Hello Everyone,
Shaney (the wondeful publisher of Tsukublog) and I spoke of offering a rough (emphasis on ROUGH) translation of ‘what’s on’ each month at Nova Hall and Capio. Hopefully, this will be the first installment of what will be a monthly feature. It is a ROUGH translation because, after several experiments, we found the best [...]
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There will be an emergency drill in Tsukuba on Sept. 28th. Recently there have been a few large earthquakes, landslides, etc, so if you have free time the drill should be interesting to see and you might learn something that can save your life someday!
Here is some information from the Tsukuba International Association:
The scenario is [...]
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It is in August , when Japan is most ALIVE ,with the droning of cicadas, the wild expansion of vegetation, and with the air itself seemingly PULSATING with LIFE, that the Japanese have traditionally remembered The Dead. In this month, not only is there the O-Bon Festival, in which over the centuries the spirits of departed relatives have been welcomed back to their [...]
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