日本代表×All Blacks XV
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Kirk here. I don't get around much any more so I haven't been to Yakoboku but this article about the best bars in Asia says it's no. 84.
Kirk here. NHK World published a little news video with the following headline: "Japan to subsidize chip plants' water suppliers."
Kirk here news about a cow-colored (not blue-and-white) Lawson in Minami Aso. Not particularly important news but, then again, not scary or depressing either!! ;)
Kirk again. This post about Kumamoto University came in my Google News feed. The publisher is a company that describes its mission as "AI Asset Management" so I assume that it has been put together and written by a bot. The English is good but the captions are mostly in Japanese (I guess the bot failed to realize that it should translate those into English). It doesn't say anything negative and, of course, no students or faculty are quoted. Still, people studying or working at Kumamoto University might find it interesting (maybe even amusing).
Kirk here. We experienced some heavy rain here in Kumamoto today but our friends to the north in Fukuoka, Sago and Oita prefectures got hit much harder.
Kirk here with a positive story about the peaceful co-existence of humans and cetaceans in Amakusa:
Kirk with some news about "my number cards" (maina cards). Kumamoto City has achieved the highest adoption rate (78%) of 20 ordinance-designated (seirei shitei; 政令指定) cities. Moreover, "maina cards" have made it possible to get certain documents (residence registries [juumin-hyou], etc.) for only 10 yen each a local convenience stores. This has led to over half of all such documents in Kumamoto being procured at convenience stores rather than at ward offices. Personally, I've found this to be very convenient and you can't beat that 10 yen price! :)
Kirk with a link to the hazard map I promised yesterday:
Sean here -
(Claire) Uto and it’s uk link came up again! Link on the comments. It’s a lovely place for a stop and stretch of your legs in June.
Kirk here. It's raining again and a "watch" (注意報; chuui hou) is in effect for the whole prefecture. I suspect that calls for "evacuation" (避難; hinan) of certain areas will be made again this weekend. So, in preparation, I'll be making some posts to help you understand the risks you may face and whether or not you need to seek shelter somewhere else.
Olive oil tasting/seminar
Kirk here. Heavy rain has been coming all too frequently in recent years:
Kirk here. Judging from the caption on this picture, this damaged section of Highway 28 would be about here:
Evacuation Shelters Opening - Heavy Rains in Kumamoto
Kirk here with an inquiry from Julie, who got some well-deserved recognition last year for her long-standing practice of picking up after other people every morning. Well, now Julie, who does so much for other people, needs a little help from anyone who might have some Kiwi (New Zealand) currency that they would be willing to exchange for yen. She has some students who will be traveling to New Zealand and would like to help them get used to the actual currency before they go.
Kirk here giving the rain a break (I hope it gives us a break) and posting in the "stuff I didn't know or had forgotten" category. Today's bit of unknown or forgotten information pertains to the caption written for the photo you see with this article:
Kirk with a follow-up about "evacuation orders."
Kirk here. The image you see is of a road near the Kiyama River (the one that overflowed) in Mashiki-machi Tahara. The RKK video has some other amazing scenes (such as a violently surging Gorogataki-gawa in Yamato-cho) that you may want to check out.
