Kirk here with a a Claude (AI service) translation about a helicopter accident in Aso:
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Sorry to not get out of Kengun yet, but I need to share some info about tram terminus in Kengun. It ends at Piacres covered shopping street. Back in the day, Japanese sararimans (sararimen?) would stop there to have drinks before going home. However, that culture has disappeared and so the area is changing with a number of food places and here are a couple of them.
I suspect I'm much more interested in this issue that 99% of the readers of this page but, nonetheless, here's another article on the developing story. I found last night's 報道ステーション (Hodo Station) to be particularly informative. There's a good deal I might say but I've got other things to attend to so I'll just offer this article for now. -- Kirk
Kirk here with a Minamata related article, similar in content to what I posted on Friday. Here's a quote from the article:
Atsuko with Hitoyoshi Enjoy information for those who go to Hitoyoshi to buy papaya.
William Of concern has been traffic considerations on the narrow roads connecting to the new TSMC and related facilities. Kumanichi reports on the popularity (?) of new express bus routes. Many Silicon Valley (セミコン in Japanese) companies also provide their own buses Once on a train in San Jose, I attempted conversation with a seatmate only to be castigated, "Can't you see I'm WORKING?!" Such is the life of IT employees.
GW Pizza Making and Eating Experience at 食と農の体験塾
Teens celebration event
Kirk here. The elderly gentleman you see was describing the suffering of his mother, who died from Minamata disease, to Ito Shintaro, Minister of the Environment, when he was prompted to "wrap it up" (matomete) by a ministry bureaucrat. Not particularly nice but sort of understandable given the need to limit each speaker to three minutes that had been conveyed earlier. But, what came next was something that has really made lots of people (including me) angry. Seconds after the gentleman began to try to conclude his short presentation, his mic was cut.
Atsuko(｡•̀ᴗ-)و ̑̑✧
Joe Tomei here. While strolling down from Tatomiya cafe and the Kohaku ramen shop is Chez Tani, a sweets shop. As I mentioned before, many shops in Kumamoto are linked and Chez Tani is another example. Today, we'll talk about the Ezuko branch
Kirk here. I saw a notice in my Google news feed for "熊本" (Kumamoto) and "外国人" (foreigners) about this opening of a Kumamoto branch of GTN (Global Trust Networks). The translation on their website says "GTN, foreigners support organization, to launch on May 1st Kumamoto branch opened ~ Supporting coexistence with foreigners in Kumamoto, a semiconductor booming region, and further expanding regional revitalization～". Even after looking at the website for a while, I'm still not exactly sure what they do but it would seem that, in part at least, they function as a recruitment agency or temporary staffing agency that specializes in foreigners. Their arrival in Kumamoto seems to be connected to the arrival of TSMC.
ポイ投票 社会実験 2024 GW
Kirk here with more architectural news:
Another high-tech company to come to Kumamoto? -- Kirk
Kirk here. I saw a segment about this little vegan ice cream shop in Yamato-cho (not far from Tsujunkyo) the other day. I haven't had a chance to taste the ice cream yet but I fully expect to enjoy it when I finally get a taste. If my memory serves me correctly, in the news segment ARBOL (see picture) said she tasted vegan ice cream while traveling abroad and decided she wanted to do something similar in her home town of Yamato-cho.
Kirk here. I saw an interesting segment about an unusual festival in Yatsushiro -- Funatori Shinji -- on this evening's RKK news. I was pleased to see the person pictured referred to as "a local resident" (地元の人) rather than as a visitor from a foreign land. She commented on the festival in fluent Japanese, but my guess is that she's probably from an English-speaking country (perhaps a reader of this page?). It's nice to see a person who has taken up residence here recognized as a member of the local community. :)
Kirk here with Uto-Yagura news. This tower (yagura or "keep" is another English translation) is smaller than the main one (the tenshukaku) but it has survived for over 400 years. The main part of the castle was burned to the ground in the Satsuma Rebellion (Seinan Senso) of 1877.
Vegetable Market - Direct Sales by Farmers
Sean here:
