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• Couple Arrested Over Public Car Sex Show

  
  Sankaku Complex — Authority: 628
  An exhibitionist couple who invited the general public to watch them have sex in the back of a van have been arrested after bystanders reported a suspicious crowd clustered around their vehicle. The Fukuoka area couple, a 44-year-old unemployed man and a 33-year-old female chef, invited spectators by way of a local ...
  4 hours ago

• Will I Believe…? Part 3

  
  Musings — Authority: 129
  Well, I’ve already posted about niggling annoyances with my new MacBook. So, to balance things up a bit, here’s part 3 of my series of posts on whether I’m falling in with the crowd of Apple Faithful – or not – and it at least includes a few things that I like about the MacBook. Very nice body and build ...
  6 days ago

• A Temple Stay in Koyasan, a Buddhism Sanctuary

  
  Yokoso! JAPAN Travel Blog by The Visit Japan Campaign Supporters — Authority: 99
  Koyasan, or Mount Koya (san means mountain in Japanese), has been a Buddhist sanctuary for over 1200 years. It was founded in 816 by Kukai, the founder of Buddhism’s Shingon sect. Long ago it was far and secluded, but it is now very accessible, and yet still held a mystic atmosphere when I visited it in September. ...
  1 week ago

• A plume from Sakura-jima

  
  The Volcanism Blog — Authority: 477
  Sakura-jima on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu is one of the most active volcanoes on earth: there is nearly always a current Volcanic Ash Advisory reporting explosions and emissions from its Minami-dake summit cone, which has been the focus of eruptive activity for about 5000 years. Sakura-jima sits in ...
  1 week ago

• Seventh Powerful Quake Hits Japan Region

  
  Fire Earth — Authority: 434
  Powerful Earthquake measuring up to 7.2 Mw Strikes  RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPANBackground:6th Strong Quake Strikes Near Ryukyu Isles, Japan6 to 8 more strong EQs may yet strike region 4th Powerful Quake Strikes Japan RegionEarthquake Forecast: Tokyo, JapanA powerful earthquake measuring up to 7.2 Mw occurred in Ryukyu ...
  1 week ago

• The Rusty Buildings of Makurazaki

  
  sleepytako — Authority: 411
  Makurazaki is a city of 24,000 on the southern edge of Kyushu . Its the terminus of the Ibuski-Makurazaki line of JR Kyushu, the most southern JR line in Japan. The station, pictured earlier , is tucked behind drug store and some cafes with only the smallest of signs giving direction . Only 6 trains leave from ...
  1 week ago

• Ships collide off southern Japan

  
  Recording — Authority: 515
  A Japanese navy destroyer and a commercial vessel collide near the southern main island of Kyushu.
  1 week ago

• Lost in Translation

  
  Musings — Authority: 129
  As part of the preparation for my upcoming staff-exchange trip to Japan in December this year, I’ve been translating about 30 hours worth of lecture material into, well, Japanese. The students I’ll be lecturing do know English, but – or so I’ve been advised – not with the same level of written and reading ...
  1 week ago

• Trip to Kyushu: Kurume & Fukuoka

  
  The Cannon Family Homepage — Authority: 117
  Our last stop on our trip to Kyushu were the cities of Kurume and Fukuoka. I lived in Kurume for 7 months as a missionary. As a tourist destination its not much. But this place houses a lot of great personal memories for me. One of the great memories was teaching a person who worked at the first Subway sandwich shop ...
  3 weeks ago

• Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots

  
  The Cannon Family Homepage — Authority: 117
  About an hour south of the city of Kagoshima is a small mountain town called Chiran. This was the home of the air base that launched kamikaze attacks on Allied warships towards the end of World War II. The air base is long gone, replaced by a museum dedicated to the 1,000+ pilots who died flying suicide missions in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Trip to Kyushu: Kagoshima

  
  The Cannon Family Homepage — Authority: 117
  Stop number three on our week-long trip was Kagoshima. I served here as a missionary in two stints to start my mission (5 months in the city of Kagoshima) and to end my mission (3 months in the suburb of Taniyama). For you Japanese history buffs and Tom Cruise fans, Kagoshima is the home to a guy by the name of Saigo ...
  3 weeks ago

• Kyushu Matsuri at Yoyogi Park

  
  Japundit - Published news — Authority: 451
  A few pics of food at the Kyushu Matsuri at Yoyogi Park. The fish was amazing!
  4 weeks ago

• Trip to Kyushu: Kumamoto

  
  The Cannon Family Homepage — Authority: 117
  Stop number two on our trip was Kumamoto. I spent 7 months here as a missionary in 1995 and in the process had some great experiences. I’ll share some of my experiences in a later post. From a travel perspective, Kumamoto typifies everything that’s great about Kyushu. There are some beautiful seaside towns with ...
  4 weeks ago

• VolcanoWatch Weekly [7 October 2009]

  
  Fire Earth — Authority: 434
  VOW:  Ambrym Destructive acid rain caused by eruption According to press reports, an eruption from Benbow Crater occurred on 10 February [1979.]  Gases from the eruption caused acid rainfall on the SW portion of Ambrym Island, destroying most vegetation within 24 hours, contaminating water supplies, and burning ...
  4 weeks ago

• Typhoon Melor Arriving in Japan, Leaving Lasting Impression

  
  Fire Earth — Authority: 434
  Typhoon Melor Drenches the Windswept Land of Rising SunWind gusts of up to 60km/h have already been reported in Japan’s Kinki region, about 675km (420 miles) from the center of Typhoon Melor. Lets hope the overdue large quake which FEWW  forecast for the Tokyo Bay area won’t occur right now, making the ...
  4 weeks ago

• I See God!

  
  The Cannon Family Homepage — Authority: 117
  While looking out over the Nagasaki bay from Glover Garden, Anthon looked through the binoculars and proclaimed, "I see God!" Gotta love the kids.
  5 weeks ago

• Trip to Kyushu: Nagasaki

  
  The Cannon Family Homepage — Authority: 117
  The family took a 9 day trip to the island of Kyushu, one of the four main islands in Japans archipelago. It also happened to be the area where I served my mission. I wanted to show Shelley and the family where I lived for two years. Our first stop was the city of Nagasaki, a town in which I didnt actually serve as a ...
  5 weeks ago

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