Notes:
erupt 噴火する;
rumble (低く)ゴロゴロ[ガラガラ，グーグー]鳴る;
roar〈ライオンなど猛獣が〉ほえる:
dinosaur 恐竜;
T-Rex 一つ種類の肉食恐竜;

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We hear a lot of news about eruptions these days. Mt. Ontake erupted last year. Nishinoshima, part of Tokyo, had an underwater volcanic eruption two years ago, and the island has grown 13 times bigger since then. Now they say that the Hakone area is dangerous. I remember the time I visited Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture. It wasn’t erupting at that time, but I heard strange noises like the rumbling of the ground or the roaring of a dinosaur. I would not have been surprised if T-Rex were there. Anyway, Japan is a volcanic country, but for this reason, we can enjoy hot springs. (written by a reader, edited by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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I have just finished a conference in Fukuoka. I flew to Fukuoka on an LCC (a cheap airline), so it wasn’t as expensive as the Shinkansen. I was surprised that I could do everything online. I could choose my seat and even print out my ticket at home. Getting to Fukuoka was no problem, but getting a hotel was a big problem. There was an AKB election in Fukuoka on Saturday, and all the hotels were full of fans! One of the people who came to the conference had to stay two hours away by train! Next year we are going to make sure that we don’t have a conference in the same city as the AKB election! (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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