Measles in Japan
From TAIRA
You may have seen the news that the measles virus has been spreading around Universities in Tokyo. In Japan, children are vaccinated against measles, but teenagers were not given a booster injection to prevent infection with the measles virus as an adult. This has lead to the latest spread of measles among students at Universities in Tokyo.
The measles virus has similar symptoms to the flu, including high fever, coughing, runny nose, followed by a red rash that spreads over the body. These symptoms do not develop until 10 days after infection, so if you start feeling sick and a red rash develops, go immediately to the hospital to have an examination. The Measles is very serious in children and especially serious in adults, and can lead to pneumonia or death, so it is important that you go to see a doctor if you have these symptoms.
If you (or your children) weren't vaccinated in your country, or you can't remember, please go to see a doctor to have a check-up. The doctor will do a blood test to check for antibodies, which will indicate if you have been vaccinated or not. The doctor will give you a vaccination if required.
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Science Day and Environment Day at Ibaraki Nature Museum
Ibaraki Nature Museum in Bando City will be celebrating World Environment Day* and will be holding various events this Sunday.
*The actual World Environment Day is June 5, Tuesday, so the museum has designated June 5 as one of its four Science Days, a.k.a., free admission days!
Science Day
When:
June 3 (Sun) from 9:30am to 5pm
Events:
Special guided tours of giant shark fossils excavated in KitaIbaraki City, and the demonstration of fossil cleaning
[10:30 to 11:30am and 2 to 3pm/ 20 people each time/ meet in front of the lecture room]
Special guided tour of their current exhibit, "The Adventure in Search of Soil Creatures!"
[10:30 to 11am, 1:30 to 2pm, 2:30 to 3pm/ 30 people each time/ meet in front of the special exhibit(exhibition hall)]
Paper making class (make paper from banana tree bark)
[11:30 to 12:30, 3 to 4pm/ 30 people each time/ seminar room A/ 整理券(seiriken or numbered tickets)will be handed out from 10:30am and 2pm in front of the seminar room]
"Backyard tour" (kind of like 'back stage tour') of the water system exhibits
[10 to 10:30am, 10:40 to 11am, 11:20 to 11:50am 1 to 1:30pm, 1:40 to 2:10pm, 2:20 to 2:50pm/ 10 people each time/ numbered tickets will be handed out from 9:45am and 12:45pm in the #3 The System of Nature exhibit]
Special seminar on purification of water - the current conditions of lakes in Ibaraki and what is being done by citizen's groups to improve the quality of water
[1 to 2pm/ 50 people/ meet in front of the lecture room]
For event details, please see the museum's announcement
Environment Day
When:
June 5 (Tue) from 9:30am to 5pm
Events:
Free admission to the museum
If the museum announces the event for this day, I'll post that information here.
Other events this weekend:
Namiki High School Festival
Yasato Pottery Festival
Map and Survey Festival
Mongolia Exhibition
Michi no Ichi (arts and craft fair)
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Michi no Ichi (arts and craft fair) in Kasama
道の市(Michi no Ichi) is an arts and craft fair in Kasama City that is held on the first weekend of June, which is this weekend!
It's only their 5th year, and is much smaller than festivals like Tsukuba Festival and the Himatsuri(Kasama Pottery Fair), but I really enjoyed it last year! Various artists and craftsmen from Ibaraki and other parts of Japan come to this fair, so this isn't just the pottery event. You'll love delicious food prepared by local groups and businesses, and will also enjoy live music and dance performances. I liked the Bali Dance performances, but it looks like there isn't any Bali dance this year :-(
Michi no Ichi 2007
When:
June 2 (Sat) from 10am to 5pm
June 3 (Sun) from 10am to 4pm
Where:
Bentencho area of Kasama City
(It's only a couple of minute walk from JR Kasama Station.
You'll see and hear the festival from the station!)
- Michi no Ichi flyer
- photos from last year and the year before
Other events this weekend:
Namiki High School Festival
Yasato Pottery Festival
Map and Survey Festival
Mongolia Exhibition
Science Day and Environment Day at Ibaraki Nature Museum
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Mongolia Exhibition
Here is another event for this weekend:
"Mongolia Exhibition"
Period: from June 2 to June 10
Place: Tsukuba Expo Center
Events: Setting-up demo of Mongolian Gel House, tea ceremony, traditional Mongolian costumes trial etc.
For detailed information (Japanese):
http://www.expocenter.or.jp/event/event_special.html
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Map and Survey Festival
Map and Survey Festival (測量と地図のフェスティバル/Sokuryo to Chizu no Festival) will be held this Sunday, June 3, which is the 測量の日(sokuryo-no hi/Day of Survey).
There will be events and activities like a marching band performance, kid's geography quiz competition, treasure hunt games, and "measuring in paces." My son and I went to this festival last year, and we both had a lot of fun. All the events are free and there will be FREE buses leaving from the loadins zone #6 at the Tsukuba Center Bus Terminal on that day. All the visitors will receive a free "map of Japan puzzle."
Map and Survey Festival
When:
June 3, Sunday
From 9:30AM to 4:30PM
Where:
The Science Museum of Map and Survey
(Access map in English is HERE)
Other events this weekend:
Yasato Pottery Festival
Namiki High School Festival
Mongolia Exhibition
Michi no Ichi (arts and craft fair)
Science Day and Environment Day at Ibaraki Nature Museum
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