How dirty! These are two futons on the dirty ouside wall of a hospital domitory near chemical factories giving off chemical smell, which is under the control of a steelmaking company famous for that downtown coal-fired plant, which is electrufiying only its own plant, not private residence.

I must go there.

I must go there.

Not Just in That City

The residents near the zoo with so much green may know as good manners....

Lots of Greenery in Kobe city, Jpan

There's lots of greenery in Kobe city, Japan, such as Sorakuen and Oji Zoo,but...

Coal-fired Heat Power Plant Near the Residential Area

The controversial coal-fired heat power plant by the world-famous steelwork company is just about south of a quake-stricken redeveloped zone, forested with condominium buildings including including two 30-story ones and a municipal office.

A city worker says irresponsibly, "Don't worry. They say 'It's a mere steam plume'. "

See Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage, Gray Sky: Smoke from Centrally-located Coal-fired Plant & Nicotine-addicted,
and Kobe citizens' Group's Objections

Kobe City Mayoral Election

Today is the election day in Kobe City of 1.5 million people

with budget deficit of

2.7trillion yen or

$245.7trillion.

For 60 years deputy mayor has been elected mayor because of the organized vote of the city employees' labor union and the support of both the ruling and the opposition parties in the city assembly and the national Diet,
with both the citizens who traditionally not interested in politics and the nonvoters complaining all the time.

Therefore, none had been to blame for any mismanagement.
For example Kobe Airport was constructed amid the public and media criticism despite the 3 airports including the new one within a 25 kilometer radius.

And it has given up free elderly transportation pass.

This time, it matters whether a reformist candidate is elected over the incumbent mayor, who is supported by Japan's ruling Democtatic Party.

I don't know why the party recommends the incumbent reling on bureaucracy-oriented politics and public-works projects because it has promised initiative by politicians to reform vices of bureaucracy in the general election for the Lower House in this summer.

Hurricane Felicia Approaches Hawaii Island

According to West Hawaii Today, Jim Weyman, director of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center said, "West Hawaii is just as likely to see HEAVY RAIN and HIGH WINDS as is East Hawaii."

He said, "Many people on the Big Island think they are protected by the mountains and that is NOT true.

Because the storm has a vertical height of more than 40,000 feet, Hawaii Island's 13,796-foot Mauna Kea and 13,679-foot Mauna Loa will NOT have much impact on the storm as it crosses from east to west.