Do you play petanque?
Well, to be honest, I had no idea what “petanque” was until I read about an upcoming international competition in Suwa City, Nagano this weekend!:
11th Petanque Junior World Championship in Suwa (French/Japanese)
If you are interested in forming a team and compete in petanque and other boule games, all you need to [...]
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CAPEDS presents Sudan Café in Tsukuba vol.2
- What we found in “Real” Sudan-
What does come up with you,. when you hear the word “Sudan”?
Civil war? Terrorism? Yes, they exactly exist. However, will they ever shape the whole “Sudan”?
The non-profit organization Committee for Assisting and Promoting [...]
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A mixed group of foreigners and Japanese are getting together in Katsuragi Park at 1:00 pm on March 4th (weather permitting) to play Flag Football. They’ve done it before, they’ll do it again, and it’s lots of fun. If you’re free, please join them. There’s no tackling involved, and no prior experience needed. [...]
1964 was a pivotal year in post-war Japanese history. With the inauguration of the first SHINKANSEN bullet train, the introduction of the first color TVs, and most importantly, the hosting of the Olympic Games, it was a year which now symbolizes Japan’s economic recovery and marks its return to the forefront of the international scene after a two decade period of frenzied rebuilding following the [...]
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If you want to experience the fun of watching a baseball game but you don’t want to go all the way to Tokyo to do so, you can watch some teams from the Japanese Baseball Association play right here in Tsukuba.
The “Ibaraki Golden Golds” are an amateur baseball team managed by Kinichi Hagimoto. The [...]
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