Comments on: American unicyclist in Japan http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/american-unicyclist-in-japan/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/american-unicyclist-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-300005 Adam Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:56:16 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8553#comment-300005 That's me, so thanks for the good words. To be even more fair, the International Unicycling Convention and World Championships were held in Tokyo back in 2004, so this is far from the first and will be far from the last. http://www.unicon12.com/index.htm That’s me, so thanks for the good words.

To be even more fair, the International Unicycling Convention and World Championships were held in Tokyo back in 2004, so this is far from the first and will be far from the last.
http://www.unicon12.com/index.htm

]]> By: Adam http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/american-unicyclist-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-300003 Adam Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:53:38 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8553#comment-300003 This is my video; I noticed from the YouTube stats that this had been linked here. To confirm, yes, my helpful friend is Billy, a CIR here in Fukushima. I posted quite a bit more info about this video over on my site, including some photos of Billy and me when they let us look around the FTV studio. http://luckyisle.com/unicyclist-on-the-news/ This is my video; I noticed from the YouTube stats that this had been linked here.

To confirm, yes, my helpful friend is Billy, a CIR here in Fukushima.

I posted quite a bit more info about this video over on my site, including some photos of Billy and me when they let us look around the FTV studio.
http://luckyisle.com/unicyclist-on-the-news/

]]> By: Adrian D. Havill http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/american-unicyclist-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-295837 Adrian D. Havill Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:04:48 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8553#comment-295837 To give pioneers their credit, it should be noted that <a href="http://www.kanji.org/kanji/jack/" rel="nofollow">Jack Halpern (春編雀來</a>), Editor in Chief of the New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (新漢英字典), one of the best Kanji-to-English dictionaries <b>ever</b> in my opinion, was unicycling as a foreigner in Japan before this guy. Not that this guy isn't impressive as well. When are we going to start covering the jugglers? To give pioneers their credit, it should be noted that Jack Halpern (春編雀來), Editor in Chief of the New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (新漢英字典), one of the best Kanji-to-English dictionaries ever in my opinion, was unicycling as a foreigner in Japan before this guy.

Not that this guy isn’t impressive as well.

When are we going to start covering the jugglers?

]]> By: zqqze http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/american-unicyclist-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-294770 zqqze Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:24:37 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8553#comment-294770 There was some nice ads the video. There was some nice ads the video.

]]> By: anon http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/american-unicyclist-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-294753 anon Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:56:29 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8553#comment-294753 Kind of annoying when the host adds those english words. Kind of annoying when the host adds those english words.

]]> By: Haf http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/american-unicyclist-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-294719 Haf Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:22:35 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8553#comment-294719 Now that was a nice clip, and everyone seemed to have lots of fun. :) Now that was a nice clip, and everyone seemed to have lots of fun. :)

]]> By: ponta http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/american-unicyclist-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-294644 ponta Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:39:47 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8553#comment-294644 Wow, bikkuri, gaijin is not painted as a criminal on Japanese media. Honto bikkuri. Besides, he is getting along with Japanese kids. kodomo mo bikkuri!! There must be subliminal words "gaijin hanzai" embedded on the TV segment. Wow, bikkuri, gaijin is not painted as a criminal on Japanese media. Honto bikkuri. Besides, he is getting along with Japanese kids. kodomo mo bikkuri!!
There must be subliminal words “gaijin hanzai” embedded on the TV segment.

]]> By: Greg http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/02/03/american-unicyclist-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-294621 Greg Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:35:11 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8553#comment-294621 Ha! Thanks for this! As it happens, I know Adam's translator -- he's a JET (CIR, obviously) from Vancouver, Canada. Ha! Thanks for this! As it happens, I know Adam’s translator — he’s a JET (CIR, obviously) from Vancouver, Canada.

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