We enjoy Olympics everyday.ーAtsuko.(งᐛ )ง
2021-07-26 20:56 JST 2021 We enjoy Olympics everyday.ーAtsuko.(งᐛ )ง ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 50 · Comments: 4 · Shares: 3 ← 2021-07-26 16:36 JST 2021-07-27 00:11 JST → Around this time … 2021-07-28 08:25 JSTLafcadio Hearn was a pretty typical guy: of Greek-Irish descent, he became one of the first foreigners nationalized in Japan. An early educator of what they called it 洋学－ yougaku - then, meaning "western learning," as opposed to that Confucius stuff, he was much like George Washington, as in "Lafcadio Hearn lived here!" His periplectic habits mean you could probably lob a rock randomly and hit a house where he'd lived. One particularly delightful example is in the park directly behind Tsuruya. It is worth a visit for those interested in how Westerners encroached upon Kumamoto. - William https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafcadio_Hearn 2021-07-27 22:08 JSTJoe Tomei here, we recently had a post that had a photo of Mugishima Masaru ( 麦島勝 ), who has an exhibition in Yatsushiro. Unfortunately, the photo (of a 1950's deliveryman's load) that accompanied the post was under copyright, and it's not possible to delete only the photo (way to go Facebook!) The photos are available in a digital database, so you are encouraged to check them out, it is herehttp://www.city.yatsushiro.kumamoto.jp/museum/search/kyword303.jsp?fbclid=IwAR3dyHEDcxnjkGDVzF7uXACMRnSmMiQWFmMoBY7V3sZ4dA06f05W0j07bng八代市立博物館 未来の森ミュージアム-収蔵品検索- 2021-07-27 10:47 JSTJoe Tomei here, just want to pass this on, please contact below.====Kyushu Gakuin Lutheran Junior High and High School is looking for a part time ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) for the 2022 school year. The job is for a one year period from April 2022. The applicants must be a native English speaker. You do not need to be a university graduate or have a teaching degree. You do not have to have a high Japanese speaking level. Kyushu Gakuin is hoping for someone that is able to work along with the Japanese English teachers and assist in English classes. *While this is a one year job, there is potential to stay longer. If you are interested please contact Kyushu Gakuin at (096) 364-6134.For those interested, this is the original job posting on the school website.====[note from Joe: It obviously requires some basic Japanese to get thru to the school and they will probably get someone who speaks English so please factor that into this. I'm also not sure what their definition of native speaker is.] 2021-07-27 07:21 JSTChuck Waterman posting:#flightsDon't want to start a panic, but if you have a travel flight already booked and you have a conncting flight from somewhere else in Japan to Tokyo, check your reservation online frequently. I just checked with American Airlines online and discovered that the 7AM flight from FUK to HND had disappeared from my reservation. I'm on the phone with an agent right now tryng to book a flight for that leg the previous afternoon! Sheesh. 2021-07-27 00:11 JSTThree Kumamoto military bases attracted the attention of America’s B-29s in the closing days of the war: Kengun, Kitakumamoto, and the airport, which was then in Kikuchi. (Disclaimer: I've taught at all three.) When I tried to turn my elderly neighbor's yard into a garden, I found it meters deep in roof tiles. Oe must have been an inferno then. Now is the anniversary of that hellish time. A monument exists alongside Shirakawa near Denshadori to remind us. - William 2021-07-26 20:56 JSTWe enjoy Olympics everyday.ーAtsuko.(งᐛ )ง (this post) 2021-07-26 16:36 JSTWay back in 1587, Kato Kiyomasa managed to transit from the Warring States period to the Azuchimomoyama era (安土桃山時代) without being killed、so the new Shogun, 織田信長 (Oda Nobunaga), sent Kato to invade Korea along with a compatriot, Konishi Yukinaga (小西 行長, pictured below, rockin' that yoroi - to say the two didn't get along would be an understatement) in the expectation that they wouldn't return, but when they did, Nobunaga gifted Kato with the far-flung province of Higo - northern Higo, to be precise, as Nobunaga had also gifted southern Kumamoto (now Uto) to Konishi. Perhaps Nobunaga was hoping the two would kill themselves off. But they didn't, and Kato outlasted Konishi and united the province. - William 2021-07-26 12:27 JSTKato Shrine used to be at where Fujisaki Dai baseball stadium is now, but during the Meiji Restoration, the shrine was moved inside the castle grounds proper. This left an empty space, which was filled by the stadium. It really must be one of the most beautiful stadiums in Japan, with excellent views of Mt. Kimpo and 400-year old camphor trees (kind of a funny kanji - "kusunoki" ends up being one: 楠) behind it. I'd strongly suggest a stroll behind the stadium to admire the trees. - William 2021-07-25 22:39 JSTOft times you'll spot a monolith in Kumamoto City and can imagine the thud it made when Aso spit it out - must have been quite an eruption for ejecta to travel so far. Probably the thudiest. And it's still capable of this. Makes living in Kumamoto that much more thrilling. - Williamhttps://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/geosoc1893/36/433/36_433_17/_article/-char/ja/ 2021-07-25 18:43 JSTKirk here. I'm considering a trip to the U.S. to visit family over the summer vacation. I'm looking into resources on government web pages and am aware of the need to be tested for COVID-19 just before returning. I also understand that I won't be able to take any connecting flights after my return to Japan. So, I'm guessing that I'll need to rent a car and drive from Tokyo or from Osaka (which airport I wind up using). If I can fly through Seoul (transit) then I should be able to enter Japan in Fukuoka, but I'm not sure if that's kosher.Do any of you have experience and/or words of wisdom regarding such a trip? If you would prefer not respond on Facebook, you can write to me directly at [email protected]. Thanks!By the way, I will be fully vaccinated by the time I take the trip but that doesn't seem to have any direct impact on my re-entry or the period of quarantine that will follow. 2021-07-25 13:02 JSTKirk here. I just learned that Sky Brown, this year's youngest (and probably cutest!!) olympian spends half of the year in neighboring Miyazaki prefecture. She's competing for the UK (which, I guess, is the country of her citizenship) but, when not in Miyazaki she seems to spend her time in the U.S. -- which probably explains her American accent. Go Sky!! https://www.facebook.com/awsmkids/posts/372786420878192