2022-05-02 17:22 JST 2022 ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 4 · Comments: 0 · Shares: 0 ← 2022-05-02 17:14 JST 2022-05-02 23:15 JST → Around this time … 2022-05-05 10:17 JST(Fiona) It looks like we will have good weather for the Tatsuda-yama walking event on Saturday. It's still possible to sign up via the event page (or in the comments below). We'll meet at 3pm in the small car park in front of the toilets next to Matsuri Hiroba and walk for approximately 90 minutes. It's well worth arriving earlier in the day if you want to enjoy the Hanahaku attractions inside Matsuri Hiroba. If you're arriving by car, there are lots of staff on hand to guide you to the correct car park. It's also possible to get a free shuttle service from downtown. 2022-05-04 15:13 JSTHi friends, Atsuko here.I would like to recommend a good spot just for GW.It is くまもと水の迎賓館 お手水の森（旧柿原養鱒場） Kumamoto Mizu no Geihinkan, Ochouzu no Mori (former Kakibaru Trout Farm). It is full of families. You can enjoy rainbow trout fishing.You can rent a pole and bait for 300 yen per person (you can get bait when it runs out) and fish freely. You can/should buy the fish you catch for 100g/280 yen (about 400 yen per fish).My children enjoyed fishing so much that they caught many fish, as many as 20, which became expensive, but even children can easily catch fish and have fun.The caught rainbow trout are weighed and bought up, and when you can take them home, they are gutted at the store. If you are not a good cook, you can ask the store to 塩焼き grill them in salt, 天ぷらtempura, さしみsashimi, 田楽焼きdengaku-yaki, or 甘露煮Kanroni (all 600-700 yen each) and eat them there instead of taking them home.Surrounded by greenery and beautiful water, it is cool and recommended not only for GW but also for the coming season.(ﾉ≧ڡ≦)☆https://nijimasu.jp/https://iko-yo.net/facilities/157774MAPhttps://iko-yo.net/facilities/157774/map 2022-05-03 17:26 JSTKirk here with some news about and comments on the 66th anniversary of the official "discovery" Minamata disease (May 1, 1956).I've included two screenshots from a news video published by MBC, a Kagoshima-based news service. The first is of the official commemorative ceremony and the second is of the unofficial one. The fact that there are two services results from and is an illustration of the divisions caused by the practice of only granting certification to the most extreme cases and leaving everyone else to more-or-less to fend for themselves. Angered by the government's stance, many patients have refuse to participate in the official, government-sponsored ceremony (first image) and participate instead in another ceremony held at exactly the same time (the second image shows congenital Minamata disease patient SAKAMOTO Shinobu commenting after the ceremony). Here's the URL of the MBC video report:https://www.mbc.co.jp/news/article/2022050200056026.htmlI'm a few days late but I was waiting to see if an English-language article would come out on the topic. Alas, it would appear that English-language media have better things to do -- like write articles about Johnny Depp's movie and the actor's various problems.In Japanese, NHK featured a report on the commemorative services on their 7 PM national news report. But it would seem that such coverage was only for domestic consumption; though NHK has various English-language news services, they didn't choose to write a report about the anniversay in English as far as I can see.I was hoping that the Depp movie would help raise the profile of Minamata disease. It may have done so to some extent. However, when it comes to the ongoing media coverage of issues and events related to real-life Minamata disease, things are either unchanged or worse than before. Now, if one wants to learn something about actual events, one must wade through various movie-related articles to find what little has been written in English about what is actually going on. 2022-05-03 10:05 JSTKirk here with a little bit of "what foreigners think" nonsense related to なんばしよっと ('What are you doing?' in Kyushu dialects) that I wrote about yesterday. This article came up when I was looking for information about the expression. It discusses the claim that 'nanba shiyotto' sounds like 'None but shot' to us and that, when addressed to us by a policeman, we would interpret "none but shot" to mean "The only thing to do is to shoot him."To their credit, the editors of this publication (J Town Network; Jタウンネット) check with some actual foreigners who debunk the theory. I have, however, heard of a REAL misinterpretation of "なんばしよっと" by a foreigner. The person thought it meant "What place?" as in "何の場所" and would frequently say 'なんばしょっと?' to people when trying ask directions. Unfortunately, she was shot after attempting to ask a policeman for directions in this way. :( Just kidding about the last part but her misconstrual of the expression is true and I heard that it really did surprise people. ;)徹底検証！「なんばしよっと？」に外国人ビビる説 本当に「None but shot」と聞こえるのか｜Jタウンネット 2022-05-02 23:15 JSTKirk here with a photo I took in Aso today. My wife and I want late in the day so we didn't have to deal with traffic. The late afternoon light made Aso look even more beautiful that usual. We got out of the car and walked for a while to enjoy the scenery you see in this photo. You can see just a hint of the Shirakawa winding its way through the fields. It was great to get away from the city for a while.P.S. I used the "pano" feature on an iPhone to take this. 2022-05-02 17:22 JSTPost (this post) 2022-05-02 17:14 JST(Fiona) Tatsuda-yama Walk and Talk Take Two!Since the first attempt got rained off, I'd like to give it another shot on Saturday May 7th from 3pm. If you'd like to join fellow Kumamoto-i members for a walk in the woods, please sign up in the comments below, or look out for the event post coming soon with further details. 2022-05-02 14:30 JSTCarlton here. Awhile back Kirk posted about the subject of Japanese signs and advertising translated ineptly into English. It‘s been a source of amusement over the years to us native English speakers.But can someone explain about this sign? I’m given to think that the medical practitioner is maybe burning the candle at both ends? 2022-05-02 11:53 JSTKirk with another Kumamoto-ben post. The other day I posted about a sign in which ここば使わす人 was used to mean ここをお使いになる人 (people who use this spot). https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/7208160865923950In this case, ば is used in place of を in standard Japanese. In response, some Japanese people seem to have told a reader (thanks for your participation, Anett :) ) that ば is no longer used in this way. I beg to differ.In the following video on Kumamoto-ben (all in Japanese, unfortunately), the following phrase is the first one mentioned as "frequently used Kumamoto-ben":なんばしよっと？何をしているの？What are you doing?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4iYiNbnJLYThis, of course, is another instance of ば taking the place of を.Here are some other popular expressions:たいぎゃうまか！たいへんおいしい！Very delicious!さしよりどっか行こうか？とりあえずどこか行こう？To start off with, why don't we just go someplace?(とりあえず is a bit difficult to translate. I'm not sure that this is the best rendering of it. I think there may be many ways to express the same sentiment in English.)The video also features an expert on Kumamoto-ben explaining that ancient linguistic forms that have been dropped from standard Japanese can still be found in Kumamoto-ben. 2022-05-01 19:59 JSTKirk here with an update on the Janes Residence, which was severely damaged and then completely destroyed by the double punch of two strong earthquakes in 2016. Many posts about the Janes Residence have been made to to this page over the years, both before and after the quakes. If you're interested click on the following link:https://www.facebook.com/page/123734781033296/search/?q=JanesThe first picture is of the actual-sized image of the building being rebuilt that is on the tarp that covers the enclosure in which the work is being done. I took this and the other images today, on site, and then reworked them a little with photo editing software to make them a bit more presentable.The second image shows the progression from before the earthquake to after the first quake to the decimation following in the second. This and a number of reports showing construction progress are posted on a wall at the site.Finally, the third image work on the edifice that was done in March. It's slow work, in part because the are attempting to use materials that were salvaged from the original building to the extent possible. I didn't see a projected completion date but the following article from 2020 indicates that it should be done this year, in 2022:https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/item/n/578846/ 2022-04-30 20:15 JST(Douglas) Today's offering from our recently opened can of old videos is about the Higo Mondo biscuit.Higo Mondo Biscuits
