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No Confidence

(SAT) July 5th, 2025

8:27 p.m. To be honest, I have absolutely no confidence at all.

I thought that the inner post drawers would be advantaged considering the course as well as the track condition however, the final race of Kokura today showed a different result. I won't be surprised, though if front runners dominated the top three tomorrow. It's the summer Kokura without a reliable three-year-old, anything could happen.

So I tried to choose a horse as dependable as possible to key, Yamanin al Rihla, hoping he would somehow finish to win the first, second or third prize.

The horses to put on the wheel could change later, but for now I've got Mozu Mei Mei, Meisho Sorafune, Craspedia, Drop of Light, Lord Four Aces and Yoshino Easter on my mind.

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 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.