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Caterpillar's Murmur

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(SAT) December 6th, 2025

8:33 p.m. Something came up and I have to hurry. It's good I've already arrowed down the candidates for Champions' Cup to six horses, though I haven't decided which horse to key yet.

The horses remaining on my list are Meisho Hario (I can't just quit now since it's his last run and I also bought him last year), Ramjet, Wilson Tesoro, Sixpence, Narukami. Oops, there was one more left, Luxor Cafe, sorry. Luxor Cafe doesn't strike me as the type to do well in Champions' Cup especially after winning Musashino Stakes. He seems more like February Stakes, but well.

As mentioned, haven't decided which horse to key, perhaps Narukami or Wilson Tesoro? Naturally, it should be Wison considering his performance in this race for the past couple of years. I wonder how many combinations there'd be for a trifecta box of five?

The End

Caterpillar

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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?

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Holidays of December

  • Unfortunately, there are no holidays in December. Too bad.

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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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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.