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Hope That Works

(WED) May 8th, 2024

7:53 p.m. It turns out this year's Victoria Mile Cup probably won't run in full field. As I checked the entry form a while ago, the names of horses entered counted to just 15. Not that it matters, but then, the chances for bigger payouts is generally higher when more horses are running.

Meanwhile, I've dug out another note, this one from the past Yasuda Kinen, which might be of some help. The situation is a bit different from Yasuda Kinen, since Victoria Mile Cup is held two weeks earlier, though I might be able to repurpose the system as the two races are run on the same course, same distance.

Hope that works!

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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 May

  • May 3rd (FRI)
  • national holiday
  • May 4th (SAT)
  • Constituion Memorial Day
  • May 5th (SUN)
  • Children's Day
  • May 6th (MON)
  • Makeup Holiday for Children's 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.