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A bizarre bowling team

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    A team of non-pro bowlers in Kyoto who use bizarre techniques [clip from "Nanikore Chin Hakkei"]:


    Apparently they are capable of regularly getting scores of around 200.

    3 comments - What do you think?  Posted by James - July 25, 2009 at 8:05 am

    Categories: General Japan

    Junichiro Koizumi goes bowling

    Junichiro Koizumi and other members of the Association of Diet Members for Promoting Bowling held a meeting on the 13th in Tokyo. Here’s FTV’s news coverage of the event:

    Koizumi made at least one strike for the news cameras, and his final score was an 149.

    5 comments - What do you think?  Posted by James - August 14, 2008 at 8:41 am

    Categories: Celebrity News, Politics

    Amazing Bowling Trick

    Remember that cool trick bowler featured on Japan Probe back in April 2007? He recently appeared on TV again with a new ramp-jumping bowling feat:

    4 comments - What do you think?  Posted by James - January 30, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    Categories: Japanese TV

    Backwards Bowler in Japan

    American James Cripps amazes Japanese television audiences with his backwards bowling technique:

    1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by James - January 27, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    Categories: Foreigners in Japan, Japanese TV