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(WED) January 15th, 2025

8:32 p.m. Pullig myself together, let me focus on ... not the Keisei-hai, the trial race for 3-year-olds at Nakayama, Nikkei Shinshun-hai at Chukyo.

I'm not really sure about the features of Chukyo 2200m, though I have a hunch it would be better to stick with Chukyo rather than diving into another three-year-old race. I'm once bitten twice shy, you know. Well, I might change my mind depending on how my preparations turn out. If Nikkei Shinshu-hai's level seemed to be lower than I expected, then I might switch to Nakayama.

Luckily, Nikkei-Shinshun-hai also has three years of data when it was held at Chukyo, just like last week's Shinzan Kinen. Let's start digging from there.

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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 13th (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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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.