Mental-health-experts-to-join-UK-team-in-Tokyohttps://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/olympian-yamaguchi-says-japan-cornered-into-holding-tokyo-games-121060400597_1.html東京五輪ＰＶ 熊本城ホールで実施予定（RKK熊本放送） - Yahoo!ニュース 2021-06-05 06:24 JSTAn effect of the coronavirus is that part-time jobs for college students have vanished, leaving them pinched for cash. Kumanichi reports on this. Pictured is the shopping basket of a student who managed to buy a week's worth of vegetables for 548 yen. - Williamバイトない、食費ない…コロナ禍で生活切り詰め 熊本県内の大学生 ｜ 熊本日日新聞 2021-06-04 14:47 JSTI recently posted about the busting of a marijuana growing operation in Yamaga:https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/5458758834197504On last night's RKK news, they said that there have been a number of marijuana-related arrests in recent years and that police think that the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. has led to increased demand here:https://rkk.jp/news/backno_page.php?id=NS003202106031532190111They cited a robbery that occurred in the parking lot of HIrose, a supermarket near my workplace of Kumamoto Gakuen University, as another crime involving marijuana. It was initially reported that the two assailants had used a knife to force a man in his car to hand over his phone and cash. Later, however, one of the suspects said that they were actually after his weed. The police then searched the victim's residence and found the drugs.This is also reported in the following video:https://www.tku.co.jp/news/?news_id=20210524-00000007-- Kirk 2021-06-03 10:08 JSTJoe Tomei here. We've got a standing offer here on Kuma-i to post blurbs about local businesses in Kumamoto and I've just been asked to pass this on. Thanks Claire!!=======Hello from Tamana, Kumamoto! My husband has a liquor shop which, as you can imagine, has been suffering almost non stop since last February. He has his staff on furlough in order to get the 60% wage assistance from the govt so although the shop is really quiet, he’s pretty busy doing everybody’s work. And stressed and fed up. So .....I gave up waiting for him to make an English language website and made one for him! It is simple but I’d love it if people could take a look. There aren’t that many bottles in the online shop but he can get just about anything. The shop in Tamana also has an extensive choice of sake, shouchu, spirits and wine! What he lacks in tech, he makes up for in service, knowledge, and helpfulness so please drop him an email in English or Japanese through the website if you have anything you’d like to buy that you can’t see.Wine shop | Sezaki wine | Tamana, Kumamoto 2021-06-02 23:49 JSTWeed recycling? A dangerous business in Kumamoto. -- KirkKumamoto: President of recycling firm nabbed for growing marijuana (this post) 2021-06-02 13:54 JSTI've been surprised during my recent commutes to Yatsushiro at Kumamoto's vast number of rivers, many of which I didn't know existed. They fill with sediment, which must be removed or the rivers will overflow. There are few, narrow timespans during relatively dry periods when this is possible, and the engineers are out working like crazy from dawn to dusk to get it done. Pictured: a whole lotta sediment to remove. I have no idea what they do with it. - William https://kumanichi.com/articles/253846 2021-06-02 12:22 JSTIf you've never heard the sublime sound of our friend Jeff Cairns on shakuhachi, you are missing out on infinite sublimity. He will play on June 6 at the Kumamoto City Theater; doors open at 10:00 AM. PM for details. - William 2021-06-02 12:14 JSTFollowing the wonderful Facebook page, "Ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world)," I wondered if there was an ukiyoe of Kumamoto. I think this is one: apparently, it is a depiction of the Hōgen Rebellion, when various groups dissatisfied with the dominance of the Fujiwara clan sought to overthrow it (hint: they lost). Apparently, there were really big fish those days. But seriously, the painting shows the terror Japanese held of the ocean in the 12th c. - William https://www.facebook.com/groups/121576588004753/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=1948189622010098https://www.touken-world-ukiyoe.jp/mushae/art0015080/ 2021-06-02 07:56 JSTI'm teaching at an all-female high school in Yatsushiro now. It suits me as I grew up in an all-female household - even my cat was female. Perhaps that is why my marriage is successful: I am the only male able to understand my wife. This video has nothing to do with Kumamoto other than it features a bear: in my hometown of Los Angeles, a bear appeared atop a wall, seeming to threaten a few small dogs, and a 17-year old girl thrust him away. Never, ever underestimate girls. Video at the link. - WilliamShove off: California teen pushes away bear on top of backyard fence 2021-06-01 22:49 JSTI’m all for truth in advertising but just maybe, in the case of this delicacy at your nearby Seven 11 store, a little white English lie might advance this product‘s prospects better? At least translate the “30% reduced salt” part for the heart healthy-conscious. —CM
