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Why That Happens

(THU) March 12th, 2026

9:17 p.m. If the weather stays as predicted by the forecasts, it's likely that we'd go without rain this weekend. Nevertheless, I tink the fundamentals of Nakayama turf 1800m won't change, so I should carve it down in my memory. Additionally, Spring Stakes is a step race for Satsuki-sho and will be limited to 3-year-olds therefore, I don't have to worry about which horse carries lighter weight. What I should focus on are the pace, the possible formation, the track condition including whether it's biased, and which horses would benefit from these already mentioned factors as well as the barrier draw.

Entry has been closed and 16 horses will be running this year's Spring Stakes. Crepuscular's expected win odds has slightly dropped to 2.0, though I'm still not sure why that happens while Ask Edinburgh, the third place wnner in Hopeful Stakes (G1!) or Teruhiko finishing in fourth place only 2-lenghts behind Peintre Naif in Tokyo Sports-hai are also entered.

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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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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.