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Trailers Dominating

(WED) November 19th, 2025

8:51 p.m. On the premise that the property of Mile Championship has changed after the renewal of Kyoto Race Course, it may be said that the trailers became more advantaged than before.

Until 2019, front runners were performing well in this race. In fact, eight front runners have finished above third place in the five years since 2015. But when we turn our eyes to the recent two years after the renewal, the only front runner which finished above third place is Win Marvel.

If the track condition doesn't change dramatically, perhaps I can assume Mile Championship to end with trailers dominating the podium like Queen Elizabeth Cup in spite of the course change to course C to cover the damaged inner turf.

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Pocketchange
Pocketchange - How to charge your left-over Yen to digital money

If you are ready to leave Japan but have your pocket heavy with leftover Japanese Yen, why not empty your pockets and feel light with Pocketchange?

Holidays

Holidays of November

  • November 3rd (MON)
  • Culture Day
  • November 24th (MON)
  • Makeup Holiday for Labor Day

Food Catalog

Cream Anmitsu
Cream Anmitsu

Fed up with the heat? Here's a nice cold Japanse-style sweets to cheer you up! Cream Anmitsu is a delux version of Anmitsu, Kanten(Japanese gelatine) jelly and fruits with ice cream topping and Kuromitsu caramel sauce poured over it. And what's great, it's low calorie!

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airframe seen from side
Manned flight by oxyride dry-cell batteries project

The Tokyo Institute of Technology in cooperation with Panasonic, has led the project 'Manned Flight by Oxyride Dry-cell Battery' into the world's first success. On July 16th this year (2006), they made success in a trial of manned flight using commercially available oxyride batteries, in a project that they had been bringing forward together.