Yatsushiro now has a wood-burning biomass power plant. --Kirk
2024-06-21 21:06 JST 2024 Yatsushiro now has a wood-burning biomass power plant. --Kirk Toyota Tsusho switches on 75-MW biomass-fired power plant in JapanJapanese trading company Toyota Tsusho Corp (TYO:8015) announced today it commenced the commercial operation of a 75-MW biomass-fired power plant in Kumamo https://renewablesnow.com/news/toyota-tsusho-switches-on-75- … ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 12 · Comments: 4 · Shares: 2 ← 2024-06-20 19:46 JST 2024-06-22 17:00 JST → Around this time … 2024-06-30 14:12 JSTA final chapter in a long saga:"The unoccupied property was owned by farmer Shigeru Ogata, who lived in it until 2017. He had refused to relocate, calling on the government to provide an alternative site on higher ground. But his demand was never met." -- KirkLast ‘house’ demolished for anti-flood dam in Kumamoto | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis 2024-06-28 07:45 JSTThis is Shirakawa, which is on my way to work right now.Watch out for the rain, everyone.Atsuko(ง •̀_•́)งKumamoto city River flood monitoring systemhttps://city-kumamoto-pub.e-monitor.jp/city-kumamoto/ 2024-06-27 08:01 JSTAnother example of inhumane treatment of leprosy patients at the Kikuchi-Keifuen. This one is new to me. -- KirkNational leprosy facility tested drug on patients during WWII | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis 2024-06-22 18:28 JSTThe topic of foreign tourism has been the zeitgeist recently now that COVID travel restrictions have been lifted. While the central government is doing all it can to increase tourism, local governments have complained about the burden these tourists supposedly cause.The Mainichi reports that Kumamoto is jumping on the tax-the-foreigners bandwagon: "The city of Kumamoto will introduce an accommodation tax in early 2026 to raise funds in part to combat the negative effects of foreign tourism, Mayor Kazufumi Onishi stated recently" which will apparently be "a few hundred yen per person per night."Seems kind of xenophobic to me: tourism infrastructure is burdened by Japanese tourists equally. Pictured: a bureaucrat twists logic. English-language article at the link. - WilliamKumamoto to introduce stay tax to combat negative effects of spiking foreign tourism - The Mainichi 2024-06-22 17:00 JSTThis is a continuation of Hitoyoshi Local Vegetable Shop.Hitoyoshi's Super Kid, which recently I mentioned having blue and yellow papayas. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/TfXRmRFXUWJvFio2/https://www.facebook.com/share/p/2cdxdDSDi7VdBFf3/Then I found a banana tree at a shrine in Hitoyoshi and was surprised to see yellow bananas also at Superkid the other day. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/wBdDPsKPYXw7NS7X/But I thought that international readers would surely want green bananas more, and lo and behold, green bananas were also sold. Tomatoes I had left in the kitchen sprouted. Is Hitoyoshi a power spot?By the way, Hitoyoshi was recently ranked as the best town to live in Japan.It has been almost four years since the Hitoyoshi torrential rain damage, but the lotus flowers at Aoi Aso Shrine have made a splendid comeback and are blooming beautifully now. Please go and see them while you get some bananas!Atsuko٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و 2024-06-21 21:06 JSTYatsushiro now has a wood-burning biomass power plant. …Toyota Tsusho switches on 75-MW biomass-fired power plant in Japan (this post) 2024-06-20 19:46 JSTFor foreigners studying Japanese in Kumamoto.Very surprisingly, this is not the standard language, apparently.I think I have always read it this way. Sorry 🙏.If you want to call it hard, you have to call it Kibishii.You should read 厳か as Ogosoka not Kibishika.If you want to say strong you have to say it Tsuyoi.You should read 強か as Sitataka not Tsuyoka.If you want to say sweep you have to say Haku.You should read 掃く as Haku not Hawaku.Kibishika, Tsuyoka, Hawaku are not correct, these are dialect, not standard language.If you are in Kumamoto, you have probably heard of [Kibishika Tsuyoka Hawaku].So interesting ! Atsuko(＞∀＜)‼︎ 2024-06-18 16:14 JSTMatsuki Nobuhiro, from Kumamoto, is one of at least 17 people abducted by the North Korean government in the 1970s and 80s. -- Kirk https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240614_01/"Matsuki is from the Japanese city of Kumamoto. He was abducted in 1980 at the age of 26, when he was studying in Spain."Japanese abductee's siblings petition for his return from North Korea | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News 2024-06-18 14:00 JSTWilliam Kumamon had a meeting with Myaku-Myaku, the mascot of the Osaka World's Fair and mutant Elmo, who had travelled to the Kencho to publicize his doomed event. 国内での抜群の知名度と海外からの人気の高さ (kokunai de no batsugun no chimeido to kaigai kara no ninki no taka-sa) means"Outstanding domestic recognition and popularity overseas," referring I assume to Kumamon, not Myaku-Myaku.A link to a short video:くまモンが大阪・関西万博スペシャルサポーターに就任【熊本】 (24/06/17 19:00) 2024-06-18 10:19 JSTHey there, Kumamotans! (Or is it 'Kumamotites'?) It's KumaKitty here with some advice about how to take advantage of information, particularly news articles, published on this page. Over the years, the Facebook algorithm has gotten more and more finicky. If you give it a link to a news article, it seems to assume that nobody is interested. So, even though this page has over 5,000 "likes," a post that is primarily a link to a news article will only appear in the feeds of a handful of those folks. So, if you would like to use this page to keep up with local news, you should probably make a point of actually navigating to it from time to time to see what has been posted recently.By the way, the Facebook algorithm seems to like pictures of animals. I guess that's why my master, Kirk, thought I should be the one to post about this. That's all for now. Back to my cozy little spot by the window for another nap. :) 2024-06-17 16:16 JSTWilliam Kumanichi reports that northern Kyushu has entered rainy season, 13 days later than normal and 19 days later than last year.Pictured are hydrangea, known as "ajisai" (アジサイ, or 紫陽花 - the katakana is more common) in Japanese. The flower is a symbol of rainy season.
