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True to Form

(SUN) February 15th, 2026

8:36 p.m. True to form, Forever Young has won Saudi Cup two years in a row. It was an awesome win following lasat year's Breeders' Cup. As we all know by now, his next goal is Dubai.

Eventually, I chose Kyodo Tsushin-hai where the horses I'd bet on finished first, third, fifth, sixth (incidentally, Kyoto finished with second, third, fourth, if I'd bought the race) . It makes me wonder how in the world I could buy betting tickets so skillfully avoiding just one horse week after week. I wish someone would tell me.

I don't see any light of hope ahead at the moment, but for tonight I'd like to comfort my heart with Foever Young's spectacular win and Yukima Horishima's acrobatic run in his second round. I'd present him a gold medal just for this run.

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 February

  • February 11th (WED)
  • National Foundation Day
  • February 23rd (MON)
  • Emperor's Birthday

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.