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Caterpillar's Murmur

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(SAT) November 1st, 2025

9:53 p.m. Sorry to keep you on hold, my friends.

The rain had stopped before the turn of the day and though today's turf races at Tokyo started with good to firm, it dried and was later changed to firm from race 9. They didn't provide me much information as all the turf races today were run in small fields at slow pace. But one thing I noticed was that the turf was fast.

After the condition improved to firm, race 10 was run in an average 1min. 32.8 seconds for a mile however, the final race of 1800m finished with a dazzling 1min. 44.1 seconds. It makes me think that we might have another record finish tomorrow.

I had to think things over from the start in my reluctant state thanks to Lord del Rey and now I'm left with seven horses. Yes, my candidates are increasing, again thanks to Lord Del Rey. Currently on the list are Justin Palace, Tastierra, Masquerade Ball, Ho O biscuits, Museum Mile, Meisho Tabaru, and Queen's Walk.

Come to think of it, though I don't think Tastierra or Meisho Tabaru can perform well on such a speed track. Might have to think things over again. Will skip tomorrow BTW since Mr. N-jima is coming in a while.

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?

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.