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Caterpillar's Murmur

Too Overrated

(MON) March 9th, 2026

8:32 p.m. The Chukyo races are finally beginning this week, with Kinko-sho kicking off as the first grade race. Quite a few competitors are entered such as last year's champion Queen's Walk, June Take, Douradores and Ho O Biscuits. The focus will also be on how Giovanni and Urban Chic might perform while they haven't been making good results lately.

Kinko-sho is intriguing, though I can't simply give up Nakayama either since we're having Spring Stakes, another 1800m race. As you already know, I've been struggling with Nakayama turf 1800m for the past month and now that I've come this far, I feel like I should stick to it to try one more time. But it does seem pretty tricky so what should I do?

Just saw the expected win odds for Spring Stakes which showed 1.9 for Crepuscular. Unbelievable, unreliable, and reidiculous! Isn't htat too overrated no matter how you look at it?

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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 March

  • March 20nd (FRI)
  • Vernal Equinox 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.