Got snow around Ezuko. Atsuko ☆。.:＊・゜
2025-12-26 07:46 JST 2025 Got snow around Ezuko. Atsuko ☆。.:＊・゜ ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 15 · Comments: 0 · Shares: 1 ← 2025-12-24 22:37 JST 2026-01-01 12:06 JST → Around this time … 2026-01-23 19:30 JSTJoe Tomei here, passing on a notice about French classes. Allons-y! 2026-01-20 20:14 JSTKirk here. It seems that a helicopter carrying two Taiwanese tourists and one pilot has gone down in the Aso crater. I just saw an image of the wreckage inside the crater on NHK's national news program. In the NHK segments I saw, the people involved in the search were all wearing gas masks to protect themselves from the intense fumes. Even if the passengers and pilot survived the crash, I doubt they would be able to remain alive for long inside the crater. NHK said that the search will resume at 7:30 AM tomorrow.Helicopter with 2 Passengers from Taiwan Goes Missing Over Aso, Kumamoto Pref., Did Not Return at Scheduled Time 2026-01-19 19:36 JSTReport on the earthquake evacuation drill.Ten years since the Kumamoto Earthquake.I believe we must widely sharewhat we experienced and learned,Atsuko (ง •̀_•́)งhttps://www.facebook.com/share/p/1a9Amzr2Vr/?mibextid=wwXIfr 2026-01-05 12:53 JSTPost 2026-01-01 12:06 JSTKirk here. First of all, happy new year! Secondly, sorry to post something that is not Kumamoto-specific. The topic is "expat-specific" and, as many expats read the page, I hope you'll agree that it's not too far off topic.In many ways, I have considered the U.S. to be more enlightened regarding issues of immigration or the treatment of non-citizens (well, that is, before 2016). And, even though Japanese politics have taken a fairly anti-foreigner turn recently, it hasn't gotten THIS bad. Once upon a time, if the Japanese government had put such a discriminatory policy in place, I would have been indignant and thought "this could never happen in the U.S.!" Well, here's hoping it doesn't happen in Japan in 2026!https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kpnxvpgy2oP.S. No explanation about how this will actually be administered. "OK. Five people in this car. So, I need to see five IDs proving citizenship. That's five passports or birth certificates, alien registration cards, or the equivalent. Driver's licenses are not acceptable because they don't show citizenship. Anyone without a proper ID will be treated as a non-resident foreigner."US hikes national park fees for foreigners to put 'American families first' 2025-12-26 07:46 JSTGot snow around Ezuko. Atsuko ☆。.:＊・゜ (this post) 2025-12-24 22:37 JSTIn Ezuko today. Even the best strike out occasionally. -- KirkP.S. Facebook made it very hard to get this video into this post. It basically tried to force me to publish it as a REEL, making me REELy unhappy. I'm wondering how to leave Facebook with Kumamoto International in tact. 2025-12-23 20:58 JSTKirk here. Munetaka Murakami has signed with the Chicago White Sox. A Japanese TV show I saw noted that he's been in pinstripes since Kyushu Gakuen High School, here in Kumamoto (his Yakult Swallows uniform also featured a pinstripe pattern). If you would like to check out how he greets fans in English, you can do that here:https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/video/munetaka-murakami-says-hello-to-white-sox-fans?t=t145-default-vtp 2025-12-21 20:49 JSTAtsuko here.(ง •̀_•́)งInformation about earthquake drills.Mizuno-san who organised the disaster preparedness drill (if you're from Kumamoto, you'll likely recognise his voice from FM radio), hopes many children, students and families with foreign roots will participate.ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーKumamoto Prefecture Prevention Training for Foreign ResidentsDisaster Prevention TrainingJapan experiences frequent earthquakes. Do you know what to do during an earthquake? participationFreeWe will be conducting earthquake drills. Participation is free of charge (¥0). For Japanese families too.You can participate with your Japanese family and friends. We speak in simple Japanese.Date and time (when)Sunday, 18 January 2026 10:00 to 12:00placeKumamoto Castle Jyo-sai-en Tourist Information Centre Kumamoto City(1-1 Ninomaru, Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City) Free of charge (¥0) 2025-12-21 14:00 JSTWhatcha up to this afternoon? Team Tonakai is at Sunatori Community Center until 5pm today so pop on by for a cuppa if you want to give a contribution 🎁 ✨🦌場所は神水の江津湖近く、八丁馬場電停から徒歩すぐです。 2025-12-20 17:00 JSTComedian: It was so warm today in Kumamoto . . .Audience: HOW WARM WAS IT?Comedian: It was SO warm, kids were SWIMMING under the Kokai bridge!-- Kirk (not a comedian)
