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Hi friends.
You seem to love Japanese flowers, too.
Yes, it's soon.ーAtsuko(๑˃ᴗ˂)و
Japan Cherry Blossom 2020 Forecast: When & Where To See Sakura in Japan - LIVE JAPAN
Planning your dream vacation to Japan in spring for the cherry blossom festival? Here's all about when and where to see cherry blossoms in Japan in 2020! Here we do a deep dive on Japan's cherry blossom forecast, about sakura viewing culture, and where are the best places to see cherry blossoms in J...

Hi friends.
Sharing beautiful early Spring flowers.
These are my favorite early spring flowers.
White one is 木蓮 Mokuren. Now is its season of blooming. The brilliant white blossoms are so beautiful.
The pink one is てんすい桜 Tensui zakura. Yes, it's cherry blossom, not plum and peach blossom. Tensui is the name of town, you know.
You can buy these flowers at 草枕温泉てんすいKusamakura Onsen Tensui. I buy it every year because I love it.
One vase of flowers is 800yen, so reasonable!!
I chose branches with few blossoms because we can enjoy the flower long time.
We should stay at home because of COVID-19. But how about taking a walk around your house. You might find beautiful spring flowers which cheers you up.ーAtsuko(*Ü*)
草枕温泉てんすいKusamakura Onsen Tensui
http://www.kusamakura.jp/kusa_on/

Hi.
Did you get your toilet paper🤣?
ーAtsuko∠(　˙-˙ )／
Panic-buying of 'made in China' tissues and toilet paper erupts in some Japanese cities
Fears that COVID-19 could lead to shortages of daily items sparked incidents of stockpiling from Thursday night through Friday, causing drugstores...

Hi friends.
It was so confused day today.
This is new announcement about temporary school close from Kumamoto city.
It says additional new information
①Graduation ceremony will hold as usual on scheduled day.٩( ᐖ )۶But only students, parents and teachers can attend it.
②IKUSEI will open on weekday and Saturday as usual from 8am to 6pm.
③Prefectural high school entrance exam on 10, 11 March will be held as usual.
④They ask students not to go out and meet lots various people.
Other information details of each school might be shared by 安心安全メール Anshinanzen mail. If you haven't connected it, you should login it.
Please be safe, be healthy, be Happy together!!
ーAtsuko(*Ü*)
新型コロナウイルス感染症対策のための小学校、中学校、高等学校及び特別支援学校等における一斉臨時休校について（お知らせ） / 熊本市ホームページ

Hi friends.
I'm sooo angry that I can't explain well Sorry.
Even if all the school will close suddenly, the outbreak might happen. Because students might spend at day care house with mixed when the parents can't take care their kids. When the kids should spend alone at their house without any adults,if the kids' illness become more badly, WHO WILL FIND IT AND TAKE CARE them??
It's 丸投げMARUNAGE from Mr. Abe.
He seems to say The responsibility of suffering COVID-19 is not school, not government!!
He just escaped from the responsibility to protect kids, students.
Sorry, I got sooo angry.
Every teachers have STRONG responsibility to protect students!!!ーAtsukoヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
All schools in Japan told to close until April over virus outbreak | The Japan Times
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday asked all elementary, junior high and high schools nationwide to close from Monday until the end of their spring vaca

Hi friends.
The best way to keep away COVID-19 is washing your hands well.
I introduce my recommended song to wash hands. I taught and did it at my school with my students together today.
I know this song beforehand but I just know it has English, Spanish, Portuguese version also.
Let's sing this song and wash you and your family, your friends' hands together joyfully!!
I hope you,
Be healthy, be Happy, be friendly alwaysーAtsuko(๑˃ᴗ˂)و♡
English version
https://www.kao.co.jp/bioreu/hand/song/en/
Japanese version
https://youtu.be/RzsqynHMwlg
Spanish version
https://www.kao.co.jp/bioreu/hand/song/es/
Portuguese version
https://www.kao.co.jp/bioreu/hand/song/po/
Whole including page.
https://www.kao.co.jp/bioreu/hand/song/
あわあわ手あらいのうた（英語版） | ハンドシリーズ | ビオレu | 花王株式会社
I say please I say please Mr. Tortoise Mr. Tortoise Look at the shape of the triangle mountain Mr. Wolf falling down down, oh that was close Hurry hurry Mr. Tortoise riding on his motorcycle And he caught him, what a close call! Thank you Mr. Tortoise It's time to eat Let's wash our hands together!....

Ruth Maruki Kai has kindly informed us that the 2020 Kumamoto St.Patrick's Day parade and associated activities scheduled for March 7th have been cancelled due to concerns over the coronavirus. That does not, however, mean that you can't have a pint that day. - William

Hi friends.
This announcement is shared from 熊本市教育長Superintendent of Education of Kumamoto city.
Sorry for my poor translation but it's important information for students from public kindergarten to high school in Kumamoto city, of course for their parents.
In case, someone who is a student, teacher, even the parent living together with students has a positive reaction of Coronavirus, the school will close about 14days.
Addition any celebration like 卒業式Sotsugyoushiki might be held smaller than usual year. Each school might give you the detail information on 25.
It says, school will close for the positive reaction patient of not only the student but also parents.
In case even if not having positive reaction, the patient has a fever more than 37.5c', the patient should not go to school, suspension of attendance.
And if you feel worried to make your kids to go to school, school should allow their absent.
During the school closes, the IKUSEI, students day care after school will also be closed.
So Sorry My translation is so poor but the information is so emergency situation and important, and parents should prepare in case happen.
Please be healthy not only your kids but also parents, family all together!!!
Now is going celebration season! So sad...
Go through with all together
GENKI and HAPPYーAtsuko٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=844600862619493&id=100012087617313&sfnsn=mo
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Hi again.
Now, I got an email from school I work at. Unfortunately it's written in Japanese only.
You might get these mail from your kids school ANSHIN mail sooner or later.
It was the announcement the first notice.
If your kids have anything doubt about Corona virus cold, you had better not your kids to go to school.
The doubt is like these.
1 The kid has something bad cold symptoms and have a fever more than 37.5 c'.
2 The kid feels something sense of fatigue, general malaise, general malaise strongly and feels difficulty to breath strongly.
3 Even if the kid's cold symptoms are not so much, in case the parents feel worried about kid's going to school.
Your kid's absent will be treated as suspension of attendance.ーAtsuko٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و

Checking out the Wikipedia page on "coronavirus," the notation on its graphic made me laugh: "Not drawn to scale." Thank God! - imagine if they were that big! - William

Hi friends.
I really hope you are fine and healthy.
You might have already known we have 3 patients in Kumamoto unfortunately.
All of us have possibility to be sufferers, victims but also nobody is attacker, wrongdoer, you might know well.
In case, you feel something bad and have doubt to be COVID-19
Please check and contact these information.
Just hoping you can go through with healthy, happy together in SpringーAtsuko(*Ü*)
http://www.city.kumamoto.jp/hpkiji/pub/detail.aspx?c_id=5&type=top&id=26721

It's spring, which means the more traditional folk are out foraging for what are known as the "shichikusa" (七草) - the seven herbs. When my kids were young, my wife would take us to Tatsudayama to collect them. They're actually pretty tasty if you know proper preparation. Kumanichi noted that now is the season for horsetail (ツクシ,
Equisetum arvense), which is neither a horse nor a tail, but when foraging, you take what you can get (except mushrooms - be careful of those). - William
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%83%E8%8D%89
https://this.kiji.is/603187089998775393?c=92619697908483575
七草 - Wikipedia
七草（ななくさ）とは7種類の野草・野菜。7種の野草・野菜が入った粥（七草粥)を人日の節句（1月7日）の朝に食べる風習が残っている。

Hello from beautiful Amakusa.
Please take the time to sign this petition to help keep nuclear waste out of Amakusa. Disposing of the nuclear waste from the disaster in Fukushima throughout Japan is not a solution. Amakusa is not a garbage can. Help us keep Amakusa and Kumamoto beautiful. This petition will be brought to Amakusa's Mayor at the end of March. Please sign it and share. Leanne♥
このキャンペーンが話題です🚀: 天草に核のゴミを一切持ち込まないことを要請します。
あと240 名の賛同が必要です！天草に核のゴミを一切持ち込まないことを要請します。

Every country is weird in its own way. For example, Japan, not known as a banana producer, has a banana auction system called "banana tataki", where bidders bid to the beat of a drum for a bunch. This apparently goes back to the Edo era, when bananas were a rare commodity. So if you're in a market and see someone surrounded by bananas banging a drum, just shout out any random bid. They're just bananas, after all. (Such an event recently took place at Ueki Ichi on Shirakawa next to the train station. If you haven't visited yet, you should. The horumon - horse tripe stew - is much better than last year.) - William
「バナナ買ってハイヨ」たたき売りが大人気　春の植木市 ｜ 熊本日日新聞
ＪＲ熊本駅（熊本市西区）東側の白川河川敷で開かれている「くまもと春の植木市」の会場を、バナナのたたき...

Two cops just came by to follow up on my dog's disappearance the other day. I'd assumed that the reason I didn't have to fill out any paperwork when I retrieved him is that they already had a substantial amount on hand (he's well-known at the substation), but it did provide a good chance to remind them that Sawako had been hit by a car recently and they have done nothing about it. Priorities: send two cops over to fill in paperwork regarding a wandering dog, but nothing over a woman sideswipped by a car. - William

Our friend Andrew White has requested information regarding the following:
"I’m searching for job agencies that help foreigners find jobs in the kumamoto area. Does any one know of some reputable companies. — looking for recommendations."
Please post below if you have any ideas.

A note from the Kumamoto International Signs of the Apocalypse Desk (we have statuettes of Zuul on our desks): Mt. Kimpo received its latest-ever recorded snowfall yesterday, lagging 34 days behind average. You might want to go see it: this may be your final chance. - William
熊本市で最も遅い初雪　金峰山も初冠雪 ｜ 熊本日日新聞
熊本市で１７日、観測史上最も遅い初雪を観測した。熊本地方気象台によると、これまで最も遅かったのは１９...

Hi friends.
It's the history.
It is so precious, worthy experience not only for citizens but also our guests to watch on the way to reconstruction of Kumamoto castleーAtsuko(*Ü*)

The Kumamoto 30K roadrace, which precedes the Kumamoto Marathon, has just finished. The delightful smiles and exuberance of the participants was enjoyable to watch on TV from my house, which has a roof that displaces rain. The Kumamon chase car was noteworthy, so I googled it: Toyota has made two, both light cars, which are apparently available for rent at Toyota Rental Lease Kumamoto stores from the 12th. - William
くまモンレンタカー　県庁で披露式 : ニュース : 熊本 : 地域 : ニュース
　くまモンをイメージしたレンタカーが完成し、１０日に県庁で披露式があった。１２日から、トヨタレンタリース熊本各店で利用できる。 　県と県内のトヨタの販売会社などで構成する「熊本県オールトヨタ」が企画し.....

My mother was kind enough to treat her two grandkids and their parents to a trip to Disneyland during our annual visits to my old home. Having worked there for several years, nothing remained to surprised me, and my mother generally brought a paperback and ensconced herself on a bench. But the kids loved it, apparently much more than the Showa Emperor. Here is some historical footage of his visit to the Magic Kingdom. He should have brought a book. - William
Japan's Emperor Hirohito Visits Disneyland (1975) - DisneyAvenue.com
During his visit to the United States and the Los Angeles area, the Emperor and his wife took a 40-mile motorcade journey to Disneyland where they were greet...

Most European countries have patron saints who brought with them Christianity and, in Ireland's case, a deep dislike of snakes. But you don't need to be ophiophobic to enjoy Saint Patrick's Day. Kumamoto's Irish community has contributed admirably to our international community by organizing events on that day - Saturday, March 7 - with, as Ruth-san put it, "Go raibh míle maith agat!! The parade will start at 2:30pm at Kamitori Arcade・上通 and then goes down 下通・Shimotori, ending at 新市街・Shinshigai about 3:30pm", culminating, of course, with a beer party. Thank you to all of the organizers and our friend, Ruth Maruki Kai, for your wonderful efforts. (I'll leave my pet snake at home.) - William