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Umapyoi Legend

(THU) July 3rd, 2025

8:25 p.m. Umapyoi Legend English version seens to have been released on YouTube today. I haven't played Umamusume just watched a few seasons on anime, but if it leads to increasing horse racing fans, I'm not against it (I rather like the tune, too). Also, the voice actors have all done a great job singing in English and I'm proud of their professionalism. The characters that appeared in the anime were pretty much exaggerated (take Gold Ship for example), though I don't mind if these characters become entrances to trigger interest on the real legendary horses.

Meanwhile the entry for Kita-kyushu Kinen has been closed when I still can't make heads or tails of the horses that might perform well. The three-year-olds entered this year all seem too risky to my eyes, so I've turned to analyzing older horses however, haven't been able to get any clues yet except that a horse needs to have resistance to a tight-lapped sprint race.

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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 July

  • July 21st (MON)
  • Marine 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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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.