Dragan Stojkovic ejected from game after scoring a goal
Nagoya Grampus manager Dragan Stojković gets ejected from a game after making an impressive kick:
“Being angry with repeated failures of his players, he kicked a rainy wet ball with normal shoes and got a goal… “
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Categories: Foreigners in Japan
A bizarre bowling team
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.
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Categories: General Japan
Ichiro meets Obama
One of the top stories on the news yesterday was Ichiro Suzuki’s meeting with President Barack Obama in the locker room at the All-Star Game:
When the president came up to Ichiro Suzuki, or just Ichiro as the Japanese like to call him, Ichiro told reporters that he had planned to casually say “What’s up?” However, once face-to-face with the Barrack, Ichiro lost his nerve and was unable to say much more than something like, “It’s an honor to meet you, sir,” he admitted.
Despite his nervousness, and disappointment from missing his chance to gingerly greet the President, Ichiro was able to get his signature on a baseball.
He’s not used to such formalities, and says it was the first time that he called somebody “sir.” The players had been told they couldn’t get autographs from the President, but Ichiro got one because Obama offered him one.
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Categories: Celebrity News
2009 Kashima Gatalympic
The 25th Kashima Gatalympic was held over the weekend at the Kashima mudflats in Saga Prefecture:
About 1700 contestants participated in a variety of mud sports. Alongside the Japanese mud-loving athletes were 120 foreigners from 12 countries. (A delegation from South Korea was also supposed to attend, but they canceled because of the swine flu panic going on in their country.)
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Categories: Odd / Strange
