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Make the Best

(MON) January 5th, 2026

8:49 p.m. It was supposed to be my first day back at work this year and my client cancels the meeting that was to be held at the last minute. No, it wasn't even the last minute. I sent several messages until I finally got a reply canceling the meeting because of a New Year party. If the word "customer harassment" really exists, this must be it.

Can't decide which race to bet on this weekend, Fairy Stakes or Yodo Tankyori Stakes. Perhaps Yodo, since it's for older horses? I also want to get te hang of Nakayama dirt 1200m races while they are still being run. I don't have much time left as Tokyo would start from February. Just checked out the racing schedule to unfortunately find only a few dirt 1200m races in upper category. I will have to make the best out of these few chances.

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 January

  • January 1st (MON)
  • New Year's Day
  • January 12th (MON)
  • Coming of Age 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.