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This video makes the point that one way to support Japan is to come as a tourist.
Pray & Act from Kyushu by Kumamoto ESG (Long ver.)
Pray for Japan. Act for Japan.
A recent post on Kumamoto-i (you want an aurgument [sic]) reminded me of this.
Argument Clinic
Monty Python's Flying Circus http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Monty-Pythons-Flying-Circus/dp/B001E77XNA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1226597796&sr=1-1
This is the photo that Pavel wrote about earlier.
A portion of everything (Explored # 380)
View On Black www.fluidr.com/photos/pavelahmed Somewhere, here, where the beauty of creations are blessed with combination of vast water, radiant sunlight, always green threes and leaves nearby, soft and sweet color of the sky, cool breeze blowing by... where else on earth are you going to compro
Okoba Station (大畑駅) in in Hitoyoshi City. The images in this video are reminiscent of an older, quieter time.
OKOBA / KUMAMOTO 2011 ［大畑駅／肥薩線］
http://www.con-quest.tv/ 九州を旅する web magazine "con-Quest"
If you are trying to find out if JETs you know are safe or now, this information should help.
JLGC Japan Local Government Center
[From Canada]Chan EricChung Hsi-LingDelisle SophieIkeda MarshallKennedy AdamLapointe CatherineLim MonaNguyen SangSmith MichaelVan Keer LiesVilleneuve Daniel
Posts that arrive via RRS are delayed considerably. For more timely information go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumamoto-i/
kumamoto-i : Kumamoto International
kumamoto-i: Kumamoto International
Some of the information that has been exchanged on Kumamoto-i over the last decade has been organized on this page.
Kumamoto Links
This page provides annotated links to English information about Kumamoto, Japan.
I found this image of Kumamoto Station on eBay. I couldn't find a date but it must have been taken before WWII, as the Japanese is written from right to left, horizontally. The picture presents quite a contrast with the new facilities that have been put in place to prepare for the arrival of the Shinkansen.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=120691240254
Some readers of Kumamoto-i on Facebook may be interested in Fukuoka Now
Fukuoka Now
Best source for news, events and useful & timely information about Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan since 1998!
Kawase Hasui (1883 - 1957)
Kumamoto Castle in Samidare (Rain in May), 1948
http://www.fujiarts.com/cgi-bin/item.pl?item=141125
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Technical note: We've had some more RSS problems but I think that they are resolved now and that everything you see is up-to-date. This time there seems to have been a problem with the Yahoo Kumamoto-i feed itself. I fixed it by running the feed through "Google Reader" as a "bundle," even though its just one feed: http://www.google.com/reader/bundle/user%2F01720285359701720643%2Fbundle%2FKumamoto-i
Google Reader - Kumamoto-i
I accidentally disabled RSS Graffiti (the application that takes posts from Kumamoto-i and displays them here) when I removed Social RSS (another, less reliable, RSS application). It is now enabled but, In the meantime, there was an update about shopping for kid's clothes in Kumamoto and a couple of posts about displaying Japanese text in Yahoo Groups.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumamoto-i/
kumamoto-i : Kumamoto International
kumamoto-i: Kumamoto International
A while back I posted about the on-going festival (friday and saturday evenings) in Yamaga. Here's one of the videos I linked to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts_iPy6VbyU
冬の山鹿の観光活性化を目指して始まった百華百彩。祭り期間中、豊前街道沿いには竹灯りや和傘灯籠など、様々な オブジェが展示され、幻想的な世界が繰り広げられる。 オブジェはすべて手作り。住民と学生が協力して竹の切り出しや加工など１カ月前から準備をすすめている。 番組では祭りを作り上げる皆さんの姿を追いながら、住民のふるさとへの熱い思いを伝える。
