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From Runaway Kumamoto Bride To Aussie Clan Matriarch
From a coal bunker in Nagasaki to a multicultural family in Broome, the extraordinary journey of Yae Yamamoto. A daring escape from Japan In 1896, a young woman from a remote island village in the Amakusa archipelago in Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture made a remarkable escape. Unwilling to marry a man chosen by her family, Yae Yamamoto ran away from home, eventually reaching Nagasaki. Her escape route was extraordinary: she hid in the coal bunker of a ship leaving Japan and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia. She was one of many women seeking to escape the poverty of rural Japan. 1896年、熊本県の人里離れた村に暮らす若い女性が、驚くべき行動に出た。家族が決めた男性との結婚を望まなかった山本ヤエは故郷から逃げ出し、長崎までたどり着いた。そして、日本を離れる船の石炭庫に身を隠し、西オーストラリア州のフリーマントルに到着した。ヤエは、当時の日本の農村の貧困から抜け出そうとした女性の一人だった。 Yae came from Ichoda-mura, a village on Shimoshima Island in…
Kangaroo Boxing Club KO’d (…A Few Years Ago Now, But…)
Kangaroo Boxing Club was a pub in the Columbia Heights district of Washington D.C. Apparently, it specialized in showing gridiron games and barbecues. The pub shut its doors several years ago, and is now an upmarket bistro. The pub operated from 2012-2016.
And Now, The End is Near
It began to sink in on this morning’s ride along the Tama River that this aspect of my life, such a crucial activity over the years of the covid pandemic, is drawing to a close. Many people are fixtures along the river, just as I suppose I must be for them. Over the years we have become familiar and share greetings, as well as inspiration, and sometimes even the occasional conversation and, dare I say it, friendship. Next week, I begin a new job and will commute into central Tokyo once again. My commute will, unfortunately, be by train, and not by bicycle as it was for many years with…
Accidentally Delighted
It was Mrs. Kangaeroo’s birthday yesterday, and taking the day off to celebrate opened the door to an unexpected arvo of pleasantness. With the morning occupied by what may prove to be fateful events (of which more may come at a later date), Mrs. Kangaeroo grabbed me by the scruff of my ear and dragged me to Shibuya Hikarie to see the Accidentally Wes Anderson exhibition. Asked repeatedly about our intended destination, Mrs. Kangaeroo kept referring to a uesuandaason exhibition that didn’t really sink in for me. I had no idea what a uesuandaason is….until we got to the actual exhibition and I finally cottoned on to the fact that…
被災地生徒たちが豪の和牛牧場を訪問
東日本大震災・被災地である福島県飯舘村の中学生16人が西オーストラリア州ボイップ・ブルックの有機農業和牛牧場を訪問し、将来に対しての希望を再び沸かされた、とオーストラリア放送協会(ABC)が10日付報道した。 中学生たちが夏休みを使って真冬のオーストラリアを訪ねている。 昨春より東日本大震災・被災地支援活動「いっしょにがんばろう日本(Together with Japan)」を行っているオージー・ビーフ(MLA豪州食肉家畜生産者事業団)の協力の下、オーストラリアの肉牛飼育業がどのように営まれているかを見学するために、現地の牧場を訪問した。 「今回の訪問は、生徒たちに牛飼い業や地域の立ち直れに繋がればいいな」と同行しているオージー・ビーフ日本担当マネージャー近藤 美穂子氏が言った。 元記事(English) Japanese kids get a taste of farming down under (訪問先)Blackwood Valley Beef 大きな地図で見る
Hungover Australian PM Lauds Australia-Japan Relations
オーストラリア総理大臣トニーアボットが豪訪問中の日本首相安倍晋三氏と晩餐会を行い、翌朝豪テレビ番組に出演し、二日酔いでからかわれることになった。 Australia’s perennially embarrassing British-born Prime Minister Tony Abbott turns up for a TV interview fairly hung over after a night on the booze with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. アボット首相がかなり飲んだことを認めた。「責任を持った飲み方だった」というが、目がかなりやられているので、飲み方が責任を持って行ったかもしれないが全国放送で二日酔いに出演し、冗談を言うのはどうかなと思う。 If nothing else, at least the two countries seem to have decent relations. ま、両国仲良しを喜ぶべきだろう。

