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Heart races with djembe beats...
The 17th Mishima Cup Yacht Race (sponsored by the event's committee) took place on July 28 along the 55-kilometre course from waters off Makurazaki port to Mishima-mura's Iōjima island. Around 140 people aboard 25 yachts from inside and outside of the prefecture took part in the event. However, the race ended in a no-contest as no sailboats were able to cross the finish line within the time limit due to weak winds.
There was an awards ceremony and a welcome event in the evening. In the prize-giving ceremony, since the race became invalid, prize winners were decided by lot. Some were seen as overcome with joy when receiving the "prizes," which were beyond their reach in reality. In the following welcome event, participants received a hearty welcome from the villagers and others with a djembe drums performance and special products of the three islands that comprise the Mishima village--Iōjima, Kuroshima, and Takeshima. They danced into the night to the beat of the the African drums.
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ジャンベのビートに胸が躍る
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Two Jigenryūs meet in museum
An exhibition room that showcases two different local schools of "Jigenryū" swordplay--Jigenryū and Nodachi-Jigenryū (Yakumaru-Jigenryū)-- opened in Senganen Japanese Garden in Kagoshima City on July 26.
According to the operator of Senganen, Jigenryū has a history of 400 years as the secret and unique technique of the Satsuma Clan. Yakumaru-Jigenryū, on the other hand, has been incorporated into the traditional Goju education system under which it was acquired mainly among the low-class warriors. Both of them were feared by other clans as "swordplays that kill with one blow."
The showroom displays wooden swords used for training, and panels describing the history of the two Jigenryūs. There is also a video showing the practice session of each style.
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二つのジゲン流が博物館に集う
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Wooden swords：木刀　　　describing...：・・・を表した　　　practice session：練習

No. of tourists to Kagoshima City hits record-high in 2011
According to the preliminary report on tourism statistics of Kagoshima City in 2011, the combined number of tourists who either took a day trip or stayed overnight in the city had reached a record-high of 9,555,000, an increase of 7.7% compared with the previous year, and exceeded the 9,021,000 marked in 2008 when the city saw a booming business due to the broadcast of the annual history drama that featured the local Princess Atsuhime.
The number of tourists who stayed at hotels alone had also shot up by 13.9% from the year before to set the highest figure of 3,261,000. The number surpassed the all-time record of 3,227,000 for the first time in 38 years—the previous record marked in 1973 when the city was flooded with honeymooners.
The city attributed the growth to the increasing number of travellers who changed their destinations to the west Japan on account of the occurrence of the Great East Japan Earthquake, in addition to the effect of the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen lines.
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