Henry

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Retired Bumbling Planner, now just the dude you have a better chance of meeting in Japan than his own home country. Puns are (mostly) my own.

Shogun Latte
My joy is honestly beyond words! Since he isn’t directly related to this post, I won’t go any further. I just want to say one thing: in the well-known History of Japanese Horse Racing video series on NicoNico, the most-viewed episode by mile isn’t the one about the "culmination of Japanese horse racing"— Deep Impact. But rather a racehorse who defied fate and created miracles - Stay Gold
Stay Gold, the newest horse announced for the Umamusume Franchise
The gates at Chukyo Racecourse train station, with columns that had artwork of Oguri Cap and Fujimasa March from Cinderella Gray
The entrance to Chukyo Racecourse
A photo of a cosplay event at Kasamatsu Racecourse
A tapestry spanning an entire wall featuring Belno Light, Oguri Cap, and Fujimasa March from Cinderella Gray
The entrance to Kasamatsu Racecourse
Stamp station at Nagoya with Belno Light
A commemorative poster of the Cinderella Gray collaboration with Meitetsu Railway
Infographic showing the male/female ratios of various mobile games based off Chinese TikTok.
A succulent (I think) in a pot shaped like a pig
Advertisement for Gundam GQuuuuuuX
A description of a unit in the mobile game Battle Cats, Solar Cat: “Got tired of moving around, so decided to become a Galaxy instead.”
Image from the Touken Ranbu Twitter detailing their plans for 10th anniversary, including giving away 100 of their characters to players for free
A jockey and his horse posing for a photo with three ladies holding the name of the winner
A horse and jockey pose for their winning photo
The winners are, a large grass plot with the name Nakayama embedded into it
The audience area for the main track of Nakayama racecourse
A giant horse plush becomes a popular photo spot
A large park where kids can be seen playing
The entrance to memorial walk
The entrance sign to Nakayama Racecourse - note, this isn’t the main entrance, but the one directly connected to the train station.
All the fan creations I picked up from Comic Market 105
The full frontal view of Tokyo Big Sight
The exterior of a local convenience store, Seicomart
A wooden sculpture of a fish sitting in front of a laptop with a cigar in its mouth
Tantanmen aka dandan noodles with watercress and egg
Various pop up shops in the underground walkway of Sapporo
One of the main underground walkways that let you travel through downtown Sapporo protected from rain or snow
A random street with snow in Sapporo
A statue of a large red oni
Rock formations in Jigokudani
Sign indicating the distance to Jigokudani
The highlight of this resort, a giant club that has hidden compartments from which animatronic statues of oni and figures would come out
The sign at the train station, which says “Welcome to Noboribetsu!”
A row of duck sculptures made out of snow
The entrance to Toriton - I’d like to think the red sign below it is intentional because waiting outside in the snow is painful
Charcoal grilled pork with hearty pork miso soup, rice, and thinly sliced onions
Light decorations next to Sapporo Station
Raw mackerel in sesame sauce
Santa photo spot at Fukuoka airport
The building for the Japanese restaurant Ganso Hakata Mentaiju. It has a striking architectural style, evoking the image of a wooden curtain.
An image of Sakura from Card Captor Sakura ona train seat explaining how a bow at 45 degrees angle is customary to show gratitude
A life sized group poster of the Wagakki Band members
Title screen for the mobile game Heaven Burns Red