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yoka A U T U M N 2 0 1 9 Rugby! Winter Is Coming KumAJET Gr-egg-shaped adventures in Fresh tracks to help you What are those crazy kids Japan. chill out. up to now? page thirteen page seven page thirty-one AUTUMN 2019 table of contents 02 Contents 03 Momiji, the Kikuchi Shiba Inu Quinlan Fletcher 04 Anime Adventures in Kyushu Adam Pool 06 Canal City Hakata Peter Georgantis 04 07 18 07 Wondeful Winter Songs Greg Corbett 11 Views from Kumamoto City Niamh Merry 13 Living Rugby in Japan Greg Lambert 16 Quintessentially Quinlan Quinlan Fletcher 18 Okonomiyaki and Fishing Fernando Luna 20 Views from Asagiri Jess Langshaw 31 27 21 School Sports Festival Ryn Kaestner 25 Mizukari Kumamoto City Peter Georgantis 26 Yay! Smartphone! Kelley Gathright 27 Home Improvement Kelley Gathright 28 Rugby World Cup Ruth Madden 28 13 31 A KumAJET Journey through Kyushu's Lon Cover photo: Design by: Hot Summer Kumamoto City After Dark Jenifer Vosper Photos by: KumAJET Quinlan Fletcher Ryn Kaestner Instagram: quinlan_fl Jess Langshaw yoka Niamh Merry Peter Georgantis 熊本県国際課 Quinlan Fletcher 〒862-8570 熊本市中央区⽔前寺 6-18-1 International Affairs Division Kumamoto Prefectural Government Yuan Luo 6-18-1 Suizenji, Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City 862-8570 Momiji the Kikuchi Shiba Inu Quinlan Fletcher P h o t o g r a p h : Q u i n l a n F l e t c p h e . r 3 ANIME ADVENTURES IN KYUSHU Adam Pool Most of you will have been to the Kumamoto Prefectural Government Building and will have seen the statue of Monkey D Luffy. After Eiichiro Oda donated money to Kumamoto Prefecture after the 2016 earthquakes, the statue was unveiled as P h a symbol of restoration. (He actually o t o g donated the money under Luffy’s r a p h name). After this, the rest of the Straw s : 尾⽥栄⼀郎 集英社 A © / b Hat crew will have their own statues o v e - placed around the prefecture. A d a m It's no secret... P o This is incredibly exciting and I can’t o l , ...for anyone that knows me that I B wait to get out and find each one. e l o w live and breathe anime and - K u manga, so when I’m not teaching m a m o t or trying to learn Japanese I’m o P r e engrossed in the latest manga, or f e c t u r re-watching classic anime. e When I came to Kumamoto, I made it my mission to find all the best anime spots in Kyushu. So let me share what I have discovered so far. I’ll start with an anime which is arguably the closest to my heart— One Piece! The epic saga of pirates, dreams and power giving fruit that is still going strong. In fact, if I had to pick anything in the world to be it might be to p . become Luffy, the main character. 4 Never lose sight of your goal... © 尾⽥栄⼀郎 / 集英社 © 2010熊本県くまモン not only... Not only is it an excuse to visit places in the prefecture you might not normally visit, you also get to see the greatest pirates of all time in all their glory. P h o t o g r a p h s It’s a win-win! So please : A b check the map I included o v e - to see where your nearest K u m one is! a m o t Next up will be Sanji and o P r Usopp in December, with e f e c t the rest to follow in late u r e , fiscal year 2019 and B e l o 2020! w - A d a m P o o l there's more... And for those of you looking for more of One Piece, head to Fukuoka to the Mugiwara store! Located on the 7th floor of the Parco building, Tenjin, Fukuoka. I am not ashamed to say that I spent too much time and money in here. But it was worth it. I also recommend the Jump store in Canal City, but that needs a whole other article…. next time... Hitoyoshi, where the mangaka Yuki Midorikawa came from, and which heavily influenced her fantastic Manga, “Natsume Yujin Cho”. p . 5 CANAL CITY HAKATA Peter Georgantis P h o t o g r a p h s : P e t e r G p e o r . g 6 a n t i s WONDERFUL WINTER SONGS Greg Corbett Win ter is no doubt not everyone’s season of choice. While winter in Kumamoto may be shorter and significantly less snowy than in other parts of Japan, maybe the mere thought of falling snow leaves you both figuratively and literally cold, and no-one could blame you if that icy winter wind sends you diving under the kotatsu and reaching for the nearest hot pot of nabe. Still, winter is coming, marching inexorably towards us like so many icicled zombie things from Game of Thrones. So perhaps there’s nothing else to do but embrace the inevitable winter chill and find its good points through song. Winter provides endless material for lyrics about failed romance, serves up more loneliness-related snow similes than you can shake a snowshoe at, and even offers inspiration for a few surprisingly upbeat tunes as well. Huddle up and hear these seven songs that will thaw the metaphorical snow before it piles up in your heart. Happy winter and keep warm everyone! Winter Again: Glay Album: HEAVY GAUGE Kick out the icy jams in style with this glam-rockin’ track from GLAY, appropriately titled, ‘Winter, again’. Nice lyric! のしかかる雲(くも)を⾒上(みあ)げて、時(とき) P の速(はや)さの流(なが)れに問(と)う h o t o 誰(だれ)もが抱(いだ)く悲(かな)しみの、終着駅 g r a p h (しゅうちゃくえき)は何処(どこ)にあるのか f r o m G L A I look up at the clouds overhead, Y and question the passing of time Where is the final destination of the sadness that we all carry? p . 7 WONDERFUL WINTER SONGS Greg Corbett Sayonara - Off Course Album: Select ion 1978-1981 Let the heartbreak songs begin! As the title may suggest, this is a song about saying goodbye. Written by lead singer Kazumasa Oda, this song curiously made its debut on a best of album, but has been covered by at least a dozen artists and even re-recorded in a new style by Oda himself. Nice lyric! P h o 外(そと)は今⽇(きょう)も⾬(あめ) t o g やがて雪(ゆき)になって r a p h 僕等(ぼくら)の⼼(こころ)の中(なか)に f r o m 降(ふ)りつもるだろう O f f It’s raining outside again today. C o u Finally, it turns to snow r s e It will pile up inside our hearts Konayuki - Ramioromen Album: Horizon Remioromen’s song about ‘powdered snow’ was a huge hit, selling some 850,000 copies. Its popularity endures, with one karaoke provider claiming it to be the most commonly sung winter song of all. The song has also racked up a staggering 2 million rentals at Tsutaya. It's still talked about a lot, with Japanese TV variety shows referencing the song often. Nice lyric! 粉雪(こなゆき) ねえ ⼼(こころ) まで⽩(しろ)く 染(そ)められたなら ⼆⼈(ふたり)の孤独(こどく) P h を包(つつ)んで 空(そら)にかえすから o t o g Hey, powdered snow, r a p if you colour our hearts white h f r o We’ll wrap up our solitude m R e and return you to the sky m i o r p o m . e 8 n R SONGS UL WINTE WONDERF ett Greg Corb eroine - Back Number H Album: Ch andelier P h Rockers Back Number have the kind of quaint yet heartfelt o t o g lyrics that resonate with us all, and this song is no exception. r a p h Incidentally, Back Number's biggest hit is called 'Christmas f r o m Song', which is really worth checking out as well. 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